Thanks for the video. I have one these generators under the Chicago brand. Your guidance has shown me how to get the most out of the generator, and how to properly maintain it. Thanks 🤓🖒

I had a pulsar 800 watt generator and it worked excellent. I sold it because it had some people who always wanted to borrow it so I asked to buy it from me since they wanted to use it more than me. Lesson never let people know what equipment you have because they will always want to borrow it from you and vex when you don't lend them it. Short story: never lend your equipment to anyone.

Considering the price of food these days, it really isn’t a bad idea to have one of these things around just as emergency power for a fridge. It will pay for itself in one outage, and because it is a two-cycle unit maintenance should be fairly easy.

Exactly how I store my small engines after draining the fuel tank.

Thank you! This video was exactly what I needed to get my Storm Cat generator working again. I have a much larger generator, but this is nice and portable for some outdoor events my wife organizes, and it's something I could let a friend borrow in an emergency.

I have a B&S Storm Responder generator that i bought for Hurricane Ike in 2008. I didn't need it. I stored it w/o fuel in the carburetor and put about twelve hours on it after Hurricane Harvey. I used it during the ice storm rolling blackouts in Feb. of 2017 here in Texas.

We have a 780w generic version of this generator and it powers our sheep clippers beautifully, it's easier to take the clippers and generator to the sheep in different locations than bring them all back home.😎👍

Appreciate the info and steps you take very well done

I definitely need one. Texas winter storm was bad this February. Also hurricane season is approaching

Ok I just got one today for free a neighbor just put one out on the curb , it looks new and when I asked him he said it runs , will see I’ll get new gas tomorrow and try to get it started , 👍🏼

I have the Tailgator. Ran good for a 6 months. Now, it doesn't seem to get up to speed. Cleaned the intake jet on the carb. More work to do. My situation makes this a perfect choice for my sump pump. I use my 5500W for welding, so it's used quite a bit. I like to run it at least monthly, under load. Hair dryers are good for that. Anyway, thanks for posting.

I like how he took the cover off the front but didn’t have any wires to reconnect tried that today took me an hour thank God I took a photo of it

The gen side crank seal popped out on one of mine, it's a 20x30x7 oil seal. That makes for a huge crankcase air-leak, so it wouldn't start (of course) This was an earlier model, I don't think it was the correct material for gasoline/oil. I haven't had any problem (yet) with the crank seal under the flywheel but I think it's the same size. When adjusting the engine governor speed, I use a frequency meter shooting for 60Hz at about half load, using a 500Watt incandescent shop lamp.

As they say its better to be safe then sorry I have a 5KVA gen because the last summer we had power out for 16 hours. It was like hell that day no power so no cooling or fridge.

A near-silent option alternative to a generator is a large pure sinewave power inverter with some used car batteries or some large 100AH AGM batteries. Also can be used in-house since theres no emissions or exhaust fumes.

I have one i use to charge my solar system on cloudy days. Works awesome

I would consider carving an access port for the drain screw so as to now need to remove the pain in the *** panels. Poor design flaw. Easy fix. Great video. Much better than other regarding the same generator. I have the same issue with mine. Was gifted to me because it wont start. Great gift, right. 😐 Anyway, I’ll have to try what your suggest. Thank you.

I recently came into a buffalo tools 2000 Watt generator. It has a production date of March 15th 2005. It has never been out of the original packaging. It's 17 years old, and has never even had oil and gas in it. I'm looking forward to getting to that one and seeing if it will still run after all this time

Another interesting video. I've never seen gas that wouldn't combust. More surprising is that it was not all that old. No, I wouldn't have a generator just on the off chance of maybe possibly needing it. I now have 3 plus one little unit like the subject one because of power failures which have become more frequent and of longer duration. I've never given much attention to the oil color. I think that blue is very pretty and is not a color I've used.

I have 2 a small 1500 watt version and a 4800, never used either and the 4800 has been around since 2013 the 1500 since 2018. This spring I will start them both and see what happens. I filled them both with royal purple 30W this spring 2021. I do have a carburetor convertor for the 4800 to add natural gas or propane as an option. I consider propane less efficient although less messy and a much longer life span as opposed to gas. I currently keep 5 propane tanks on hand. A natural gas line to the outside is in the plans this coming year.

Yes everyone that has freezer or refrigerators need one. You only have to run them once in awhile for a little time. The generator does not have to be constantly running. Do not open the doors needlessly. In cold climates one might want one to operate a furnace or a small enclosure with a small electric heater from time to time. Fuel storage now days with this junk the call gasoline is the biggest problem. The gasoline will not keep like back in the 70s or earlier. I rotate my gasoline every 2 weeks now and I live in a very dry southwest state.

