a truly odd discovery on a generator.
This guy rebuilds generators and stuff,

 

I love this sort of stuff. I have a Husqvarna pressure washer I purchased from Costco 3 years ago. It never started well and then completely stopped working after sitting for a few years. No gas in the tank and I only used premium no ethanol fuel. Spend a lot of time trying to get it started a few months ago and decided to take the carb off and inspect it. The jets, made of plastic of course, were completely blocked with what looked like earwax lol. Cleared, cleaned and now it fires up the first time every time. Was glad it was a simple fix.

 

Hondas run so quiet.

 

Who would have guess that would be the issue.

 

Well that's why I posted this.
The engineer (moi) understands that the intake ( and exhausts) are called transmission lines.
The impedance at the ends can really affect how something works. I love the folks who change intakes and exhausts without truly understanding the principles at play.
The more you tune it for power, the narrower the power band becomes.

 

so bad o-rings take down the big machine ... he certainly has the patience to explain every single step

 

ultimately it was the battery cover Dave.

 

really, I didn't watch every minute of it .... almost 1.5 hrs.

 

Yeah, I missed it too. Those Honda units are pretty bullet proof for the most part.

 

I queued it to the part where he discovers it. I should have commented.