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Subj: MEDUSA SIP2300 Generator Repairs
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From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
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By G8MNY (Updated Jun 24)
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My MEDUSA SIP2300 4 stroke petrol generator, had done many years service, but
recently packed up while /P.
It has a Honda style engine and is the same as the WOLF 2.3kW generator. But my
one has been modified to properly open the throttle without dropping revs to
give a full peak power of about 3kW.
Gauge Filler
ÜÜßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÜÜ Û _.==ÄÄÄÄÄðððððÄÄÄÄÄÄ.._ Û Tube
Û/~~~~~~Tank~~~~~~~\Û Û/" Large 12L Tank "\Û Cage
Û-------------------Û Fuel Tap Û===========================Û
Û\_____________/~~~~Û & filter\Û|"""""~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"""""|Û
Û Tap(0) ³elec Û STOPÛÞ [] øOK ³ on³ " AC " ÝÛ AC
ÛChoke // Sol\____Û SWITCHÛ |_ øOil³ º ³ = = = = _| Û 2x13A
ÛÚÄÄÄÄ¿ /~~~~~\\. ÛPull Û³~~""---..........---""~~³³Û
Û³In- ³,' /~~~\//\\ ÛStart Û³F ³ENGINE | | ³³Û
Û³Take³³ ³ ( ) ³ ³ Û Û³A ³ (=)oil ALT | ³³Û
ÛÀÄÄÄÄÙ \ \___/ / Û Û³N ³ _____³_³__|_____| ³³Û
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THE FAULT
Symptoms were slightly louder noise from the intake and not much power.
Manually opening the throttle there was no real increase in revs, and lots of
smoke, from loads of oil up the engine breather!
Discussing these symptoms with other engine experts, I got all sorts of bad
diagnoses. Myself I thought it could be a broken ring or valve spring. So I
started at the cylinder head and took the rocker cover off, the fault was
obvious! The exhaust valve rocker was at an angle & only pressing on the
spring, not the valve! The cause turned out to be a badly worn through push rod
guide plate (thin soft sheet steel).
ROCKER .-. PUSH ROD GUIDE PLATE
/( )\ Valve
³ ³ GOOD BAD
³ _ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³/ \³Stud, ³ 0 0 ³ Stud Holes ³ 0 0 ³
³(0)³Adjuster ³ _ _ ³ ³ _ _ ³
³\_/³& locknut ³ ( ) ( ) ³ ball end hole ³ ( ) ( ) ³
³ ³ ³ ÞoÝ ÞoÝ ³ Guide Flanges ³<o Ý ÞoÝ ³
\( )/ Pushrod ³ ³_³ ³_³ ³ ³ ³_³ ³_³ ³
~-~(domed end) ÀÄÄÄÄ^ÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ o=Push rods ÀÄÄÄÄ^ÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
As there was no wear seen on the push rod, the repair was just to remove the
adjusters and rockers, and then 2 studs to extract the plate. Then silver
solder in a bass guide bush, drilled out to the push rod size and then filled
to make a "U" channel, that should last much longer than a new tin can plate.
The push rods are also very rough (like needle files) and needed smoothing to a
shine with fine emery cloth.
However things are never that simple, and putting back the 6m stud, I managed
to strip the thread in the soft aluminium cylinder head casting! :-( This was
not all my fault, as the stud hole was much shallower on the exhaust port than
the intake, despite the studs being the same length!
VALVE & SPRING
//³ /³
ÄÄÄ//ÄÄÄÄÄ//³¿ ÚÄ.ROCKER
ÄÄ//ÄÄÄÄÄ//ij٠³ \
³// ³// ³³ ³ \
³ ³
STUD ³ ,-³ Ú¿
_____³Ú¿_____________ ³/ ³ /~~~ ³ ÚÄ¿Lock
³_____³³ _____________³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³Nut
M6 ³ÀÙ Fine thread ³\ ³ \___.³ ÀÄÙ
³ HEX ³ '-³ ÀÙ
CAM Push Rod ³ ³ / Adjuster
& ()============³======() )/
Follower ³ ÀÙ
Rod Guide
plate
I think not cleaning the hole out with a bottoming 6M tap, meant the shallower
stud hole filled up with old stud glue (lock tight) stopping the stud from
going home, and caused me to strip the casting. After many attempts to the get
the stud to grip well enough, I gave up, and drilled and tapped it out to M8,
and made an M6-M8 adapter sleeve from some steel roding. This worked fine.
ALTERNATOR FAN INSPECTION
On taking the silencer off for repainting, through the air duct I noticed the
black plastic alternator fan was well out of true, and was just at the point of
rubbing the casing. I had seen a failed generator where plastic bits were
coming out of an air vent and the rotor had all shorted out (over heated no
fan?) As my fan is right in the middle of the generator, I needed to split most
of the alternator from the engine, something I had not done before on this one,
and I had some trouble doing it to get at the fan.
