Did a trade for some cool machines and this was thrown in for free. vintage Coleman Powermate 1500 generator. lets see what we have and can we save it.
Mustie, In June of 2018 I was hit by a texting driver while using a crosswalk. While the broken bones have healed, I am still dealing with issues from a traumatic brain injury when I hit the pavement some 15 feet away. Life is certainly different now. It's been a long road. Part of my therapy included puzzle type exercises to help strengthen brain function. Turns out that your videos helped me with order of operations challenges. I am happy to report that I now have a good working knowledge of small engines and tearing into carbeuretors because of your content. Please accept my sincere thanks for what you have done for me. Thank you.
Me too... amazing how there is a range of even youtube videos to exercise the eyes and nervous system. Was chatting on reddit earlier with a game programmer regarding him working on virtual reality projects for those that suffered strokes for now as a group to work with.
I literally don't care what your working on, I'm hooked on your channel! Your skills and your humor plus your child like excitement when you score another win or get an old engine to fire is priceless. Your laughter wether it's at yourself or when you're funning with one of your many toys is just awesome! You were born for RU-vid man! Fan for life mustie!
Reminds me of a buddy of mine. Total motor head. Could put a 4.7 in a focus and make it seem easy. Edit This is probably one of the best prestsart teardown tutorials iv found.
You taking apart that solenoid is one of the many reasons why I watch your channel and what you do! Because we live in such a throw away society that people don’t take the time to investigate equipment (or anything for that matter) to fix things! Sometimes it’s simply because they just don’t have any knowledge about things but taking things apart is exactly how you get that knowledge!
@@marcelcanuck right its like he's taking us along for the ride, I enjoy that also. I like his young adult almost pushing it sense of humor and how he chastises himself for what he might of said. I love it I am always waiting for the next video.
I change the fuel out yearly in my generator. Years ago after doing this, I wanted to make sure it would fire up. It had electric start and after much cranking and choking, I realized the kill switch was off. I flipped it on and after half a crank it shot a fire ball the size of a basketball out the muffler! Sounded like a shotgun going off! Fortunately I was slightly off to one side. Still, it burnt all my facial hair. I can still picture the fireball. Generator wasn't hurt and fired right up. My wife was mad as hell for scaring her and my buddy thought it was hilarious. Fun memories.
Another lovely hour of knowledge and entertainment on a Sunday here in the UK. I actively seek these Mustie vids out if their not in my RU-vid feed. All the best Mustie 1 from the UK.
Only in a Mustie1 video will you see a guy leave with a good generator and come home with a “bad” one. Love your videos sir, and enjoyed the trip down memory looking at the past projects that were part of this deal.
Man have I missed these videos. Took a little break and I'm glad that the content has not changed. I watched these 10 years ago when I was 15 and learned to much along the way. Thanks
I Remember that ice storm you're talking about. I worked in southern NH at the time, every tree and bush looked like a giant crystal chandelier. One of the most beautiful things I ever saw.
I love these small engine videos. I've revived quite a few power tools using what I've learned from this channel. The Tygon fuel line I've always seen is yellow. If you buy the actual Tygon brand, I've never had it harden. The generic yellow stuff does. The blue stuff is different all-together and that stuff can harden pretty quick.
The best part of your videos is the way you talk to the camera. Just like two buddies tinkering around in the garage. Makes me feel like I'm right there with you trying to figure things out together. Thanks for what you do.
Darren, two cousins made a spud gun, and couldn't get it to work after using it for a while. Their propellant was WD-40, and it seems that it worked well. The igniter was from an old grill. The one cousin asked the other to open the threaded cap, then he tells his brother, I'll click it if you want to check for spark. Having just sprayed it, it was "fuelled up". Well the elder says to the younger check for spark, and sure enough, when he clicked it, there was there was, and he singed his eyebrows. It's amazing how experience can teach a few things.
OMG! I didn't think anyone had a story similar to mine. My dad had found a different type of twist igniter instead of the push button electric ones. He had just installed the new igniter into a new spud gun, and he was excited to see how the new igniter spark looked. He looked down the tube and spun the new igniter to see the "greater amount" of spark. Well... Not thinking all of the glue fumes were still in the gun!!! He singed his eyebrows and some hair on his head. No one was with him on the garage when it happened, but he came in the house looking like he had seen a ghost. Dad passed away in 2005, but we've all laughed about that episode many times before he passed and still today.
