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Offline pkveazey

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Generator gas line problem
« on: September 08, 2017, 01:20:23 AM »
I went out to check out the generator today, just in case I need it next week.  I checked where the petcock(gas shutoff valve) had pulled out of the gas tank last year and all the gas had run out of the tank. It looked OK, so I started it up and the next thing I knew, gas was running down on the generator. I spent the next 2 hours hunting for just the right size material to tightly fit into the gas tank's petcock hole. I finally found something that looked OK and reinstalled the petcock. I started it up and it was good to go and I didn't see any more leaking. I have a really nice generator but for some reason they put a friction fit petcock on it. Sometime between now and next season, I'm going to find a new petcock that screws in and has a nut and gasket on the inside of the tank. Its going to be tough to work through that 3" gas cap hole.

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Re: Generator gas line problem
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2017, 05:40:05 AM »
:)
this is why you always check your equipment before you need it.
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Re: Generator gas line problem
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2017, 09:05:25 AM »
I am on a 2 meter net each week day at 0800 hrs. Today we spoke to exactly what you posted Kbop about checking your equipment before a drama. Good on you pkveazey for being diligent prior Irma.
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Re: Generator gas line problem
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2017, 09:17:26 AM »
I'm going to find a new petcock that screws in and has a nut and gasket on the inside of the tank. Its going to be tough to work through that 3" gas cap hole.

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