Heres a little Thermoking diesel generator I put together for back up.
It Came off a reefer trailer that was totalled off. It lay faid face down in the dirt for over two years. But the price was right..free.
The oil from the oil bath air breather had ran in on top of the pistons and made it act like it was siezed. I coaxed it along and got it turning over and half way running. I pulled the injection pump off to find one plunger stuck. I got that loosened up and away it went.
I've never used diesel in it yet just bio-diesel.It smoked like crazy for first ten minutes then never smoked again since. It is set up as a heat only unit so has a large condenser/radiator and blower on the back. It almost blows you over standing behind it. So I have it set up beside my generator shed that houses the Lister. That way I can use it for heat if need be to work on the Lister.
The Thermoking is a Yanmar engine, about 9.5 hp. I bolted a pulley on the end of the crank and run a belt down to a 5000 watt generator I had kicken around. It runs that real nice dosent seem to even pull it down.
Its all set up to self start at certain temps. Trouble is it wouldnt start at anything over 88 degrees! I think I have it figured out now.
