It’s amazing how many pieces of equipment that are sold “were just running a year ago.”

It would be hard to find a host like you that explains what you are doing with whatever you do any better And with that ,learn a lot. Thank you...Mike

Mustie, this was a really nice video. I like to see the repair process from beginning to end. I can see you're making an effort to show part of the diagnosis and repair in real time. That's much appreciated.

Great deal on that rider! I really like the winch setup you've got on your truck. Thanks for the videos.

19:23 I used to be the director of the town band and it was a big jazz band so during the Memorial Day parade we would have a couple of amps and a p a system mounted in a truck and we rode through the parade. We had one of these little Honda generators mounted on the front truck fender powering the amps. You could barely hear it. Great machines and yes they are expensive. Bought my dad a makita generator 10 years ago and it’s still in the box- I should open!

Interesting as usual. Its nice to watch the process from start to finish!

nice find! I loved my Honda generator. so light!

thank you for showing your experiences you have thought me a lot

Sweet finds man, I love that Honda generator!

Once again many thanks for your educational mechanical videos, keep them coming !

You gotta love a good yardsale. You spend all winter anxiously awaiting for those spring sales. A wonderful way to spend a saturday.

Thanks to your videos I just finished cleaning the carburetor on my EX1000 Honda. It hadn't run in a year or so. Put it back together and started on the first pull. Mine also needs a tiny bit of choke to run at its best. Thanks for your help.

I had one just like it for close to 20 years. A great little generator.

Fantastic finds again. Congrats!

Nice job on all the work you do on all great finds and really helps us out on finds here in Nova Scotia Canada cause it really helps man it does for sure

I have one just like it that I picked up at a flea market about 30 years ago, It's never been in the shop for repairs and I've done the maintenance on it. The most I've done is replace the spark plug and change the oil and clean the air cleaner. It can set all summer and after a shot of ether in the fall it will crank right off and then after that all it needs is choking and 2 or 3 pulls and away she goes. I think I gave $50 or 100 back then and consider that one of my all time best buys! We live now where there are many power outages in the winter and it keeps our Toyostove oil furnace running along with a couple of lights and will run almost all night on a tank of gas about a quart maybe a little more, figure 6 or 7 hours, no complaints ever! Great little generator, I just wish it were 2500 watts! I'd love another so I could keep the fridge running too and maybe a couple more lights, or my PC. LOL Gabby

Another great video! I also have a collection of older treasures!

Nice little generator! That coil karma will come around for sure.

Good work ,good explanations ,looks like you realy enjoy what you do,I enjoy your videos.

One of these days Mustie, I am going to have to remember to extinguish my Cigar while I am dropping the carb bowls on mowers.......Maybe...LOL

I like that winch on the truck to pull the rideon mowers into the bed! Your videos ROCK!

In my old job the Honda's generators were used to power traffic lights as standby power. They were the only ones that ran smooth enough cycle wise to run the computerized light units. A regular generator just had to wavy an output cycle to run electronics. You will love that unit.. They are pretty much bullet proof..

Nice scores! I like that Honda gen.

I have that same little winch in the bed of my old dirty Dodge. I pull Crosley's in the truck with it. Great buys Darren.

This is my favorite style of video from you! Great buy on the Honda! I wouldn't sweat giving away the coil as I bet that karma will come back to you!

You can use a small spiral EZ-Out with your fingers to remove those balky jet tubes from gummy carbs. Cheers!

Snap ring pliers sometimes help tug a gummy jet out of its hidey hole...

A landscape trailer would be great for yard sales. Take two pallets 4' plywood walls and lides to stack and tie down. Then use pallet jack for other items stay secure and dry. Easy store and off load.

very sweet score Darrin! i like the craftsman mower,... i got several opposed twin engines i could put on that and have a great back up mower! i got push mower coils!!

Something I have found to make it easier to remove the jet and tube that is held in place by gunk is open the throttle and take a small hex key that has a 90 bend, press on the tube with the end of the small end of the key and it should slide out with the jet. Assuming of course the jet has already been unscrewed.

I know you know the trick but I usually just clean the rust off of the magnets and generally get spark. Now that generator was a great find. Fixed it looks like a $300 bill. :)

Nice little generator .

Retooling a good screwdriver with a gentle twist at the sides then hardening it with heat and coating for removing those parts is an awesome thing for a small engine shop. So's a regulated 160F hotbox for cast carb bodies to make the screws easier.

I don't know why but I like watching this

I've done around 30 of those ex1000s and have been everywhere on/in them. The jet is commonly undersized and I will typically drill it out barely(about half the machines I get). I always get $400 at a minimum for a beat up one, $450 on average, but would get $500 for the one you have in that nice of condition. Nice score at $100.

Some great scores . Dont you just love it when some one trys to fix something and makes more work lol

300K Subs Mustie1, way to go!!!!

Just great! Now I gotta get a winch for my Tundra! Man!

I really do enjoy your videos.

Good battery and good tires on the Craftsman.

Very nice score Mustie1 on the Honda. Honda gensets are heavy and I think it has a lot to do with the quality of what’s inside the generator head.

Great deal on the Honda generator!

I have a ex800 gen in the garage the o ring for the float is discontinued what size should I use

thank you for the vids.

Mustie1, Good job on the Honda Generator!!!! That is a nice little unit!

