Hobart Champion 4500 welder/generator stopped welding and generating power.

MB Bar Ranch

[@michaeldeckard4952]

Damn it. Very thorough. Thank you sir

[@shaneholst6940]

Thanks for sharing Doc!

[@benhawke7231]

Thank you generator to a starter and alternator rebuild place. They know how to rewrap the coils.

[@martinbenton742]

We have one place in the city, (nearby), that rebuilds starters and auto/tractor generators. They don't work on "this type". Seems like everyone has gone to the disposable world.

[@benhawke7231]

@@martinbenton742 Yep.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Well.. at the end of the first part, you're doing what I would do.. BTW, I know a fella, goes by Doc, I'll bet if you can't fix it, he could use the engine on a lawnmower he's got 🤔

[@martinbenton742]

That engine is a good one! Dad said, it always starts on the second pull. (If I was 83 yrs old, yes, 2 pulls. But it started on the first). 😆 Doc

[@TimmieRockovich]

Do you still have the engine manual for that welder?

[@martinbenton742]

@@TimmieRockovich I don't. I should say dad doesn't. It was his.

[@shaneholst6940]

I've got a few cat's you can castorate for me if you find the time?👌🤣😂🤣😂

[@user-gy9qv4ml5y]

Looks like a failed rotor, vibration and gravitational forces due to rotation will challenge making a repair that holds.

[@martinbenton742]

I think one of the plastic zip ties that was on the winding, broke and created the snowball effect. Dad has sent it to a guy in South Dakota to be rewound.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Might be a short video 🤣😂 only 21 minutes, short for a Canadian video 👍😁

[@martinbenton742]

Ha ha ha!!! I'm sorry it was long Ed. If I try to talk fast, words that come out aren't what my head says. Lol

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

@@martinbenton742 lol. Is what it is. Only fit s much in a minute.