I Bought a RARE Miller Generator/Welder

My wife and I were talking after being hit hard with hurricane Ian, that we needed to purchase a generator. I brought up the idea of purchasing a Generator/Welder, it just so happens my boss had a few miller generator/welders stored in a connex box collecting dust. I offered my boss $1000 for one of them and he gladly accepted (of course he did because it was more than I probably should have offered) little did I know the one welder that I thought was a Miller Bobcat, it turned out to be a more rare (also less expensive) welder. The welder/generator is powered by a single cylinder Subaru/Robin engine. It had fuel left in it so as you can imagine the carb was ruined, it had a blown fuse which was causing it to not to have power at the gauges, it had cracked fuel lines, rusted exhaust, bad pull cord, bad battery, and overall just nasty. In this video I fixed everything and got it ready to go into service at my house!
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[@stevenskaggs3722]

It doesn’t matter that it didn’t work, and you had to fabricate a little more. What counts my dude is the fact that you actually went in and did the fabrication yourself that’s bad ass. I admire that.

[@fatkorn]

My dad [aquired] an old 90's bobcat for me to mess with, now everytime i see a sub $500 wreck on marketplace i need to buy it, its an addiction now, be careful. Good on you, mate.

[@CJMediaOfficial]

I knew absolutely 0 on generators untill today. Now I feel like I could buy a broken one and fix it myself! Thanks Ben!

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Haha thanks! But if you can work on these new sportbikes you definitely can work on something this basic!

[@dangroce82]

The rope on your pull start should be about 4’ , that will give you a little bit more than full pull of your arm. I usually wind the spring to the tightest position then back it off to where it aligns with the hole in the cover. Then I attach the rope to the pulley and allow it to pull the rope to where the spring is at rest. Then, pull the rope out enough to add enough tension to pull the rope in by itself, mark the rope length where it should be cut, stick a screwdriver through the slots in the cover and the pulley to keep it from pulling the rope, cut the rope, add handle, remove screwdriver and test the tension before reinstalling to machine.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Yeah I realized I should’ve made it longer lol

[@chriscosby2459]

I used one of these Wildcats for about 5 years. It wasn't a bad welder, I did have some issues with the engine not starting a few times.

[@vicferrari9380]

Great idea to heat. Gun the black plastic. To make the paint shiny get out the wax! I keep a bottle of spray detail wax in the truck. Just dont let anyone see ya doing it. They'll give you a good ribbing😅. Before you need it for a power outage get yourself set up with a exhaust port thru the shop wall. With two feet of subzero snow on the ground draging it outside will suck. Keep up the good job.

[@vicferrari9380]

Ps. For a new lug on the negative side go grab one of them off of one of them welders the boss has stashed.

[@christosvolikakis1523]

What I found really interesting early on in the video was where he pulled the spark plug to scope it and check the cylinders! Although I’m not a engine mechanic, I’ve still never seen this-brilliant idea for when you’re out at an auction in person testing stuff!

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!!

[@Biokemist-o3k]

I haave a MIller Bobcat 225 and I love it. I never even heard of a Wildcat before today.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Yeah it was the first time I heard of it too!

[@Biokemist-o3k]

@@Benjamminoutdoors How does it weld?

[@joeperez6280]

I have been given a 225g and I love it. It is a older model but gets the job done

[@Biokemist-o3k]

@@joeperez6280 Awesome!! I have to go over mine and do some restoration but I love it. I am a big fan of the opposed twin engines. I am in Pennsylvania where are you from?

[@Froggies505]

just a tip for you, as i run a smaller mig welder off my bobcat a ton when im chasing docks and doing alot of aluminum welding. if youre ever in a position of needing extension cords go 10 gauge and thicker. anything else youll be running back to the welderator flipping breakers

[@Froggies505]

oh and run it off of 220 as much as possible from the welderator if your small machine allow you to switch between 110 and 220. much more conistent and easier running

[@osamaafzaal473]

I enjoyed your hard work.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thank you!

[@scrapmanindustries]

I used to run the wildcat we had at the junkyard I worked at. Everyone else would try and fight over the trailblazer but I would always call dibs on the wildcat. I thought it actually welded better than the trailblazer. We had ours on a skid and moved it around with a skid loader.

