Recent content by Dog250

Ive had 3 engines I have worked on that I had at first set the carburetor very rich. It was so rich that it would barely start. They were puffing black smoke from the exhaust at first. After a couple of seconds it would slowly speed up and run pretty well. Next it would die very suddenly like...

My generator doesn't actually have that switch. I don't understand why not because the model number is the exact same as the diagram you pulled up. I forgot to mention the coil has two wires coming off of it. One is already going underneath the carburetor where it connects to another wire for...

I have a Coleman generator I am fixing. It is a model PM0544502. It had a carburetor issue. Once I solved that I lost spark. Once I pulled the cover off the engine I found a stray ground wire contacting the cylinder head. Once I pulled it away from the engine it started, and ran fine. The model...