Help with generator
Stellar HDF Member
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Frankly, if you don't know where it is or what you are going to need to do, you really should not be working on it.
Get a service manual, read it, and then see if you are still up for it.
Get a service manual, read it, and then see if you are still up for it.
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2nd Gear
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: south dakota
i hate to sound smug
well i dont have a book right now im getting one some friends told me what it was and wher it is is and i thought someone could help as far as tools i think out of my 10000.00 in snap on i should find some thing to work maybe a pair of vice grips and a hammer. i do have a 1970 firebird formula that runs solid 9's so i think im up to the job
thanks for the smug answer
thanks for the smug answer
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: South West Missouri
I don't think it was a smug answer at all .... neither Scuba nor I nor anyone else knows how much mechanical know how and/or experience you have. Mechanic 101 says you need to have a service manual at the least. He is right on when he said read the manual first and then think about whether you really want to do it or not.
If anything his answer was direct and to the point. Just my two cents worth.
Good luck on that generator.
If anything his answer was direct and to the point. Just my two cents worth.
Good luck on that generator.
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Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Texas! Ya mean there's someplace else?
Front of the engine cases, down low, two wires (sometimes more depending on how many previous owners rewired it!). Disconnect battery, disconnect the leads on the generator, remove 2 long bolts (on right side of engine) holding genny to engine.
After installing new genny, polarize it! That's where you need the manual, or go into the "Classics" section here and search for a great how-to on the polarizing process.
After installing new genny, polarize it! That's where you need the manual, or go into the "Classics" section here and search for a great how-to on the polarizing process.
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: South West Missouri
Cheers!
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