Possibly overlooked generator maintenance

[mrdonut12]

I'm going through a middle maintenance on my generator (12.5 kw
Perkins).
Here's some observations while doing so. I replaced the
fuel filter on it and there were several large O rings, those are
for the top and bottom seals on the element.
There are 2 different sized smaller O rings. One goes
on the inside of the filter element for the center section,
the other is for the center top bolt that holds it all together.
I had to remove some fuel lines to get the top bolt out,
but it looked like that O ring had been in there forever, in
fact, both little O rings looked like that. Be sure they get
changed or the unit could suck air or fuel could bypass the
filter. I had to bleed the injectors to get it to stay running
when done.
The real reason for this post is mine has a 110 volt cooling
fan motor. There's a little hole on top of each end of this motor,
right about the bushings. Those holes are for motor oil to oil the
bushings. Be sure to put several drops of oil in each one when you
service the generator.
This time, I don't think the oil weight is critical ;o).
I used 10W30 oil.
Another tip for the backyard guys out there.

George Witt
81 FC 35
Lincoln, Nebraska (Husker baseball team just qualified
for the College World Series by defeating Miami in a 2 game sweep).

[randydupree]

george,another little tip is you can drip oil off the end of the gennie dipstick
into those holes.i use that trick to lube padlocks on gates and the lockbox type
mailboxs all the time..randydupree93wb
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From: mrdonut12
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Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 9:11 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Possibly overlooked generator maintenance


I'm going through a middle maintenance on my generator (12.5 kw
Perkins).
Here's some observations while doing so. I replaced the
fuel filter on it and there were several large O rings, those are
for the top and bottom seals on the element.
There are 2 different sized smaller O rings. One goes
on the inside of the filter element for the center section,
the other is for the center top bolt that holds it all together.
I had to remove some fuel lines to get the top bolt out,
but it looked like that O ring had been in there forever, in
fact, both little O rings looked like that. Be sure they get
changed or the unit could suck air or fuel could bypass the
filter. I had to bleed the injectors to get it to stay running
when done.
The real reason for this post is mine has a 110 volt cooling
fan motor. There's a little hole on top of each end of this motor,
right about the bushings. Those holes are for motor oil to oil the
bushings. Be sure to put several drops of oil in each one when you
service the generator.
This time, I don't think the oil weight is critical ;o).
I used 10W30 oil.
Another tip for the backyard guys out there.

George Witt
81 FC 35
Lincoln, Nebraska (Husker baseball team just qualified
for the College World Series by defeating Miami in a 2 game sweep).




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