Almost every piece of power equipment I've found curbside just needed a good carb clean or rebuild. It brought back just about all of them to life including the ariens snowblower I've been using for several years. This is a nice genset. Great to use with electronics or clean power required loads.

Watching you fix generators is like having a tutorial in small engine mechanics. Very educational you get me hooked & give idea of a hobby 8n retirement. Thank yuo

Mustie, you are genius buddy.....I really enjoy how you explain everything that are going to do and while you are doing it.....very good and knowledgeable videos.....keep them coming!!!!

Mustie you are awesome. I feel like I've watched all your videos. Thanks for the education. When i think back over the years all the stuff that i have given away or worse tossed because I didn't know how to repair. Wasteful! Thanks for the inspiration. I cant wait for my next chance at a small engine. Started watching you because of crusty. Love that gem.

mustie, I am an avid fan of anything with an engine. I love working on any and all engines. but alas I cannot because I live in an apartment so I must live vicariously thru your videos. I am also a big time VW fanatic. I love watching your videos and I've actually learned some things while watching your videos. thank you for sharing your engine obsession. keep the great videos coming.

No idea how I found your channel. I am not a VW fan, but am enjoying watching you tearing down and rebuilding the beetles. Looking forward to seeing where the barn find goes. And thanks for this video, I may now have the confidence to dig out the snow blower in my shed that I can't get running.

I always enjoy your small engine work. You're a good instructor.

Hi there mustie, my name is Ben. ive watched a few of your video's and love them and your workshop alot. The way you do things just reminds me of what people must see when i do things in my workshop. Actually one of the first things i thought of when watching and listening to you to be honest is the feeling that we would make great mates and partners in crime and i use the term "crime" loosely because of the way the wife lives in fear of me turning into some crazy hoarder of anything mechanical or with a engine running or not are must haves in my mind. keep being you my friend its nice to see your passion for all things old, new, unwanted, missused or thrown away. it brings much enjoyment to my day. take care and i can't wait to watch all of your video's and restorations.

What a nice neat generator :-D, and when you washed the little devil it looked really good. A oiley rag for the plastic scratches lol. The inside really looked clean so its not been tampered with much, just the carb bowl. The engine whisperer wins again LOL :-D

I have just learnt more handy knowledge in this video than any other I have ever watched. and I have watched a lot!!!

Thanks a lot! I have the 1800 watt 2200 starting watt ryobi generator. This video helped me get it working again. It runs like a champ.

Love the video! Congrats on getting another awesome find!! I will be looking forward to seeing that old Evinrude in the spring. Looks to be about a 1955-58. Working at an outboard shop I have seen lots of those old motors. I love working on them! It will be interesting to see if your motor still has the original wax type coils and tall condensers under the flywheel. Or when the impeller was last changed. Thanks for sharing your videos with us! -Nick.

I really like the summation at the end. Please continue to do that. Love your videos Mustie.

Just love learning about the inner workings of small engines. I AM mechanically inclined, but, didn't know much about small engines. thanks man. I subbed ya.

Again love the great finds and you have encouraged me to start looking on Craig's list and ebay for cheap equipment to buy, fix, and keep for myself or resell. You really make what you do fun and exciting. I always loved working on small engines and was the best at my job during my tour in the United States Airforce, which ironically dealt with these types of non-vehicle special purpose equipment. When I get my first find, If you will, I will make a video and send you a message to see if you would like to feature it on your channel or just let me know what you think. Great video as always so keep it up.

just happened along Mustie1 's video's, addicted already, thanks Darrin~!!!

Thanks for all your videos, fun to understand small engines. from California Thank you.

My grandfather, born in 1913 was a true blue "Mister Fix It". The kind of man whose motto was: "If I can't fix it, it ain't broke" and after subscribing to this channel and watching quite a few uploads I think i've found his modern day equal. Mustie1 I absolutely love this channel, thank you.

Great deal for 40 bucks man , Thumbs up Darrin !

Nice Find and great fix! Good to have around like you said. Surprised it put out the power being a Ryobi, but sometimes they get it right.

i don't know how you find all the stuff you do, every time i stop at a garage sale all i see are old lady cloths and baby crap!!!

Actually this unit is a Kipor generator in a Ryobi jacket. Nice little generators with well made engines.

You have great mechanical style. When you go though a motor, you always make sure that everything is clean and replaced if necessary. Awesome style, I say.

