It is a pleasure to listen to a man that has a better education than I have.He should be working for General Electric.The engine sounds a tad bit rich but this may be because the engine is possibly inhaling some it's own exhaust gas.It does not take much for this to happen.I used a fan when running outboards years ago in NJ in a tank of water.

Well worth the effort to get that little beauty back on it's feet again.

Mike knows his stuff !!! soon it will be ready to go !!!...It will look Nice with a fresh Roadking paint job

Good stuff.

That is a good Gen. Should serve you well.

very nice runner.

Mike is one cool dude.

sounds llike that old generator runs pretty good ,, ,I just bought myself a good used generator set as well my portable standby unit won't run the whole house but i just got one that will , i just got it wired into the house today after a week strait of rain it's a 60KW ONAN genset powered by a 4BT cummins diesel ,,,I've set up a 500 gallon fuel tank next to it ,so if the power goes out i have power for at least 10 days ,it'll run for over 250 hours on a full tank of diesel

I have a half dozen like this.

That's about as roached out as a n old Jeep. Good luck, buddies!

Sounds good

Awesome guys. I was wondering about that generator. Glad it's going to be fixable. It's kinda funny Road, I spent 7 hours outside today going through my generator. After I finished it up I came in for some YT fun and and what do you have up, a generator video, LOL. I was going through and fixing my 7KW house generator in preparation for the Hurricane coming tomorrow, cause I'm right in the path of it, South East Louisiana. It had a plugged Petcock Fuel valve and a whole lot of gunk, old fuel and rust rolling around in the gas tank. Guess I forgot to drain the tank last time, Gurrr. At least I shut off the petcock and ran the carb dry, so when I got the tank a petcock fixed it fired right up. So I drained it, dropped an old battery clamp in the tank and rolled back and forth, A LOT!. Flushed it out about a hundred times, then swished some Alcohol & clean fuel in it for awhile and drained it. Installed a fuel filter, a charged battery and It fired right up. Still have to clean the tank out some more later after the storm, but it ran it for over an hour so it's good enough for now. Any ideas how to get all the flaking rust out Road? Once it's off the metal it's nice and bright in there. I got about 80-90% of it out. What's left is mostly on the sides and corners. Anyways, Thanks for sharing your Generator project, i'm really looking forward to seeing it. If you get the chance drop some suggestions on the tank please. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith

Excellent! that engine sounds better and better the more you run it! Happy the AVR and generator are healthy, too!

Runs pretty darn good...I'm sure you'll get it all sorted out.

really enjoyed , I love gen sets and working on them ! great job Mike ..

Thank you again for a great project. Both the engine and the generator section (I love to work on electronics, especially vintage) are going to be very interesting. Aloha from Maui

Yeah that circuit board is done. You can see the traces lifting off the board.

Did you end up finishing this?

Nice to see it coming along 👍

Mike's the man to get you the volts! Time to make that gen-set pretty and ready for winter to keep the RoadKing Family warm and cranking out the video's even if the power is out!

MIke, tested with manometer and have good gas flow, 11.5. Won’t quite start. At a loss.

Mike, I have a 15 JC 15KW Onan as well. It has been inside its own shed for last 20+ years. Not sure last time it ran. Changed plugs, filter, checked oil, wires etc. Replaced carb and solenoid valve and regulator. It is setup to launch on propane. Manually connected to cabin for back up to street power. I can get it to fire but now run. Am going to test gas flow tomorrow with digital with a Manometer tomorrow. Any suggestions?

Mike is really on the ball with his gennies, do you have many power cuts over there?

You guys take on some cool projects. Mike knows his stuff!

Excellent guys, in this day and age knowledge of this kind is priceless. Good work gentlemen and can't wait to see more of this series. Thank You and Carry on.

I was thinking about a load. Getting everything warm will be fun.

You got a good deal on that generator. Looks like it's not going to take much to get it done. Nice work!

Great to aee the progress

Gotta get Mike there more often! Love the videos!

Sounded real nice proba ly be even smoother on natural gas. Cant wait to see her all cleaned up and painted

I got my generator and my mag for my tractor today but I want a back up generator like your but I don't know to much about all this electrical stuff

Glad you found the voltage issue, mice will chew anything, had to change the AVR on Stamford a couple of months back due to the fluctuating voltage caused by a component falling off the printed circuit board.

I would love to find a gen like this to fix up. Not much of a mech, but good with electrical. I want one for a house back up. I want it back to were I can start it from remote or from my solar system for if the power goes out it will start when I need it. I love some of the older stuff that stuff would built like a rock.

