Neglected Briggs and Stratton Storm Responder Generator Repair - Will it Run

I purchased this broken down Briggs and Stratton Storm Responder Generator as a parts machine to fix another I have with a bad stator. Before moving the parts to the other generator, I want to make sure this one has a good stator.
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[@CajunGreenMan]

9:25-9:36 One of my favorite start-up scenes, all those nuts flying through the air! lol!

[@28YorkshireRose12]

I like the reference to "nuts and shrapnel" - I'm wondering if that could be the next fad in breakfast cereal! Anyway, that engine definitely wants to live. Probably one of the most stable and responsive governors I've heard in a long time. It'll be a nice generator for someone, and not to put too fine a point on it, I find that sometimes, the "scruffy old dog" turns out to be the best and faithful friend.

[@paulmartin6697]

mr . condon love your videos . i 'll have learned so much watching you i watched you changing oil , do you ever use a painting roller tray ? keep up the good work ,

[@mikehatch9051]

I feel like you're the next mustie 1 keep up the good work!

[@jcondon1]

mike hatch thanks!

[@loyalkuhn5778]

I am impressed with the skill and craftmanship shown in this video. Excellent job and kudos on your success.

[@jcondon1]

Thank you very much!

[@johncourtneidge]

Entirely, yes!

[@dannyj5688]

Didn't finish his statement, " I was using it a year ago, as a paper weight"!!!! LOL

[@johnmills186]

I bought one of those generators in Dec. of 2008 to satisfy my wife we are never out of power because we live on a main line. Well in Jan of 2009 we had an Ice storm and that thing ran for 14 days straight and never missed a beat. I still have it and it still works great and I care for that thing like it was a baby.

[@jcondon1]

It is a great generator. The only thing you have to watch out for is running low on oil. A lot of them do not have low oil sensors. You keep it filled with oil it should run for many more years.

[@sunflowermahea225]

Glad to see you working on a generator like the junk ones I also do . I am always jealous of the ones you get thst look very new. Fix one the other day and the carb. Had bugs that made a home in it . So bad I took pics because didnt think anybody would believe me.

[@RustyNail5856]

Great save , i would not have believed it , if i did not see it with my own eyes, i thought it was a parts gen.

[@kirkb2286]

Every time I watch your videos I learn something……thanks so much

[@philoso377]

Another nice video from an engine doctor who practice acupuncture on carburetors.

[@whip-its_dad4239]

Taryl Fixes All says " Ooohh yeah , Fluffy was in here " Thank you for these cool videos .

[@knutknutsen5610]

Inspirational! In my garrage I now have 2 generators without power output. Maybe there still is hope.

[@Mikesorrento3344]

These Storm Responder generators are great to work on. Very nice machines, quality, parts cheap including AVR brush units. Resale is strong on these.

[@jcondon1]

John Rand I like them a lot. Very simple and easy to fix. I like the non AVR ones the best. Less to go wrong.

[@arthurbiringer5676]

This video helped me with some details. Had to see inside the carb. Easy to clean.

[@TheNiteNinja19]

I overheated my riding lawnmower about a month ago, I thought I seized the motor up because it was pretty low on oil, so when I tore it all apart, I found that the cooling fins for the head unit was completely packed full of insulation. Mice seem to love the live inside of motors. So after some TLC, got a happy running motor again.

[@jcondon1]

Very nice

[@MsDave64]

That was a pleasant surprise. I was thinking no way. Had to laugh when nuts or whatever flew out of the exhaust.

[@johncourtneidge]

Again, James, magnificent! Thank-you!

[@aboveaveragejoe6291]

Ran great with no adjustments needed, good carb work!

[@Damon0306]

I have the same model, I love it, starts on the first pull every time, mine is well cared for and kept in a heated garage.

[@jcondon1]

They are good machines. Just gotta check the oil. They tend to run out in extended outages. No oil sensor.

[@Damon0306]

James Condon thank you for the tip, I’m still new to using it even though it’s like 10 years old.

[@jmonte2811]

Great teaching. Thanks!!

[@deangentles4966]

hi james good video ,had a laugh when I saw all them loose nuts flying around, turned out a good gene

[@jcondon1]

It sounded really good. Was just as surprised!

[@piodambrosio1427]

ciao James. mi piace vedere quando con le buone maniere rimetti in vita un apparecchio che altrimenti sarebbe stato demolito!

[@timgarner6768]

As always, excellent, step-by-step.

[@johncourtneidge]

Yes!

