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The Generator Blows Up

In December, 2004, I loaned the generator out to a lady who's power was out. I forgot to tell her to check the oil in the engine, and sure enough it went low and threw a rod (broken connecting rod). I'm rebuilding it now and will have some pics here soon.

The connecting rod was broken and the fuel pump was broken, so both had to be replaced. The connecting rod was straight forward, but the fuel pump got rather complicated. But I eventually got it done and it works fine. It does burn oil pretty fast (although it doesn't show blue smoke.)
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