"Arthur Conan Doyle" wrote in message
news:95sh7a521tnpe9r9r9v22uec8v8ql148do@None...
"Ralph Mowery" wrote:

They showed the very old style of springie thing over the spark plug to
shut
off the engine. I doubt that method had been used in many years.

Wow. It has to be 40 years since I've seen a gas motor with a ground tab
over
the spark plug. That's amazing...

I don't know how long it has been that the ground tab has not been used, bit
it has been a long time. The generator was bought new around 1998 and the
book showed the tab, but the engine actually had the switch mounted on it.
Really odd that an owners manual that new would show one even if the engine
did not have one.

I just pulled the manual for the generator. It says to stop the engine push
the stop tab to the spark plug. Also the engine manual that came with it
shows the stop tab and tells you to stop the engine by pushing it to the
spark plug. the date shows up as 1995

For what it is worth, it is a 5 kw generator with a Tecumseh engine.



---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
http://www.avast.com