To add a horror story, a coworker came in to work one Monday morning and looked a wreck. It turned out that his son, a concert pianist, had made a spud gun but it wasn't impressive enough for him. So he loaded it up with rocks. When he tried to fire it out jammed. So he put some more fuel in it then tried to clear the jam. Some how it fired while his hand was over the end of the gun. He ended up losing half his middle finger along with all of the ring finger and pinky on his right hand. The saving grace was that after it healed he taught himself how to play with the missing fingers. Listening to him you would never know. Singed eyebrows is a much easier lesson.
I enjoy watching your videos. It reminds me of my days growing up with my Dad. We would always pick up a mower or what ever and bring it home and get it running. Take Care
Love these videos! You are truly a treasure. So relaxing to pop this on and cook a meal or do some chores. This was an excellent generator special. Thank you for what you do!
For the remote start I think you have to double click the start button. It's probably an off the shelf remote start module so it has safeties in place.
was not expecting a double feature! When I saw the length of the video I thought the kwak was packing a hidden surprise... Worked on one of these same excell generators for a friend.. For the remote start.. click the lightning button twice in quick succession to remote start (key doesn't need to be in the generator only the remote start switch on) regarding the generators.. the traditional type (like the kwak) is usually called a synchronous generator.. line frequency is tied to RPM hence the 3600 for 60hz with a 2 pole / 1800rpm for a 4 pole generator head.. the inverters rpm is only dependant only load as it uses a computer to output the sine wave at correct frequency, those Hondas and Honda clones are something like 5000rpm at full load (you'll need an owners manual to find specifics for your model)
53:52 I believe that the remote start functions like it does on 100% of the vehicles that I've tried it on. Single press of the lock followed by double press of the start button. Clicking the lock once is like turning your car's ignition to the on position. If you listen carefully, you'll hear the relay latching. It is very clear on film. If you wait too long or click the lock again, it will unlatch. They made it so you have to double click the start button to prevent accidental starts I assume.
Bought a new car( used)the dealer showed me the auto start and then at home press nada. Watching a mustie Sunday video read your comment and sure enough. Was going to have the fob replaced tomorrow. Thank for the info better than the car dealership. Haha. So happy.
I live in Southern nh. And i work as a Welder and tinker on my off time. I've watched you since you made videos at your house. Watched you mess with your moped bikes you've built etc. I love watching you
Your test hz without the jigsaw is accurate. The hertz jumped around with the jigsaw because your meter is very sensitive. The jigsaw injected interference back into the line and the meter couldnt process it.
Thank you for doing these videos, I feel like youre teaching me things my dad should have taught me when I was a kid but he never had the time for that. Your videos are great paced and well edited and I love your attitude. keep it up and thank you again
1500 watt, might power a hairdryer, I too am hooked on your channel. Since watching you, I did get inspired to get out a 65 year old Moped that I had lost hope on a few years ago, but thanks to you I got it running and even rode it, keep the videos coming...happy wrenching
Darren if you grab yourself a cheap gravel guard gun and put a flexable gas tubing on the gun, hook it up to your air and Wa La than you can drain the fuel out of a gas can. Works well, especially on small gas tanks like what's on those generators.
Awesome detail as always and I never seen a solenoid repaired. I think I've went through most all the switches and other parts. Now I think about... never cleaned or repaired an ammeter, voltmeter or hour meter. Otherwise... will have to try a solenoid next since doesn't really need to be calibrated or small wires rewound. Thanks for sharing! Stay warm!
I guess most of us don't even think about it being repairable, just go out and buy a new one. That's our society today. Disposable everything, Growing up poor, we had to either fix what broke or do without.
Love listening to your stories mustie not only is the working on stuff fun to watch I also come for the stories. Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving friend take care
Great video, two nice useful little generators now back to life. The red one in particular is quite a sophisticated little thing. Greetings from Ireland.
For your camp, have you ever looked into setting up a solar panel driven, motion detection camera, like is used for wildlife observation? You might be able to find out who has been raiding the cottages.
Yeah heard the same thing ref the steam car. Glad he's on the mend as could have been far worse! I also rate the Honda generators. I don't have to deal with the cold as I live in the sub-tropics, but I keep a Honda 2KVA to plug the fridge into when the power goes out. Those clamps are called constant tension clamps.
