$50 Marketplace Generator! Trash or Treasure?

On this episode of Jay Fixes stuff we buy a generator on Facebook Marketplace for only $50. Is it trash or treasure?

Come along with me on an adventure as we see if we can get this Homelite HG5000 to run and make power or if it's beyond hopeless.


0:00 Introduction
3:31 Initial Walkaround
7:03 Carburetor and Airbox Removal
15:14 Cleaning up the Intake
16:47 Cleaning the Carburetor
26:00 Carburetor Reassembly
31:30 Oil Change
37:07 Carburetor Installation
40:38 Initial Run Test
44:53 Testing Stator via the Outlets
46:52 Testing the Rotor
50:34 Testing the Stator
1:06:15 Testing Control Panel and Breaker
1:15:57 Parts are in
1:16:38 Fuel Shutoff Replacement
1:20:08 Spark Plug Replacement
1:22:12 Installing the Brushes
1:23:57 Circuit Breaker Replacement
1:27:25 Testing Breaker and Connections
1:28:55 Getting Stator Back Together
1:40:30 Airbox and Choke Assembly
1:45:48 Load Test
1:50:52 Conclusion


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