spencerdiesel wrote:And does anyone know if you can still buy those cheap 170/178/186 air cooled diesels in the states? Id like to get a $280 3000 Watts gen head from northern and couple it to the diesel, but about the only online stocker I see is alibaba. Anyone dealt with a site like that before?
Unless you are only running a coffee pot, I suggest at least a 4500 watt generator with a 5k surge. A 5000 /5500 will run most houses if the power is out. I used a little 1400w the few times the power was out here, even the coffee pot kicks the Shit out of it! I then found a nice Chinese 5000 on sale locally and picked that up. I hooked up an air compressor with the drain open some, then ran it off the genny for about an hour. Changed the oil and called it good. I read that those Chinese ones that's the thing to do because there is so much leftover metal in them. It had a little bit in the oil but not what I would call a lot. I've only had to use it about twice since then, figures, I needed it a lot before I bought it.
And I bought 1 thing off Alibaba, didn't have any problems.