[Shop-talk] Generators

Brian C. Kennedy kennedybc at comcast.net
Sat Sep 29 10:13:19 MDT 2007


I share your view on replacing a working generator even though it's almost
20 years old and doesn't owe anybody anything. It's a 3/4" hole and I don't
think I'm equipped to handle one that large. Also, it is pretty badly
corroded at the bottom of the hole and it doesn't look like there is enough
material left.
Brian
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Brian C. Kennedy
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> From: Richard George <rkg at teleport.com>
> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:02:19 -0700
> Cc: 'Shop Talk' <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Generators
> 
> Brian,
> 
> how about just drilling out the hole and putting a helicoil in it?
>  Seems kind of extreme to get rid of a working generator because you
> can't hang the
> muffler on it :-)
> 
> Best,
> 
> rkg
> (Richard George)
> 
>> My neighbor has my old 4 KW generator. (I should have sold it to someone
>> much further away.) The tapped hole in the Al head to connect the muffler
>> corroded so badly I don't see an easy way to fix it. So, I looked for a
>> replacement. Harbor Freight seems to have the nicest selection, Chicago
>> Electric. Any recommendations, thoughts?
>> Thanks
>> Brian
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