On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:00:04PM -0400, Flying Pig wrote: > > As it happens, as I get ready to find someone smarter and with more parts > than I, First Coast Honda was one of my lookings was into the web site of > FCHonda cited by Ben. I seem to recall the same engine of which he sings > the praises on an open-frame unit is the engine powering this unit. Perhaps > FCH thought they saw someone coming, so to speak, and thought they could > take advantage??
I'm afraid not, Skip; the engine in the eu2k is much smaller and radically different in design. Incidentally, I don't know what fix you found for the pull cord, but my solution was crude, simple, and effective: I pulled the cord out all the way and soaked it in WD-40. Worked fine for months, showing minimal to no wear... but this still does not excuse Honda's bad design. > YMMV, but they are literally staples among cruisers. This is true - and I've met quite a number of them who have had nothing but trouble with theirs. It seems that you have to be lucky: some of these units work OK, while others can be found in the dictionary (see the entry for "lemon".) Paying out a grand or so each time you run into a bad one is a bit much for most folks. Also, in searching the Net, I've found _no_ source of any but the simplest parts for the eu2k (filters and such) - and Honda simply refused to sell me anything direct. As to dealers selling anything more than case screws, they just laughed; they make their money through that little trick. I'm not sure how this is supposed to be better than a Kipor, with its *theoretical* lack of parts availability in remote places. -- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET * _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
