Autostart engine vibration

[muskeg]

 I got a panic call from my wife  "batteries at 15%, genarator not working! Call home!"

 Luckily I was on my way home.

 Turned out the studs and the propane carb adapter had vibrated loose and the carb fell off!

The engine is a old Honda G400/ 3500 watt generator with a double pulley driving a another alternator for battery charging.

 As well the rod between the governor and the carb had worn and broke apart.

  It was easy enough to bolt the carb back on.

 To repair the linkage a nut from those cheap nut/bolt kits was soldered onto the worn , ovaled out linkages and a welding rod was used for the new rod.

Unit has worked great since.

Lesson learned ...be vigilant about preventitive maintenance!

 Muskeg

[Airstream]

Nightly and 30-day safety checks, and a revolving 60-day periodic maintenance cycle keyed upon bi-annual and annual major inspections kept our 750VDC heavy-rail subway cars equipment running where I retired from; Drawing out 'cards' to follow for each of your dates with the unit helps track find-it-before-it-breaks shortcomings....

[muskeg]

 I know better....

   I operate compressor stations in remote locations, maintenance is way of life.

  Log sheets will be made up to keep track of oil and mechanical stuff...

  Now how to train my wife to fill them in when I am gone...

A note on engine oils and using propane.......

  Use a engine that says on the bottle for gasoline and propane and natural gas.

 Am trying to use multigrade oils for cold starting.

  Regular oils and diesel oils will leave hard white deposits on the spark plugs and combustion chambers.

 Brands that have worked for me....( if you live in Alberta)

 UFA Prona 30,  UFA 10w30 (for propane). I think these are made by ESSO.

What did not work... PetroCan 10w30 and Shell 10w30 regular gasoline oils.

 Quaker State 5w30 synthetic.

 The oils in my 2000 hp natural gas engines are a 40 weight, like molasses when cool.

 I have yet to try are the Amsoils products..

muskeg..