Just started watching , and hooked, never have yard sales here in the UK.

Nice vid very informative thanks.

Standard Mustie. Honda first. Right to the carb. We gotta designate him the official Carb Whisperer 😎

Honda generator. You can push the master control lever down about half way and that will cut off the gas to the carburator. When it cuts off, just push it all the way down to kill the motor, electrically. The switch has a rod that connects to a fuel shut off valve under the front cover about a foot away from the switch. I put a mark next to the switch with a sharpie, so I knew how far to push it down. It took about two minutes to shut off at idle speeds

Sweet haul!

Ya buddy, always good to find a score. cheers my friend

You meet the nicest people around a Honda generator.

Don't leave the little generator at the cabin! lol Nice one. I've got my Honda mower carb apart at the moment. I may put a video up on getting it back together. What a palaver that is. :-)

Hey Darrin have you heard about Kohler Courage motors that blow smoke for a few minutes after startup?

that green light should be on, as soon as the engine comes up to speed. I got mine wet one time and it rusted the connect right off the exciter compactor, a 13uf capacitor on the rack under the front c.over. I replaced it with a 15uf capacitor and it works fine

Great video, I like the gamble of buying yard sale stuff.

Very Nice video very quite generator.

Honda quality has always been amazing.

I think you need to get a winch with a wireless remote from TSC that is what I put on my trailer and it is awesome, then when you pull something up on your trailer you can steer it on straight. Just a thought

Easiest way I find is to pull honda jets out, thread in an easy out .Usually works first time.

up here that bagger running still can get around175 to 200 tractor blown engine easy 100. to 150

Yeah, them Honda generators are simple machines, fixed rev rate, capacitor excited, nice & quiet, I fixed up an EX650 this year, needed some deep surgery to the armature though as one of the diode packs had failed, and boy was that a PITA to fix!! :S It's a 240v model too, so has a switch for 50/60Hz operation, on 50Hz it's nice and quiet (though the peak watts drops to 550W, with 450W being its continuous), haven't tested the 12v charge circuit yet though, not got a suitable battery for it... :)

really enjoy your videos since I've retired watching people work is fun anyway I watched a video by Kenny Hicks on old route 100 in west virginia you need to watch this video

You really need to steal the wife's crocheting needles. They work very well as mini hooks much stronger than dental picks

VW trailer to match paint of your rig. Makes mobil media room and bar

Nice. I bet that you won't be leaving the Honda at the cabin for the thieves to take.

You need the wireless control for the winch, works great.

Nice video Mustie1!

A 1000ex weigh 77# loaded with gas and oil. I had one for 20 years. Bought it new on 4/15/95.

what kind of setup is that to pull the mower up on the pick up?

it's kind of funny , i never see you use a hammer on some of the projects like i do . when i am about to finish working on some of the things i try to fix ..good video

What was the problem with the ON / OFF switch of the Honda generator ?

Is the green light on? That indicates it is making power. I had a problem with the exciter capacitor. One of the leads had corroded off. It is a 13 FD capacitor and I found a 15 FD capacitor on eBay that fit the physical profile of the original and it worked fine after that.

Oooh to bad for the graftsman sorry to hear. Better luck next time. Greetings,, Kitty. \

The emulsion tube mixes air with the fuel to help it vaporize before it enters the venturi.

lol I have that problem with those Honda carbs to every time its a booger to get that jet out. Honda motors are the best though nice score for 100

im still watching i think i might learn something along the way thanks for the vids

Get your little magic ⛽️ bottle and I’m sure it will run !

since most of your videos are tearing apart the carb, would using seafoam mitigate nearly half the issues you face?

I miss yard sales in the North East. Down here in the deep South...there's never anything good and even the junk is overpriced!

IT BLOWS MY MIND TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF TOOL BOXES (CONTAINERS) IT IS AN EPITONE OF WEALTH HERE IN MEXICO WOULD BE LIKE DANGEROUS TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF TOOLS

That winch in the bed of your truck is indispensable. And the ramps, of course.

Interesting about the coil! Your kindness was repaid by the Honda, I'm a firm believer in Karma.

what do you shook it in

I realize it’s an old video and you may know this but the coil on mowers with that much rust you should remove and clean the back and the posts it sits on before calling them dead. Seems to be a common problem here in the south.

Put something in the drill chuck so we can see that it is spinning/working.

Great video fella love Honda stuff . Shame about the coil . Sure a cheap one will come to you . Regards Pete.

do you know how to fix an inverter generator that does not output power?

Cool I have the same generator mine oil light comes on then it dies, once warmed up it fine. Strange

Nice score on the Honda gen. I think a new coil is like $50

You’ve gotten so many craft man mowers

Honda... one pull & they run.

I have 3 honda self propelled mowers.2 have carb problems. One has carb problem and rear drive problem rolls fine forward but locked in reverse. Should i fix? is there any money to be made? . Why would the drive push forward and lock in pulling back?

that toro snow blower looks just like mine

Do Honda carbs use gaskets.

all Way's bro👍

Re letting go of the coil, as they say, no good deed goes unpunished!!

Found a generator like that in the trash last year, will only run with the choke on full. Guess I need to clean the carb.

You could have used a pick or your bent paper clip to the hole to unscrew the jet.

I just did a head gasket on a intek 18.5 today. it was burning oil and blowing oil out the fuel pump