Nice little generator. Amazed at the amount of stuff you run across

for 40.00 and a couple hours of work, I'd say that's a score.

I love those finds ,Always an easy fix i`ve got 2 - 3000 honda`s to get going one needs a fuel petlock the other for parts .

$40? Heck yeah! Even if you paid 3 times as much you still would have brought it home and cleaned the carb all the same anyways.

Great video, I have the 2nd generation 2200/1800 of this generator 61db very quiet. Great info on carburetor!

Dump days are fun. Can't tell you how many chainsaws, mowers, snowblowers etc I've come across that had bad gas in them and/or carbs needing simple cleaning. Just picked up a Toro snowblower that needed gas tank cleaned and a new fuel filter....runs great. Amazing what people throw away.

I am green with envy. You must live in a wealthy area. That gen would sell for $100 around here before it was fixed. You find stuff in the trash better than I can buy at garage/yard sales or flea markets!! Craigslist is many times full retail for used!

New subscriber, very informative. Wish I'd found this channel years ago.

Darren the generator sounds good. And good luck with the boat motor.

I find a lot of people buy those pressure washers, use them and put them in a shed and they freeze and split. They don't think of winterizing them.

good job man you got that thing looking brand new and running good

Forest bump voice "I love you genny"

I just picked up the exact same RYi2000 model (was in good working condition) for $200, and I thought it was a killer deal. Nice quiet unit, I like the wheel and pull out handle.

"patina" was an accurate word, but I wasn't expecting it hahaha. Nice one

It's definitely a Honda based engine, James condon of this parish pulled one apart recently, you can tell by the diagonally split crankcase.

OMG - I'm addicted to watching you fix generators...

I have found a total of 7 or 8 kerb side mowers that all worked great. But that is not usual. Lots of people scrapping and driving around just waiting to grab those mowers and take them to the scrap yard for $0.75 cents of steel weight. Garage sales are a mix. I have been to some that have great deals and others where things are grossly overpriced. The best are the moving sales. Buy one thing and then the people just want you to take stuff. One of my best purchases was a Dewalt miter saw for only $50. Bought a tile saw as well that I ended up re-selling. They started giving me more and more stuff that they said would be going in the trash otherwise as it wasn't cost effective to move it across the country. I guess people will pay a lot for stuff in my area. But that is very select. People won't buy certain things for $5 at the same time.

I just bought the 2300w model at a pawn shop yard sale. They were asking $450... I think she pushed the ON/AUTO button when it kicked in & before trying a tool on it and as soon as I pressed the tool button gen would shut off. I offered $100 as is and they took it. Brought it home and used it on my pop up and it ran everything including the AC & Heater!

Awesome. What a great find (of course, it could have gone the other way too, I suppose.) I have a tiller with a Chinese engine and that same gasket...it was a real bear getting it back on properly.

hi mustie 1 ,i love my man shed,like to repair small engine stuff,like your generator video,now live in derry, north of ireland,would love to have the know how, that you have,was a neighbour of yours, when i live in taunton ma,would have like to stopped bye your place just to say hi,keep up the great work,gerry, i,m a great fan of all your work,from motor bikes,trailers,snow blowers,tractors,,my favorites,generators,thanks again

Great vid I watched it till the end, You know your stuff and I learned something thanks

Great vid. You are a terrific teacher buddy! Thanks!

generator videos are addictive love it mustie!

Really nice little generator, gotta love an easy fix!

Great little earner 👍 I’d love to do what your doing day to day Mustie 😊 Stevie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Mustie, nice vid, I really enjoy the step by step vids.

Mustie for president, he will mow the white house lawn with a $20 yard sale mower he fixed with parts from his hoard.

I have that little generator and it has got to be one of the best units around.

I believe it would be easier to start with the auto idle off until it's running. Love your videos

I’m Jealous! Good for you man. I love seeing stuff like this. I hope I can find a deal that needs a little love..

Brilliant wee buy $40 and a rubber gasket so elbow grease fantastic.

Love watching your channel !

great video man.. I just grabbed 1 of these from a pawn shop new in the box never opened

Good score on the generator. fyi, they tend to need the choke if the auto isle feature is on, turn it off and then start better. See it started one pull the next day, probably the capacitor that stores voltage for the auto idle bled down. I know my two Generacs and the Honda act that way.

Thank you for this video....i found it very helpful and informative.

Hi, Is it time to pull the evinrude boat motor out of hibernation yet? Looked like an interesting piece. Thanks for taking the time to bring us along for the ride...

