I dislike the single post seat as they usually bend and brake on us big guys, I have an older Craftsman 4 post seat I bought back in 2008 or so similar to this...
There are lots of good videos on YouTube about small generator repair watch and learn. At least here in the southeast right now is the primetime to buy because of Christmas time and it's not hurricane season, buy now fix and sell in July thru about September.
My youngest son when he was about 4 asked my wife one day if I was a brown man, I was a heavy truck mechanic for a living and my hands were always stained from diesel oil. He is 31 now, I am retired, and my hands and arms are finally clean.