Recent content by cfauvel

I've seen exactly this in every IC engine I had before we were able to get e0 in my area....none of my lawn equipment, generator, boat will have e10....my cars run e10 as they get used a lot.

I read somewhere that there are MANY added things to the various blends of mixed gas... The researcher found that for lowest octane rating E10 the mfg added different additives (solvents and stuff) than from Premium E10....E10 Premium behaved better and had less corrosive additives I'm...

Ethanol has about 10% less energy, so theoretically you'd get about 10% more in MPG if running pure gas...but if you get 15mpg...would you really notice if you got 16mpg? you'd have to be very specific in your testing to be sure that you are actually getting 10% better mpg

Do you have a suggestion or video link on removing the brass float seat? I saw a video where the guy tapped a 1/4-20 threads and used collet deep enough, a 1/4-20 bolt and a nut. Sucked the seat out pretty easily. BUT is THAT the way you are supposed to do it? The replacement, I imagine, is...

lordy I was going nuts.... FOUND IT....it WAS on the recoil shroud, but very faint I ended up painting the embossed numbers and wiping away the excess paint to see better model type code 252412 0747-01 92042810

I was able to find a parts diagram using your model number as 254422...and it does look mine....but there are several variants. Can you tell me where you found that number on the motor?.

ugh...took off the pull rope cover and there are NO numbers there. Looked around the spark plug...nothing. There is a plate under the fuel tank that has a pointer, which goes over the pull rope cover (why there is a pointer? no clue) which would be a PERFECT place to stamp some numbers, but alas...

When I get home today and look again on the crank shroud ( where the pull rope is ) for the number. I didn’t see it before, but my eyes are bad.

So I bought this PowerMate PM054-5000 in 1992 right after hurricane Andrew, and it has been turned on, maybe once a decade since...LOL Thankfully didn't need it for hurricane Ian this week, but took it out today and got it started. The recoil plate had to be removed, I found that the clutch...