I like those older type generators and I never owned one with the Kawasaki engine but that's my favorite brand engine for any types of lawn and garden equipment for sure... I just traded up a 5000 watt generator with a 10hp Briggs and Stratton side shaft engine on it and it doesn't have the pull rope top for it and I have looked around my area locally for one now for about a month and haven't found one yet LOL I guess I'll have to search EBay for one as much as I don't want to because I end up buying other things and spending to much 😅
There are 5 species of widow spiders found throughout the US, including the Northern and Southern Black Widows that are widely distributed. There are also several spiders that look like widows. Venomous or not, I would quickly introduce those ladies (the big ones) and gentlemen (the little ones) to Mr. Shoe (the big left one); I don't particularly like spiders.
Another Sunday morning in Mustie church. I have a 2hp Honda outboard that I bought 2 years ago non running. After cleaning the carb it ran similar to the red generator. I dumped in a strong dose of seafoam and ran around the lake for about 45 minutes. Whatever was in the fuel system got cleaned out. It ran like a new one. Good job on the generators.
I was purchasing a used lawn mower from Marketplace and the gentleman threw in an older Coleman generator. The side shields were missing from it and the carry handle. I had to do minimal work to it and it fired right up! I couldn't figure out why they disassembled it to begin with. I am just keeping it around for the fact no one will want it because there are parts missing. If I can find another one that's junk, I can salvage the missing parts and get it back to original condition. I did scrap a generator like yours a few years ago, it was pretty trashed.
Hey, I liked that one. It is so nice to watch a constructive project video. That is, as opposed to the wacko stuff in the news. Truly appreciate your work. Thank you. It was a ton of fun....
Those clamps are known as ‘constant tension’ clamps since if things sharing or expand a bit with fuel or temperatures they adjust to keep the joint tight.
For cleaning the last bit of gas and debris from the tank you can just toss a rag in there and hit the inside of the tank with a blow gun-compressed air and it does the scrubbing for you. Check it out. It works surprisingly well.
The ice storm you mentioned, I remember that, it hit the US and Canada really bad, the sale of portable generators skyrocketed after that storm. Now the common thing is, whole home generators, that run off of natural gas or propane. When you picked up that go-kart ice rider the other day, I saw this generator sitting on the floor, I kind of figured you were bringing it home as well. Personally I got an almost identical generator from an auction a while back, worked the way it should and sold fast.
Are we on the ice storm of '98?. Hydro Quebec's complete system shut down due to the fact that power lines ran over granite, which covers most of the province and shorted out the system. Details are vague after 24 years but, ill never forget the sound of trees splitting in two and large branches falling from the accumulated ice on their branches.
Ol classic OG style video here mustie. Great video as usual, I had two of them in the past and are great little runners. The carb is quite rare on those.
I had one of these in 1988, it was ALL of my power living in my RV for 3 years, never a problem, it got 6 hours run time on a gallon of gas and ran my microwave, tv, charged the house batteries and more, I ran it 8-10 hours a day. Loved how the oil drain is on BOTH sides.
Love your channel, real tygon tubing the yellow/green stuff is good stuff. Never had it harden yet. We live in such a disposable society, everyone is so quick to throw stuff away.
Love these small generators !! A must have for the winter, just in case. Mine will run my sump and furnace ( just ). It's a old chinese knockoff, but I take great care of it.
The best stories are the ones you can tell on yourself 😂. I haven't heard which car Jay was trying to start. But I seem to remember him talking about something like that when starting one of them. Stanley steemer?
My family went 5 weeks without electricity during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and no generators. It was still hot and humid here in South Carolina and there were a lot of mosquitos. I think I lost a gallon of blood. ;) I watch all your videos.
Love the generator videos! I wished I would have known you had that honda generator still, I just assumed you sold it soon after you fixed it in the original video of it. Anyways have a great day been watching your videos for years and years
Some of the WD 40’s don’t have the top with the hose connected to it, but just have a top that connects to a normal tube that comes out of am enclosed spray can, like the set up for the original WD40 cans. You can still pull the new WD 40 top off, and shove it down on the small tube, or even on to an old WD40 can (so that you don’t have to use the straw that used to come with it, that you’re always losing.).
