My first ever Curb Find last Thursday. Honda Generator.
Scored my first ever curb find taking the longer slower route back to the office last Thursday. A Honda 3000w generator.
Had it up and running in 45 minutes after I got home that day. Engine was found to not start after just putting fuel in the tank. Checked for spark and found none. Pulled the cover and found a very obvious ground wire not attached to anything within the case. Looked up the wire diagram online and found that the ground wire was supposed to be attached to the bellhousing. Made my connection at the bellhousing and it fired up on the first pull and it even produced power 👍.
Let it run a few hours under various loads in eco/non eco mode without any faults & cant find anything wrong with it, voltage output also stays consistent.
Since last Thursday Ive got about $65 into it and it's as good as new.
Only needed to replace a faulty fuel shut off valve and maintenance replaced the oil, spark plug, pull cord, air filter & cleaned the spark arrestor.
Carb was clean (not one bit of evidence of running ethanol fuel in its life), drained oil looked good, crankcase is clean viewing from the fill hole, valve lash was within spec, no oil leaks, engine sounds good, doesn't smoke... cant figure out why someone opened it up and left a wire disconnected. Overall I believe this thing has been maintained very well in its life.
Since I've done my basic repairs I've also cleaned it up inside and out (ive got a little bit of OCD). It's fully ready for usable service now.