CYLINDER
End Alt Fan ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
Casting Casting ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
ÚÄÂÄÄÄ¿____________ÚÄÄÄÄÄÂÙ À´ENGINEÃÄ Pull
Alt ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄ´ ENGINE ³ ³ \Start
End ³ ³ [³³============³³³ ³ ³ FAN ³ \
Cover³ ³ ³ ³ ³A D³ CRANK ³ ³ ³
³ ³ ³ ALTERNATOR ³ ³I U³ ³ & ³ ³ < Engine
Alternator>³ ³ ³ STATOR ³ ³R C³ CASE ³ ³ ³ < Cooling
Cooling >³ ³ ³ ³ ³ T³ ³ FLY ³ ³ < Air
Air >³ ³ [³³============³³³ ³ ³ ³ /
³ ³ ³____________³ ÀÄÄÄ´ ³ WHEEL³ /
ÀÄÁÂÄÂÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÂÄÂÄ´ ÃÄ
ÀÄÙ /|\ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
Rubber SPLIT Rubber
Mounting IT HERE Mounting
The end alt cover lets you remove the electrical connections. Then extract the
4 outer long bolts clamping the stator. Remove the end casting (soft hammer may
be needed to free up the end bearing). Then remove the stator. This reveals
the diode pulsed excited rotor and fan, which is held to the engine crankshaft
by a really long bolt down the middle of the rotor shaft. Pulling force is
needed to dislodge the close conical fit to the engine shaft. The fan casting I
left of the engine.
flange ±±Ý ±±Ý
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ \ Þ screws Ý
Long Ú¿ / \ ÙÝ' __ ÙÝÝ' Large
BoltÞ===³³² ROTOR ²²²Ý =:__ ²²²Ý repair
ÀÙ \ / ¿Ý. Coned ¿ÝÝ. washer
BearingÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Þ Engine Ý
±±Ý Shaft ±±Ý
BAD FAN DISK
The fan disk is held on to the flange with 2 screws. I found there was no tube
spacer/Colette fitted on one of them & the plastic fan had been crushed and
slightly split due to this higher pressure. To solve this I made a large washer
from 3mm thick aluminium, so the weak plastic fan disk is better supported and
kept straighter.
Eventually after 2 years occasional use the fan split, repair was to strip down
again and put in a full size ally disk in instead of the washer and rivit the 2
halves of the fan on to it keeping it all fairly well balanced.
On reassembly light oil (WD40) was sprayed all over the rotor and stator steel
laminations to halt any bare steel rusting and maintain good electrical
insulation (water repellent) of the windings.
PREVIOUS PROBLEMS
1/ Rusted petrol tank (from water in the /P fuel), which eventually holed the
tank. I used a phosphoric anti rust paint, after 1st doing a test on the
petrol cap, that proved petrol had no effect on it. Then after a good clean
out and drying, I painted as much of the inside as I could. The pin hole had
raised the plastic dipped outer powder paint coating. So I scrapped that
away and put a plug of really thick Hammerite paint in the hole, and left it
a few days to dry and harden. I then redid the anti rust coat inside, and
all is now well.
2/ Blocked fuel tap, This another consequence of water in the fuel, as the rust
particles build up, NOT in the fuel filter trap under the tap, but in the
cast pipe feeding the tap! Here I found hand held drills are the best used
to clean the pipe.
Threaded Ú¿bÚ¿
Tank ³³l³³ To remove the tap, you
Pipe ³³o³³ Rubber must have less than
~~~~~~~~ÚÄ´³c³ÃÄ¿~seals half a tank of fuel!
ÀÄ´³k³ÃÄÙ / screws
NUT ³³e³ÀÄÄÄ¿===Ý) Then remove the 2
³³d³ ³ÚÄ¿Ý CIRCULAR CLAMP tank bolts, turn
³³ ÀÄÄÄÄÙÀ¿ÃÄÄ. the tap to off and remove
³ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³³ \ rotating the rubber carb pipe.
Fuel ³ ÚÄÄÄÙ ³³ \fuel path
to ÄÄÄÄÄÁÄ¿ ³ÚÄÄ¿ÚÙÃÄÄ¿ \ TAP Now remove and tilt the
carb ÄÄÄÄÄ¿³ ³³ ³ÀÄÙÝ ³ \ tank so the tap is clear
ÃÙÀÄ´ÃÄÄ´===Ý) \__/ of the starter case.
mesh filter³~~~ ~~³
Ýdirt Þ Losen the locking nut and
Ý& H20Þ unscrew the tap, keeping
Ýbowl Þ the tank tilted and fuel
ßßÛÛÛßß at the far end of the tank.
NUT
3/ Ignition Coil protection, this is also a bare steel construction and mounted
under the engine fan cover. To give another layer of damp protection I gave
this a coat of paint.
SIMULAR 23008 Genny Fault
Mike G4FVG reports an "Open Circuit" excitation capacitor (large AC cap), after
trying to run a fridge. (This might have been a Power factor problem, or Pump
stalled in compression stroke, <on mains a 5 min current timeout trip occurs>)
Any feedback on the working with it would be appreciated.
See my tech buls "MEDUSA SIP2300 Generator Info" & "Petrol Generators for /P
SSB"
Y Don't U send an interesting bul?
73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP
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