[@jameshedrick6839]

Those 2 look just like mine. Except mine is a craftsman and it has a power gauge and maintenance reminder. It might sound weird but i use dawn dishsoap and water in my ultrasonic cleaner and it seems to do pretty good

[@DubbleD69]

You’re lucky I’m not your neighbour. Because every time you’d fire one of the projects up I’d be over in a flash to see what you’re up to and learn something. 😂 thanks for making these videos. Where do you find these projects? I’m in Canada and haven’t come across any ‘genny not working’ ads at all.

[@cdeme123]

You added some music...nice.

[@andrewboyles3412]

I wanted to thank you very much for providing this video - it is the ONLY one that shows how to take apart the 030206 / 550W Briggs & Stratton generator to get the pull start housing off. I started to take the ON/OFF power switch housing off (plastic with 2 X 8mm machine screws and 2 X 12 mm nuts) and then realized that in order to get the pull start / recoil housing off I would have to remove the air filter and carburetor. I didn't trust myself, thinking that no company would be stupid enough to make someone remove the air filter and the carburetor just to get the pull start assembly housing off, but, apparently B & S does exactly that! So, after 90 minutes of searching through useless videos, I finally found your video and voila, you showed me that it is the only way to remove the pull start / recoil housing. Thank you for saving me hours of work! P.S. Can you start one of these generators with an electric drill?

[@jcondon1]

Glad I could help. You can start it with a large drill, but would not recommend it.

[@andrewboyles3412]

@@jcondon1 I did send you an email and if you have a chance perhaps you could reply and explain why you wouldn't recommend it? It's important to me that I understand your comment as I am not sure what the down side would be of starting the generator that way. And thank you very much for replying so fast!

[@jcondon1]

@@andrewboyles3412 just replied to your email. The short answer is, no harm will be done to the generator. But it could cause personal injury if things go wrong.

[@mikespain8655]

Seems all equipment purchased from people was "always running last year." Love all, trust few.

[@benrobles752]

"Have video of it running".

[@jameshedrick6839]

I know what you mean. I bought a riding mower and they said it was running last year. The inside of the carburetor looked like it hadn't run in at least 3 years

[@arthurbiringer5676]

Great job as usual!

[@benrobles752]

The ad for the generator without the fuel tank would read "Was running when put away".

[@Jim-ie6uf]

Ben Robles running on empty!

[@crisprtalk6963]

ad should read... stole it.. need cash for meth.

[@darwincampbell24]

16:14 assuming you go to the dentist, ask them for a few different styles of dental picks. They have a trade-in value of $1 for the dentist, mine gives me a bunch at a time. They are awesome for removing gaskets, o-rings, etc. AND just like on teeth, they are amazing at getting in and around different pieces to remove scale and debris.

[@jcondon1]

Nice. Never thought to ask.

[@Roy_Tellason]

@@jcondon1 I have some of those among my tools that I picked up for $1 at a flea market some years back...

[@mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff]

Quadruple zero steel wool will make the chrome shine like new again.

[@jcondon1]

Will give it a try

[@lestergillis8171]

Sand blast the old fan housing then paint it.

[@spettro9]

Shopvac much easier/nicer than blown air for cleaning up debris... Keeps it out of intake, etc..

[@jimdavenport4484]

Looked to be generating nuts at first glance.😂😂

[@denniszdrojkowski2858]

where is that background music from, its fantastic.

[@kbrnsr]

Would be fun to see you use electrolysis to restore parts and chrome them

[@artpeck9272]

Wow! I don’t think you’ve had a unit with that much rodent stuff. Runs good though.

[@robertcrum6169]

You need a Mustie1 work table.

[@jcondon1]

Agreed

[@crisprtalk6963]

Wait a minute... did you say the critters' nuts came out when you pulled the cord?

[@jcondon1]

Wow

[@bryantcurtis2665]

Madcap Laughs 🤪🤪🤪🐒💨💨💨

[@douglasthompson2740]

Why such a huge disparity between starting wattage and running wattage on this machine. 8250 down to 5500 is quite a drop! With all the acorns in the engine I wonder what is in the generator and what damage it is doing while you are running it, even for a moment or two? I believe I would pull the bearing cap off and blow it out thoroughly as well as behind the flywheel. I hope you didn't pay the guy a running motor price just because he said it was. I would have demanded he start it or otherwise it would only be worth parts and pretty worn ones at that. Always interesting what you find. Take care.

