old timer

[petepilot]

nothing wrong with it `starts&runs whenever . 72 year-old onan-continental 6 rated at 20 kw but never had it loaded enough to make the gov.open up .and I have had some pretty good loads hung on it

 

[mitch504]

You know, it kinda makes you look like an old timer when you forget you started a thread, and start another one.

 

[petepilot]

nothing wrong with it `starts&runs whenever . 72 year-old onan-continental 6 rated at 20 kw but never had it loaded enough to make the gov.open up .and I have had some pretty good loads hung on itView attachment 218484

did I do dat------- sure did 1st one can go` touchy key board

 

[Syleng1]

What amazes me is generator technology has not changed much in 72 years. Imagine what that unit cost back then compared to the units of the same size / output of today? As a kid in the 70’s I did not know anyone who had a generator and if they did, they were old military generators. Now a days they are selling generators at department stores and groceries stores. Cheap as they come but almost everyone seems to have access to one if needed. Thanks for sharing!

 

[petepilot]

It still runs n works fine

 

[OzDozer]

You'll never kill that old Conty, they're built like a tank, and the HP/Kw output is so low, there's hardly any stress on any internal component.

I have one in a V60B Cat forklift, I bought it with the engine totally rusted up solid, the idiots that owned it previously left the exhaust open to the weather for years.

I stripped it down and I've nearly got it all back together, and the size of the internal components is amazing.
Didn't have a lot of trouble getting parts for it, but I believe the parts are getting harder to find every year.

 

[petepilot]

You'll never kill that old Conty, they're built like a tank, and the HP/Kw output is so low, there's hardly any stress on any internal component.

I have one in a V60B Cat forklift, I bought it with the engine totally rusted up solid, the idiots that owned it previously left the exhaust open to the weather for years.

I stripped it down and I've nearly got it all back together, and the size of the internal components is amazing.
Didn't have a lot of trouble getting parts for it, but I believe the parts are getting harder to find every year.

some things are getting scarce` especially any one who knows anything about them