[@bjorker40]

I've ran my welding machines to 6000 hrs in usually 6-7 yrs doing pipeline. when I sold them they actually looked new compared to your unit that unfortunately was never properly taken care of and maintained as it should have been.

[@rogerrettinger3225]

🤡 🎉

[@kelleypack1000]

You need to have it in run not idle when you hook up the mig or run your house so the volts are up to 120. You did a good job on it. I was worried the cover wouldn’t go on when you welded the exhaust pipe to the muffler.

[@Froggies505]

not true, it idles itself up, thats why the first switch is a run/idle

[@kelleypack1000]

You don’t have instant 120 voltage or 60 hz if it’s in idle and it has to rev up to 3600 rpm to get to 120 volts or 60 hz. When your in idle your at 38 hz or 2300 rpm. It’s fine for grinders and such but I wouldn’t start a welder or my house electronics in idle. Do big deal I would just be careful with electronics starting at that low voltage.

[@SandyTuggle]

Benjamine- you did a great job cleaning up this Miller wildcat. My friend has same, there is a carb problem , basically the float will not do it's job. Have searched Amazon for replacement, problem now is matching all the choices. Your choice on the Wildcat had to be spot on, any chance you can share the info on the exact carb you found>. Many thanks. many years outdoors on 2 wheels. g

[@stevenmchenry9276]

Great video budd

[@SanjanaRanasingha]

Very useful

[@christopherclaridge433]

Cool intro

[@CH-fh9hp]

Good for most things but don’t power sensitive electronics like smart tvs or cell phones on it. The harmonics aren’t smooth enough and will burn them up.

[@asdfg6528]

more goodies

[@benjamincharley1320]

Cool.. I need info on the carburetor you got for it if you still have it... I have a miller wildcat 200.. I just need where you got carb... also cool video

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Just ordered one off Amazon that fits the Subaru engine!

[@Piropaukena]

Very cool!

[@shorelinearmorllc477]

Have a wildcat for 5 years now came with a good battery first winter it died been using pullstart ever since. Also replaced the pull start rope with paracord so I dont have to worry about breaking it all the time.

[@JD-526]

So you have had this for a while is it reliable, how has the engine held up. Im in the process of buying one of these and i want to know if the engine is a reliable. I have a Subaru engine on a generator and although its not the same engine it has been pretty reliable.

[@felixyazzie1481]

Shouldnt use a impact on the sparkplug

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

I only did to remove which is perfectly fine, I installed the new one with the ratchet.

[@dangroce82]

He’s right, removing a spark plug with an impact is fine. (Small engine mechanic here)

[@jcysewski]

Where and what carb did you replace the old one with

[@skibee50]

You should use a drill to test for power instead of blowing sawdust all over the air cleaner 😮

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Lol i didn’t know my sander was ganna do that. I just grabbed the first corded tool I’m my cabinet.

[@beege1968]

The last thing you ever want to do with these welders is jump start them it can fry the boards

[@BRENT3143945]

500 hours isn't bad should last 1500/2000 more no problem

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

No it definitely isn’t bad!

[@WilliamNance-or2ke]

How do you like your yeswelder

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Love it! Considering all the different processes it does it’s hard to beat! I have a everlast and love it too but I’ve used the mig and plasma cutter a lot!

[@ericlakota1847]

Too bad it wasent diesel with ethanol problem is every time you need generate power are carburetor is pluged up id rebuild the oem carb it will run alot beter

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

I couldn’t find a rebuild kit for it. I would have if I could have found one.

[@martinchaparro5535]

I need a welder

[@TANGO22222222]

Never buy Chinese carbs, i mean never!

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

I know I don’t like to buy Chinese either but there’s literally no options for this Subaru motor, I couldn’t find any rebuild kits, No one shops could find the rebuild kits and the complete oem carb was like a $200 or something high which i was definitely not going to spend.

[@Justaguyinthepatch]

How is this rare

[@BRENT3143945]

I've never seen one before

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

They are discontinued, and they didn’t make a lot of them compared to their bobcat brother. I also have never seen one on any work truck or ever in my life Before this one.

[@Justaguyinthepatch]

Shit my bad I figure since it was a big name company there would be a lot of them

[@erod4489]

​@@Benjamminoutdoorshave you got the welding side fixed to weld off of it?