"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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My 1200 watt ETQ generator has been miserable.
Starts on ether, after endless pulls on the
starter cord. Really giving me trouble.

I'm running pure gas, 91 octane. Yes, the gas
is a couple months old. But, last week it ran
fine in my chain saw. So, it's not totally stale.

I'd heard of Splitfire spark plugs, supposed
to be good. Went to Home Depot, they have E3
plugs with a strange end on them. Well, try
Lowe's instead. They had the same plug. So, I
broke down and bought one. $5.97 for a spark
plug, that's insane.

Got home, put the plug in. Generator started
on the 4th pull. No need for ether. I'm pleased.

As with most machines, generator needs to be run
now and again.

Yep. And the carb probably needs to be broke down and cleaned. Most of
those have a pretty simple carb fortunately. I've got a little 2600 watt
Yamaha, and that's all I have ever had to do to it. Change oil, clean carb,
replace air filter. (I buy sheets of filter foam) Ok, once when I let a
buddy borrow it I had to replace the 20 amp GFI receptacle on it.