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jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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Lessee. It comes with an electric self - commencer, I used the 7500 because it was the littlest one they had with an electric starter. The way I mounted it the yanker cranker was accessible, so you could fit one of the smaller ones manually cranked. Given that the smaller engine has a casting for a starter pad, depending how good a machinist you are you could fit a starter to a smaller one. Ken Henderson found a TroyBilt with the smaller mill and electric start.
The panel was modified because I was too lazy to take a piece of plate and make one. Which I'm sure the N.O. has done. I gave him the Jukerac which the space was initially cut for. The 23' genset bay is smaller than the 26', so baffling and perhaps placement will be different. Exhaust will be as well. There was a short pipe from engine to muffler, I cut it in half and had a local welder put short pipe sections on each end. They're connected with any length of flexible stainless exhaust tubing from Advance or elsewhere.
The pulse pump is necessary to fuel the set, you cannot use an electric pump. The pressure of even the lowest will overcome the carb and flood the engine. The pulse pump is common to larger lawn mowers and works well here. ten bux or less on eBay. Eventual plans were to pick up the crankcase pulses someplace else, but again time dictated the approach I used. Checking the oil is cumbersome. Beyond that it works well.
The writeup would likely be a catalog of somewhat original cursewords. Note the placement of the outboard cooling fan. It was there when I got the coach, and was a consideration when locating the set.
Had I kept the coach I'd have made some minor mods... a solenoid on the choke - or at least a pull rod. A panel made for the space. Which would dictate a better overall wiring layout in the compartment. Different baffling for the cooling air. Note that I was able to get a lot of space around the exhaust pipe, I consider it necessary. Pay attention to the airflow through the alternator. Straightforward 'in the door out the bottom' doesn't address the flow through the alternator, which is opposite to the engine. In the contractor frame it blows out the bottom and the engine air out the back. When we put sides on it changes. I was contemplating a short piece of flex hose on the rear of the alternator routed properly. Your routing and baffling stuff will be different.
Another mod I'd do on the 23' is relocate the air filter. Remoting it will shut it up some, and put all the service ports on the door side of the genset bay. You might even consider a silencer on the hose, input moan at load is a substantial point of the noise it makes. Wasn't so bad in the coach, the set was under the bathroom. If next door was close he might of not liked it. If his A/C was on he wouldn't notice it.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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