Wow,you're for real with this. This like industry grade stuff.

That Onan is sweet, BTW where has little dirt bike been?

Where is part 5

Very cool 😎, wish you lived closer 805 Road King 👑

I have a 15kw jcb 1995 multi fuel gen I got for free. 121.9 hours. Going to run on propane only. It used to power an elementary school, heat and emergency lighting . It is mint, just like new. Send a comment and tell me what you think.

Thats gonna be a sweet unit after you guys get done with it.

Very cool you're gonna need a huge muffler to run that as a stand by . Nice to see it runs on LP or natural gas .Good to see you guys , Gerry .

Awesome work on the regulator. Engine sounds great. Great update and looking forward to the next part!

i need help on old gen set ..i bought 12odjc diesel it gend good but when hauling back to shop top of control box blew off on hwy i45 ..avr gone no transformers need help with what i need to get ..im getting the sx460 avr to upgrade but dont know what else ill need

it sounds pretty good,Mike is the right one for this project for sure..

Sweet, you got lucky with this one Roadking. You didn't pay much if memory serves and at 15 KW, It's going to make a great whole house back-up generator. If I know you, you'll have this thing looking brand new in no time.

I have the same generator. Use to run fine, but now as soon as i release the start switch the gen shuts off. Diagnosed fuel has good flow, so its no a fuel problem. but its not getting the 12v at the coil. Any idea how the 12v gets to the coil and where should i start lookin. i don't have a schematic of electrical. QUESTION; does the 12v come from the solenoid or from the relay? Any help most appreciated. BB

Can't wait to see the disassembly and repaint. Hope you stick with the original colors!

That's gonna make a great unit for you.

How much do these go for? Got one we're thinking about rebuilding.

Great to have a buddy like Mike to help you though the tough spots, isn't it ROADKING ? This is going to be an interesting project too.

This was a good job and of some interest to me cuzz I have one very close to that one....CHEERS

wow I have had several of these. My last one did have a bad regulator ran great. I traded it for an old allis chalmers tractor. we were in the cab7 stream so i subbed

she runs good, i always run mastery oil in my generator gas for extra cylinder lube because of the high RPM'S and in the cold its good i notice easier cranking

I would like to apply for an apprentice position! You guy's rock!

Boy she sounded good when she fired up eh?

Interesting project... Is this one slated for a full restoration, or is this more of a "get it functioning" kind of project ??? Will be following along with interest...

Nice generator is that a dutz moter

how would you hook it up to your house when the power goes out?

Nice video!

Perfect thing to try Mikes load bank on . :-)

Took less time to get it going than it took me to get my POSgen project to work, but then I was a complete newbie to generators when I bought that thing... :P As for that front panel, at least save the gauge if it works... :P

Its alive! Now to make it look like it should again.

is this going to be a full series now??

Would this be good for electronics as far as clean electricity goes? I was told by my electrician not to run computers and electronics while running a generator which is puzzling since most appliances have electronic circuit boards these days. Can Mike touch on my question the next time around? Thanks Kevin

I'd check those old carbon resistors to see if they are in spec, they probably aren't. Then re-grease the regulators, clean the board with alcohol and start looking for bad solder joints and touch them up. all the terminal screws should be replaced and the spades cleaned and tightened. maybe the bearings in the generator itself should be replaced too.

I would kill for a old i4 generator. I've been looking for a aircooled i4 to put in a bike for about 2 years now lol.

Any news on this one, or did you abandoned it? Cheers.

Great new about the regulator, I was just wondering about the size of gas tank you'd need and how to keep it fresh when Mike mentioned about running it on a gas supply. I knew it could be done but have no idea of the modifications needed for the engine, I'll follow the rest of this with interest.

Later guys??? What happened to "ok enough of this" ? 😁😂. Gonna be a fun project bud!

Alright!! Mike needs a nickname. Suggestions?

i am just thanking. can yiu kook a hit and miss to a generator. will it work?

I haven't followed this particular project as close as the others, being a newer one, it doesn't strike my fancy as it were, BUT, wouldn't it be simpler to yank every electronic piece in this and to replace them with old-reliable individual units that perform the functions by themselves then tied in to a single system? A regular regulator, an engine starter, engine management stuff, etc. Seems to me like it could be done for under the 100$ target as there are such things already available second hand online. Just my two cents, since this is a long term project anyways.

Looks a little small. 12 volts?....;)