lets fix up an old generator

I love watching these 'will it run series ' on a rainy day/night while in my garage working on my old vw veedub! Nothing better than the feeling of a ratchet in my hands & a cup of good coffee & my virtual buddy mustie keeping me company in the background! 😊 Awesome!!

The older Briggs L heads hold such a steady rpm, I love all the models, 14,17,19,22&25, from the 60's up to 1989. Before they started using foreign carburetors.

Thanks!! I've watched this video four times now. I really like these old Ag-Tronic or Coleman Powermate generators made in Nebraska. I use one to power the entire house when there's an outage. Aside from having to gas it up every 90 minutes, it's a very well built unit and as you can see Mustie has shown that it's totally repairable and the parts are very durable. Change the brushes, clean the carburetor, replace the recoil spring and rope. Lube the starter ratchet and you're good for 50 years, no kidding. Mine is almost 35 years old, has a few hundred hours on it and it may go another 35 years for someone some day.

Thanks for doing this video. It helped me bring my (late) Granddad’s Coleman PowerMate 4000 genset back to life. Hasn’t run since the mid-90s. Carb was clean, except for a couple jets. Surprised how quickly I could get it sputtering. Emulating your fuel-air mix adjustments got it running. Just now shut it down, after running for nearly an hour with a 1500-watt heater load. I cut the fuel off so it ran out of gas, drained the carburetor and siphoned the rest from the tank, per your suggestion. Gonna test it again in a week to see if it starts easier this time. 💪 Thanks again!

Your knowledge and description of what you are doing is excellent! Thanks so much Mustie.

Oh I wish I had these videos when I was young. So much fun to watch. No more boring days :) Thanks Mustie for making these!

I like my old school stuff, I have a 3 1/2 horse Briggs lawn mower engine with that same type of updraft carb. It was made in the 1950's. It's got points. I fix my own things as well. Enjoy your videos Sir great work.

Can't get enough of your videos i love small engines and working on them. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for showing the inside of the pull start ratchet as well as the float boat leveling by bending the tab. Really appreciate how how you explain everything!

Great explanation of how the pull start works 👍 Love watching you fix things Mustie 😊 I sit in my truck most days watching you great show lol 😆 Keep it up please Stevie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Hello my names Tony and i use my wife's e mail and watch her you tube i really like watching you repair old unwaned machinery keep up the good work and the fact that your from NH is a plus thanks

Thank you. I appreciate your hard work, perseverance and relentless effort to bring a dead unit back to life. Bravo. Cheers.

Hi, the problem with the pull start most times it is the recoil spring, I always remove the pull starter, blast the spring out with air then reset the spring tension, to spin the motor over without the pull start, I use a 1/2 drive socket that fits the spindle I also use a 1/2 drive socket attachment that fits into a large size power drill, using these tools will help spin the motor over to check for spark and also start the motor, hope this information helps you for future work, I also enjoy watching you work on other petrol driven machines. Kind regards Sam Knudsen. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

I love how you save all these old machines with just basic care and tune-ups. If people would take time to read the manuals of the equipment they buy and actually maintain them as suggested their lawn mowers, tractors, and any gas equipment would last for ever. I guess that's why we have endless supply of cheap (very expensive) stuff to maintain or buy and find for our profit!

Reality video is the best approach to actually see what we go through. Great info and easy to understand. Thanks for sharing.

My kind of therapy is watching small engine repair. Love it!

I am amazed at how clean that carb was!

Great videos wish I had time for all the projects you tackle! Many meters have a frequency counter. This helps more on the loaded RPM adjustment than voltage.

I like all of your projects, I enjoy bringing old equipment back to life.

These videos are great....you have the right patience and skills for these kind of jobs !!