I got one of these I can't get it to run at all. Went to the carb it looks perfect really. It's getting spark. My dad even changed out the coil and it even has better spark. But it doesn't attempt to run at any point. The compression seems strong. I can put starting fluid gas the plug does seem kind of wet when you start cranking it but it doesn't ever attempt to start at any point. If it did I knew it would probably run. I was thinking maybe the crankshaft flywheel keyway slipped or something in the timing's off on the spark maybe. I probably should do a compression test just to see but it feels pretty good. I would think the minimum compression one of these would need to run would probably be around 60 lb. I will say the gasoline looked very clear in it. But I look down in the cylinder and I didn't see any scoring.

Thanks

I don't know,I may never know when I'll need to use a generator particularly when I eventually move onto a 10 acre property & I can't run an extension cord to the far end of the property to use a power tool, welder, etc !

Do you Ever log or write down all your compression readings from all or machines or any of them 🤔?

If You put a few drops of gasoline through the sparkplug port and the engines fires but only runs for a second the problem is fuel starvation....95% of the time it is the pickup jet inside the carburetor bowl, flip the genny so it stands on the 2 rubber feet at the rear and unscrew the carburetor bowl with a 10mm socket or wrench....Once the bowl is off You will see a tiny brass jet....carefully unscrew the jet and clean it out with a thin wire....these jets builds up scale and a rubbery residue over night......Put it back and You will be in business....Don't muck about with sparkplugs ( gap is .020) and coils and so on , just fix the jet and You will be OK!

I have the Tiger 950 brand.Recently took it out of storage,cleaned the carb,fuel tank etc.Runs perfect!However i lost the governor arm.I can try to make one myself,but my question,what is the relation between the arm and spring,as it seems to me there is no need for the spring together from the carb to the governor?

I bought one of these from harbor freight about a year ago. Ran through the break in period and two full tanks no problem. It's been sitting for a few months now. Tried to start it today. No go. I got spark. New plug. Fuel lines are clear. Took the float bowl off. Everything looked ok. I'm thinking stale fuel. If I shoot some starting fluid in it'll run for about 3 seconds and crap out. 🤷‍♂️

i have one of these and it has a very weak spark. i checked the coil windings. main winding around 300v , trigger about 16v. i replaced the one potted component box, the only one left is the round potted component that the spark plug wire originates from. I think i am going to make my own CDI Ignition system

I have similar generator and whenever leave it idle for a week or so, it won't start. When cleaning carburator it starts ok. It is used for powering small 220W submersion pump just occasionally used during summer. It is very annoying not having it ready when needed. I wonder if 4 stroke generator with separate oil and gas tank differs in that matter of maintenance and trouble from the 2 stroke one?

Is running a 2 stroke engine dry to store it a good idea?, Since technically it's running with little to no oil as the carburetor starts to run dry.

I find it too difficult to see the orange light in the spark checker. After the compression test, I pour some fuel in the cylinder to see if it starts.

You made a quick comment about not using ethanol gas. Does that make the unit more difficult to start?

So what was so bad din the fuel that it didn't run?

My when run fine for 10-20 minutes then shut off. I sprayed carb cleaner in carb, it cranks right up & runs for the same period & cuts off. I also have to leave it 75% choked. It acts like it’s starving for fuel ? What should I do ? Thanks in advance !!!

6:30 darn that carburetor bowl holds a lot

I have identical generator,will not start, I noticed the pulley kick back, was working fine but after a day or two stop working,,please help.

if i ever find a generator very similar to this one i ,d see if it,s worth fixing up.

I doubt that thing would be able to power a household refrigerator, not even a small Honda could do that. I would not recommend as a house backup, but maybe it can be good for camp outs.

I have this one but the rope won't pull its kinda locked, anyone know how to fix that

I have the sports man 1000 watt generator same as the tailgator. I used it 2days ago during an outrage to charge batteries then run a puresine inverter. I put it on my property line of the neighbor who likes to party alot so i blow my 2 stroke smoke into his yard during an outage. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

I don't think it's a bad idea to spend money on somethingwe may never need or use. If I sis, I wiuldn't have a first aid kit, fire extinguishers or any type of insurance. And yes, a little machine like this won't run a welder but at least it might keep your fridge going in the event of a power outage.

The fuel is off

That looks just like a tailgator 63 cc generator.

It's better to have it and not need it, then Need it and Not have it.

A 1000 watt generator is basically a toy. Not reliable enough, and not enough wattage to power anything of substance.