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Kohler has a 26kw as well. I had one installed when my old 1995 model 8kw Generac finally gave up. I was the first one in my area to have a standby unit. People thought I was crazy until Katrina blew through. We're 185 miles of the gulf and were without power for over 72 hours. Now you can...

I cant speak for the new Generac generators but I can for the older units. I had a 1995 8kw Generac I bought used in 1998 on our house up until February of this year. It was a rock solid unit and gave me good service unit its last three years. It started having excitation problems and the DPE...

As was mentioned, brush, prime and paint the pipe. Install the gas valve and run the Kohler until it gives up or starts giving you problems that are not worth repairing. When old Kohler gives up put the generac unit in service. Do your homework on the transfer switches because Kohler and...

Finn, thanks for the reply.....I've got one more question. The electric motor has lubrication ports on each end. A port in top where a grease zerk can be installed and in the bottom where old grease will purge out as new grease is pumped in. After reading about the hundreds of greases out there...

Finn, I don't see anything on the tank tag that indicates EOL. How would you determine tank EOL? I've changed the oil with non-detergent 30wt. Checked the silencer/filter it was clean. I also had to replace the pressure switch since the other one was bad. It wouldn't cut off. It ran until the...

All, I've inherited the compressor in the pics below. The only thing that has any information on it is the tank. There is what I'm guessing is the compressor model number cast in the compressor block and absolutely no information on the electric motor. Does anyone here know anything about the...

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Good morning all, I'm a noob here so ya'll be gentle with me. I've been given a Champion vertical air compressor and I'm guessing with at least a 60 to 80 gallon tank. I know from the top of the compressor head to the floor is 6 feet. Year of manufacture on the tank is 1969. So I'm guessing...