Those are nice units. Were building a house and will have a fully automatic
whole house unit installed too. There getting quite popular down here.
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Rick Barnes
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:11 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Small Engine Repair again
Glad you got it going...lucky guess on my part.
I just bought a big 13kw Guardian for my home but won't get it installed
till later next week. It will run off my propane tank. I will be off the
list from Thursday till Monday to travel to Atlanta for daughter #2's
wedding. Whew, I hope that is the last wedding...got all four kids married
as of Sunday at 6 p.m.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Jamie Calder
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:00 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Small Engine Repair again
Yup. It was crud. I removed the bowl and there apparently was water in
there that caused the bottom of the bowl to rust. When I turned on the fuel
it must have loosened some rust crud and made it way places it shouldn't
have been. I was able to spray brake parts cleaner (all I had handy) in
every hole, nook, cranny, crevice I could see followed by compressed air.
Put everything back together and it runs great now. Glad I didn't have to
disassemble more then the bowl and air filter!
2 years ago after our slew of hurricanes I drained the tank and ran it till
it shut off. Didn't check for water in the bowl!
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
jon@dakota-truck.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:19 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Small Engine Repair again
"Jamie Calder" <jcalder3@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
: In anticipation of Ernesto coming to our door, I'm firing up the generator
: to make sure it's in good working order. I don't think we will need it
but
: it's best to be prepared.
: Soon as I turn the fuel valve on, gas comes out of an 1/8" hole on the
: carburetor. It looks as though the outlet was made for gas (or something)
: to come out of it, perhaps for maintenance or something but surly not
while
: it's running!
: I'm going to do some fiddling but thought someone might be able to point
me
: in the right direction.
Maybe there is some crud or varnish in the float bowl which is preventing
the float from sealing off the orifice where the gas runs into the bowl, or
possibly the floats might have gotten a hole in them, filled with gas and
sank. That would be the first thing I would check anyway; sounds like the
float might not be shutting off the gas and its overflowing the bowl?
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-Jon-
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