A miracle sounds something like this:

It took L about 10 minutes to get my generator going. He:

-removed the fuel line and blew in it to see if air was getting through (yes);

-sucked on the line till he got a mouthful of gasoline (the things this guy does for me);

-put in 25L of fuel to make sure I was well above the quarter tank mark;

-removed the cover from around the brushes (which I as not able to remove) and manually rotated the brushes to a clean spot that was not all gummed up;

– primed the carburetor by spraying fuel directly into it.

So this tells me that when I first noticed the genny wasn’t working in the spring of 2009, all I would have had to do was suck on the fuel line. The brushes were spinning back then and I knew to prime the carb and was doing so. *sighs*

But all is not copacetic as the exhaust pipe is missing a section. We are going to hit up the farm equipment suppliers tomorrow to see if we can find a replacement piece of flexible metal exhaust hose. We can then give the genny a good bit of exercise. I need to find a replacement air filter in the nearish future. When we meet up again in January, he will replace the spark plug.

I ran my AC for 10 minutes today and even nuked something in the microwave! COOL! 😀

We had a lovely day. He made a breakfast of pancakes with fresh blueberries in them and real maple syrup (what a treat for someone who’s been almost carb free for a while!). We went out in the morning and looked at the petroglyphs, then went to Willow Bunch for the fuel and to check out the thrift store. I came out with a few sweaters and a pink colander that matches my kitchen. 🙂

We had a late lunch of VERY expensive pizza at Willow Bunch’s Stagecoach restaurant (the toppings and sauce were 10/10 and the crust was a 4 or 5/10, but neither of us have had pizza in eons, so it hit the spot!). We came in, got the genny going, then I took him over to meet C&C. We came home to gab and then C&C came by a little while later for a longer chat.

Tomorrow should be pretty full with a trip to Assiniboia for parts and fixing the exhaust pipe, but things will get a little more sedate as I need to get some work done.

Having a guest arrive with their own house ROCKS. It really is very little hassle and disruption to the routine!