Will The Harbor Freight Storm Cat 2-Cycle Generator Start After Many Years?
Originally recorded May 6, 2023.
It has been a good 3 or 4 years since I have started the Harbor Fright Storm Cat 2-cycle generator. I just never had the inclination t run it, and it turns out that probably wasn't a good idea.
When I opened the gas cap, whatever residual gas in the tank really stunk bad. There was very very little in there, and I figured that mixing "freshly stale" gas with it would rejuvenate it.
The starter rope recoil is really wonky now and doesn't want to fully retract. I gave it a go, then another, and another and another and another. It actually did fire up, but stalled. That was either because I took the choke off too fast (most likely) or because it really didn't like that fuel.
Then I remembered why I haven't started this in a while. It won't hot restart. For this, hot restart means restart at all once it has fired. The engine kicks back and rips the starter rope out of my hand. I remembered this part, which is why I wore gloves. I tried and tried and tried again, but every time it would rip the cord out of my hand.
I let it sit for a while and tried again and it still ripped the cord out of my hand. It wasn't going to run, this time.
Consequently, while my hand didn't hurt, which is usually what happens, my arm did hurt pretty bad for the next few days. Because the recoil isn't working properly, and because it kicks back, next order of business is to pull the recoil mechanism and drill start it. I have done this before in the past, never recorded. I just have to remember what exactly I did to make that work. At the time, any of the drills I had weren't powerful enough to turn this thing over except for my AC powered drill, kind of useless in the event of a power outage. China to the rescue, there are more that have arrived, perhaps one of them can muster up the courage to spin this beast over while it kicks back and fights not to run.
It seriously feels and seems like the ignition timing is off. This could be due to a sheared flywheel key, but it doesn't really make sense as to why it might shear, or also why it will initially start. It could also be that the magnet has moved or shifted, that sounds like the more probable issue. I will revisit this soon.
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