Chris Jones said: (quoted from post at 23:36:32 12/23/14) I've got a couple oldies that might well have bad engines. I understand that the gen head doesn't have a bearing on the engine end thus is useless removed from the engine. But spark plug removed from the engine and a pulley put on the engine instead of the pull starter I could hang it off the front of my Wheel Horse and belt drive it just letting the engine spin. Anyway this would mean the gen head would be running backward. Would it generate electricity running backward?
Not a lick of difference on the rotation unless it's three phase or it affect the cooling fan.
Driving a dead engine looks like something, some farmer rigged up with what he had laying around.
It will cost less money and run better to obtain an engine from these folk. http://www.smallenginewarehouse.com/searchresults.html?search=Taper%20shaft#/keywords=Taper+shaft&res_per_page=36&sort_by_field=Price+Low+to+High&Shaftsize=Tapered
This post was edited by buickanddeere at 07:14:12 12/24/14.
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