The honda 2.0i generator is the exact same engine as the ryobe that you just fixed ,they have a timing belt and a plastic cam in them ,they are a good unit ,abit tricky putting a new belt on them as its hard to line up the oil splash wheel

That little float sure looks very clean.

Good job, almost sounds like rod knock when shutting down and reved up

Nice job, it runs well now. Thanks.

Kipor KGE 2000(bought in 05) is the same and used many hours without complaint,my front output panel that controls motor speed eventually burnt out and it wont start anymore but the motor is still clean with plenty of compression,parts are almost non existence.

Another good score. Question; what brand/model is the boost pack I've seen in a few of your videos? it's gray with yellow knobs. Thanks

The good old Toro Powershifts. Very unique setup with them.

Top work, appreciate the insight.

You must be the luckiest guy I "know"! Nice find bud.

I am now a certified Ryobi Generator repairman after watching Mustie. (smile)

I believe that outboard is a 1957 10hp. I used to own one and it pushed a 14ft jon boat with 3 guys and lots of fishing gear around 20 knots. I suspect that the propeller bushing will probably be dry. It's going to be just like everything else you fix. Carburetor and fuel.

The last time I saw or remove a diaphragm in a 4 valve carburetor was in a Ford Galaxy 500 351 8 cylinder engine. i love that car and someone stole it from me never to be found because the engine was superb in the desert.

your video's make me want to buy broken generators!

Where are your garage sales??????? Nothing like that in my hood!

Sweet! Love finds like this!

You have the best videos on youtube.

Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

I enjoy your vids and revivals of so many machines. Nice work! Wondering if you ever use an O ring kit to make your own o rings when you need one?

These video's inspired me to buy a Powerpro 1000 for $125. I'm glad I bought it. It takes 50:1 mixture in the tank. So, no additional oil is needed. I purr's like a (big) kitten. Oh, by the way, mine came with a DC plug too. It also came with a DC cable attached to battery clips, I'm guessing for to charge a battery. It's kind-a cool. Also, I remember my dad buying gasket material at an auto parts store when I was a kid. I'm guessing that Amazon probably sells it now.

Great bargain ! Another excellent "how to" ! Thanks

Evinrude made Aquasonics with 7.5, 15 and 25 hp. That looks like it could be a 7.5 hp Fleetwin, but it's not possible to tell from the video. Nice catch on the generator. I have not had much luck with that brand of tools, but it looks pretty good.

Wow! Six years ago. I just dropped by for some nostalgia. 😉 Back in the old garage with Mustie working on his sidewalk purchases. Great fun!!!

Thanks man, if igured out how to clean my generator after watching your videos

Love your videos even if they are older

when we test a boat motor at my house we use an extra large stiff rubber trash can filled with water works great. also great video thanks for the share.

Love your channel, man. I've been tinkering with stuff since I was a kid and have always loved doing it. Currently thinking about moving back to my home state of VT and opening a fix-it shop and doing mobile equipment repairs on the weekends. I started doing the mobile thing in MA but got to be too busy (which could be a good thing if I was doing it full time). Have you thought about doing that at all?

Evinrude looks to be maybe a 10hp, maybe a 7.5, about mid 50s vintage. I had a 58 10hp (sportwin) and this is a couple years older than mine. The pressure tanks (double hose) went away late 50s I think.

fair play to that guy well worth watching .

The outboard is a 1955 Evinrude Fleetwin 7.5 hp. I work on outboards for a living as well as collect old outboards and have around 40 of them.

Hell, that was easy! Thanks for the video.

Hey Mustie1!!! I have the same inverter, it works well with electronics, uses very little gas, I recommend keeping it....

Nice find....... good job.

Great job there man.

I have the same Bosch drill, they're awesome.

I have a trick for those vacuum fuel pumps,if you use a bulb suckered like you get for babies put it on the vacuum line and squeeze it lightly a few times it will prime the carb for you

There is a product that's not as handy as RTV but is made by Permatex and is made to resist all automotive fuels. It's called Permashield and besides being fuel resistant it is both high and low temp resistant and does not set up so you can pull parts apart and reuse the seal... Also supposed to work on pitted surfaces too.

cannot find good deals like that where I live

Put the float gasket between two sheets of paper and run a clothes iron over it.

had fun watching this video thanks.

Sounds exactly like my Honda. Even the starting.

ANOTHER AWESOME JOB.