[@jcondon1]

This one did not cost much. I bought it for the parts, but as it turns out this one ran pretty good. The surge watts are overstated on most. It is a 10HP engine and can only do 5500 watts. The breaker will trip if you go over for more then a few seconds. Would think it could get close to 8250 watts for a second before you stall the engine out or trip the breaker.

[@Tonymannion42]

Desecrating a once loved home, maybe even the childhood home of many babies who grew up with fond memories of their time with mom. What have we turned into? Man is truly the destroyer of worlds, people hang your heads in shame.

[@steveferguson3705]

Have you ever try using avapo-rust in the ultrsonic cleaner l have and it work's great

[@SHOINOFF]

Get yourself an impact driver. And clean the cooling fins on the head.

[@Sctronic209]

You need a nice lift table to work from.

[@UpInSmoke54]

If you want to remove stubborn screws use a manual hand impact driver.

[@jcondon1]

Yes, been doing that recently. Been avoiding the impact, but for removing makes a lot of sense.

[@pedrocaballero1497]

Out of curiosity, where do you find these generators?

[@67mlb67]

Didn’t you forget the spring on the carb bowl.

[@jcondon1]

Maybe? Not all Nikki's have that spring though.

[@67mlb67]

@@jcondon1 I just watched one of your recent videos and saw it didn’t have the spring either. Good to know.

[@RobertKohut]

Nice!!

[@cbauer72]

In retrospect, was it still easier to move the tank to the new frame than to move the motor to the nicer frame?

[@jcondon1]

It would have been easier. I think I chose what I did because the wiring from the stator to the outlet was different.

[@rossflores4394]

Hi James I have a pramac Genset it is a 5000 W generator I only have 120 V coming out of the powerhead but it does not have brushes of brushes nor a rectifier nor a AVR it has diodes as diodes I don't know if you've done a video on these style powerheads but could you please give me some insight thank you much appreciated

[@jcondon1]

If no brushes, then it must be a brushless generator. Those have a large capacitor and diodes on the rotor. Is that what you have? If so, check out the video I did on the Valsi generator. Also have a good one coming out in the next couple months that will cover brushless in a lot more detail. Regardless of the generator type, if you have power on one leg then the rotor has powered up and the stator cannot half power up. Either a leg is bad or you have a wiring issue, bad circuit breaker of maybe a bad outlet.

[@rossflores4394]

@@jcondon1 thanks for your help. Yes it had weak capacitor and a corroded terminal block. I located a terminal block from home depot and new capacitor. Runs and now makes 244 ⚡. Love your content. Please keep making your channel grow.

[@mead6754]

Good job as usual but didnt like the wood

[@jcondon1]

Neither do I.

[@Hardy_boy1]

Great video but what did you torque the carburetor down to

[@jcondon1]

You do not have to if you know by feel. Seen too many people strip out the threads on aluminum blocks when tightening these small bolts.

[@chrismoore9997]

I have a generator with the Subaru motor and the carb is leaking fuel when it is running. What would you suggest? It all works, just has a fuel leak.

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

This is a necro post, but the info may still be of use to someone. What you're describing indicates that the needle being operated by the float is not properly sealing, so fuel is continually running into the bowl instead of only flowing when it's needed. You can see the needle at 14:58 in this video as James removes the float. You can try cleaning the needle and seat GENTLY using alcohol and cotton buds If it's still leaking after that, the easiest solution would be to buy a new carb. While it's possible to replace the needle and seat, it's not something for the inexperienced to tackle without help.

[@tedmann498]

You had carb off, should rebuild it better safe than sorr6

[@mforrest85]

25:35 is it me or is that sparking?

[@AlexHorwatt]

What solution are you using in your sonic cleaner?

[@jcondon1]

Harbor Freight Super Heavy Duty Degreaser.

[@jgarmer]

I would have used a leafblower.

[@LC-go1uh]

We have a lot of liars out here in the world. People make up a lot of stories, when selling a product. Why can't people just be honest? Am I the only one who has ever noticed that (crooked people, people always trying to do wrong to get ahead, people lie to your face to sell your product) these type of people are always broke and never have anything? They try so hard to get ahead in the wrong way, but they are always broke and never have anything. They usually live in a dump and instead of doing things the right way, they just live like trash and never have anything. It should be a wake up call, that what they are doing is not working. Maybe if they'd start living with a little dignity, things would go better in their life. I just don't understand some people out here.

[@michaelbegay9573]

25:54......bet b/s has special tool to adjust (bend) that tab, wonder how much it costs? 🤔🙄🤯

[@emblems4life726]

Would you please tell us what kind of degreaser do you add to your ultrasonic cleaner for the carb cleanup?