Fixed one of these 10-12 years back for a friend. The tank had a leak and the carb needed going through. I think the leak was a crack from metal fatigue due to the vibrations, but I don't remember exactly. I didn't do a complete restoration like this, but did spend a fair bit of time cleaning it up, TIG'd the crack in the tank, repaired few things, replaced a few other little things, and eventually got it running like a top and then gave all the paint work a good buff and polish. Lol.......... and then the guy accidentally backed over it with his truck two weeks later. DOH! I didn't show it when he told me, but I was a little heartbroken for sure. Not because of the work I had into it but because it was a cool old unit that was pretty cherry.... ohh well, that's life.
I remember that storm Mustie , i was living in Methuen Ma. at the time , and we lost power for 3 days , and i had a generator , and wired up my furnace, fridge and 1 end table light ...exactly how you said , cut an extension cord and wired it directly to the furnace and plugged it in , lol i remember it being VERY cold during that ....
Mustie that was great on both generator sound good runs great good power for like a fridge heater or TV they have these new charging stations but great video loved it as always thank you never miss a video can't wait for next one.
Burned my hair off , sinuses and throat with a 70's Pontiac grand prix. Distributor was in wrong. That was back in the early 80's still suffering from the damages today.
Oh my goodness! I've got the same model generator out in the garage. When I got mine, the output voltage was very low - like 60 volts. Traced the problem to a bad diode on the rotor. Replaced the bad diode with new and it works nicely. I don't care for the plastic end cap on the stator housing, but so far, it seems to work fine. Not a bad unit, especially for free!
I have a very similar generator (but 230v/50Hz) to the red one except without the electric start, but I did investigate what would be needed to fit one. Consequently, every time you said "is that it?" or something similar I was saying "nope". Been there, done that. This video reminds me to make sure it is working before winter sets in.
Great video, I had one just like it ! only branded Kubota . Thing ran like a champ . Big ice storm in Vermont and it kept my heat running for 5 days . Think I traded a 1/4 0z for it . Thank you for the great videos .
I've got what I guess is a little newer version of this, its a small frame mounted Powermate 1500 (was given to me). Its sole purpose in life is to run my sump pump during power outages. I do have a larger gen, but unless the outage is extended, no need to bother. As long as my basement isn't flooding, I'm good, lol.
Mustie1, Those were fun! I like the green one even though it doesnt have remote. I’m sure that opinion would change if I were in a warm lighted house but needed to start the gen that was out in the snow and ice ,,,,haha. Congratulations!
I do service to our pressure washers at work. One had a solenoid issue on the OEM one, and I put a Ford style one in with a waterproof push button switch. It starts so much easier now. The trombetta solenoids are not always a good choice. My Honda HT3813 engine needed a solenoid, and the OEM one was $90, but one for a motorcycle was under $10.
Both are fine and handy gensets, but I am particularly grateful for your getting a good look into that 2nd red _Excel_ one, since I have a near identical one in yellow with the _Ramsond_ brand name. Like yours, my unit's little electric start battery went south years ago, but dangling its leads out from holes in the battery compartment is a fine idea. The little specialized batteries are just too expensive for what they are, and don't last very long, but I've always got a jumppack or 12V battery around if I don't feel like using the pull cord. Thanks again!
Seafoam is what I use to help keep carbs clean and fuel stabilizer. Like your channel very much and have used some of your fixes to keep things up and running.
I picked up a red Honda 2000 watt generator at the side of the road the other day! One of those little quiet ones. It actually fired right up and runs beautifully, checked the oil and oil isn’t in worst shape, gas smelled bad though.. Just doesn’t have output so that be a project for a day when we get snowed in. It probably be a fuse or something simple. the guy who was out there at the time said they didn’t get much use from it power been reliable since the move 10 or so years ago..
I always called the torsion clamps spring clamps. And the other clamps screw clamps . I like the torsion clamps because they tend to not leak overtime. Screw clamps losen overtime because hoses tend to shink due to age and heat cycles and vibration, you have to periodically check and tighten them up vs the torsion clamps are self tightening and adjust for these problems on their own. Application also can be a factor in which clamp is best but for lower pressure connections I definitely prefer torsion clamps and if you have the right tool for them they are easier and faster to install I think.
