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Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« on: December 29, 2012, 11:38:11 AM »
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2012, 11:43:50 AM »
As stretched as the drive chain is, he might want to grab the shovel - just in case.  :|
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2012, 11:56:00 AM »
That is an illegal aerodynamic device on the front.
The modified muffler will never pass production rules.
His tuck needs a lot of work.
The helmet . . . well, may not pass inspection.
The rear suspension (on the seat) is pretty cool.
Well, it used to be Los Angeles . . . 50 miles north of Fresno now.
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It's bigger than life or death! It's RACING.

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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2012, 06:04:13 PM »
As stretched as the drive chain is, he might want to grab the shovel - just in case.  :|
Grab the Shovel ???... That`s an Indian................... :cheers:
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 07:12:11 PM »

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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2013, 08:00:35 PM »
Just being an upper is hard core! :cheers:
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2013, 09:33:23 PM »
An upper - unh, dexedrine is an upper, right?

Perhaps you meant to say "yooper"?
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2013, 11:19:12 PM »
You say tomato I say tomato....
when I was there they called it the U.P.  don't know if that makes 'em uppers or yoopers or UPers... I just know it gets damn cold with deep snow and better you than me.
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2013, 12:49:08 PM »
And now he`s changed his mind....................
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2013, 05:09:52 PM »
It's a hijack -- but still has to do with me and being in the winter.  I need some help here.

I had a spell with our Bobcat (skidsteer loader) broken down in the woods, and needed to freshen the battery to get it to fire the glow plugs so it'd start.  The Honda EU1000i generator works fine -- except it shuts off and the "low oil" light glows.  That's all fine and dandy.  BUT- - -

I can't find the manual, and remember that it wasn't much help when I first got the generator.  Very un-Honda-like, I know -- because they didn't give much information about oil fill then.  And still -- I don't know how to read the little dipstick to figure out where the level should be.  There's a cross-hatch pattern on the dipstick that looks like MAYBE it's got a different pattern around the center, as in "This is the okay-to-run area".  But -- it's damned difficult to tell for sure, and there aren't any stickers with instructions anywhere on the generator - inside the case or outside.

Have you got one of these gems?  Can you give me some guidance - before I just dump in a few more ounces and see if it runs or hydro-locks from too much oil?

I sure don't understand the Honda folks here.  When we got a new Briggs & Stratton mower engine last summer not only did they tell me exactly how much oil to use -- they included a little bottle of oil with the engine.  The instructions were simple and pretty foolproof:  Put ALL of this oil in the crankcase.  It's the exact amount you need."  Why doesn't Honda do it so nicely?

Where's the "run" level on the dipstick?
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2013, 05:35:48 PM »
Try this page. You'll have to know the serial number to know which manual.

http://powerequipment.honda.com/support/owners-manuals/generators/eu

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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2013, 06:33:45 PM »
Thanks, PJ.  In the meantime I dug around out in the garage and found the Owner's Manual.  It's think -- and therefore I couldn't punch holes in it to insert in the three-ring binder I've got with all the rest of the manuals from this and that power equipment.  I'll read it before i go back out there for a S/N.

By the way - I did look online for a manual, but they didn't want to download into this here 'puter - for some odd reason.  I figured that I'd get an answer from one of youse guys faster than I could understand the manual/download thingie, anyway.  As soon as I find out something about the dipstick I'll post it.
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2013, 07:15:28 PM »
Here's the page about checking oil level -- and Honda continues to disappoint me.  They mention the dipstick -- but don't say anything about how to read it.  Yes, having the oil level right at the mount of the filler is easy -- but why bother with the dipstick being graduated/crosshatched - if it doesn't mean anything? :? :?



The book continues to cornfound -- because I had to look for quite a while to learn the capacity of the crankcase.  It's, for the sake of this discussion, .25L -- a little more than a half-pint.  But where the book goes through initial set-up instructions it DOES NOT mention how much oil to add, rather telling (me) to add enough to bring it to the lip of the filler neck.  That's fine -- but wouldn't it be nice to have an idea of how much it'll take to get it there?

Yeah, I know -- bitch, bitch, bitch.  Be happy that the generator is otherwise such a nice little unit.
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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2013, 08:01:43 PM »
slim,
with that type of oil plug on the bottom of the case~~ I have always filled till it comes out,
when the engine is level.
with the dipstick, it should be good to go anywhere in a hash mark area. I like to put it in the center. but, some dip sticks are screwed all the way in and some are just set at the top of the threads to check the oil level.
a lot of times the amount of oil is approximate. the manual says 1 capacity for any number of engines.

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Re: Looks like Slim is ready for winter...
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2013, 06:28:11 PM »
Bill, the hash marks are uniform from top to bottom of the stick.  I don't know why they've got them there at all.  But anyway, today I've filled the crankcase so it'll come out if the generator is leaning toward the plug. . . per the instruction booklet.
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