Well, nothing happened this weekend as we just had a small vacation. Went over to Philadelphia, PA, then visited some places in PA on the way back sightseeing. The reason for the visit to PA was this:
Last years' summer project was a machinery shed on the side of the shop. This years' project is continuing the theme "clean up the yard and prepare for worse times", so we will be putting up a combined woodshed / genset shed over on the property line. Since i have to plan a size for the genset, i had to pick one. I'd had my eye on one of these for a long time, and when this one showed up on the bay, i pulled the trigger.
Fuel costs were lower now than in recent history, so it made sense. I will build the shed around this unit, a 20KW Detroit Diesel 2-71 "screamin' jimmy". The cord coming off it is a #2 copper 4 wire SOJ probably worth at least $500 alone.
I paid the princely sum of $300. It runs on ether. I think probably a stuck injector or bad filter or fuel pump is likely. Either way, they're cheap to fix.
I know it's a distraction from the shop, but we don't have tons of nice weather here in Michigan so i tend to focus on summertime only activities in the summer.
Once i get it off the trailer and put away, i'll be back on honey-do's and shop work.