[@jcondon1]

Harbor Freight Super Heavy Duty Degreaser

[@emblems4life726]

James Condon Thanks so much and I greatly enjoy your channel for its excellent content and presentation. How did you get your foundational knowledge in small engine, and generator repair?

[@davidbohner692]

Please make sure you wear a mask when handling that animal trash. Also when blowing out anything like that. Protect yourself. You have more videos to make.

[@tubeDude48]

At 17:32, who is the Artist & Title of the music?

[@jcondon1]

Mark Tracey - Born Twice kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIjRqJSae7-poq8

[@tubeDude48]

@@jcondon1 - Thanks!

[@moz2186]

I don't believe in doing the job twice so why pull the carb and put it back on without cleaning it anyhow? Worse case you have a clean carb on a blown up engine ready to put on another!

[@turbopowerist444]

Change the oil !!!

[@SmokyPizza6853]

What's that tube called the connects from the rocker cover to the air cleaner? I need to order a new one but can't find it

[@jcondon1]

Breather Tube. Most likely part number 696796

[@SmokyPizza6853]

@@jcondon1 alright. Thank you kind sir!

[@SmokyPizza6853]

Yes sir. I just opened my valve cover to try to find out why my generator wasn't running right. (I. E. Gas blowing out of the carbeurator, knocking.) to find the exaust pushrod was bent

[@zweg1321]

I’m not clairvoyant but I bet last time it was used the owner tried to run it on propane or natural gas I have done it It’s possible uses a lot of propane compared to gasoline Bet it was abused Gas tank got crappy inside Owner used his propane tank to get by if it worked

[@scratch1]

WHY use a torque wrench when you go past the click???

[@jcondon1]

I know right. I find myself doing that sometimes. I usually set the wrench on the low side and sometime push it a little more. Not on important bolts though.

[@woolval52]

@@jcondon1 I just love that you use a torque wrench so much. I used to think my wrist was calibrated, only to find out I was wrong...

[@jcondon1]

@@woolval52 has a few bad experiences early on over torquing things. So just you a torque wrench and have not had an issue since.

[@Overlook-Valley-homestead]

what horsepower engine is on the storm responder?

[@jcondon1]

MARK FROM OVH I think it is 10hp, but think I have seen conflicting info staying up to 13hp.

[@Overlook-Valley-homestead]

@@jcondon1 thank you, i have one of these generators with a broken rod ,i cant figure out what rod to order for it, thanks again

[@jcondon1]

MARK FROM OVH Briggs puts the model and type code info on the left side of the valve cover. It is etched in and hard to see sometimes. Will post a picture in the community tab in my channel home page.

[@rogermorits5415]

I get sick to my stomach when I see or hear that these sit outside during their entire lifetime and neglected

[@crisprtalk6963]

how do you feel about people who do that to dogs?

[@rogermorits5415]

@@crisprtalk6963 very pissed when I see that, I had a neighbor that had a dog chained to the doghouse for a long time until another neighbor stepped inand put a stop to it.

[@johnclarke6647]

What degreaser do you use? Is it DEP?

[@jcondon1]

Harbor Freight Super Heavy Duty Degreaser

[@johnclarke6647]

James Condon I have tried Purple power. From Walmart and it darkens any aluminum I put in my ultra sonic cleaner. That tells me Purple Power is very alkaline. I probably could put an equal amount of vinegar in it to knock off the alkalinity? I have heard DEP Ewing blacken aluminum, but can’t find any sources for it. I usually use several ounces of Dawn and a squirt of Purple Power and keep the tem down. It does a pretty good job.

[@Roy_Tellason]

I hope that all of the BS you were handed by the seller ("electric start", etc.) resulted in majorly adjusting the price from what he was asking downward, in your favor...

[@sofjanmustopoh7232]

It ran fine 🤣 Sure

[@tedwpx123]

👍👍👀

[@jmonte2811]

Music doesn’t add any to the information.

[@larrysmith8528]

That's too funny...doesn't know where the gas tank is...that machine has not been used in a decade...I think it was last abused last year!

[@drunkingsailor2359]

That guy lied to ya

[@jcondon1]

Would not be the first time. Bought it for parts. Got lucky on it.

[@bobcarry4820]

This might be a source for older parts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIXaeKeeYpp8frM Chickanic

[@billhenry7833]

I wouldn’t fool around with that mouse droppings. Get a mask on.