20 Most Recent Coleman Powermate Powermate 5000W Generator - Page 3 Questions & Answers

explore the possibility of removing & replacing the 'petcock'[fuel valve] in the tank.drain tank,remove gas line,unscrew petcock retaining nut at tank & replace.

Hello Diana, My name is Larry Boccioletti, I am a coleman repairman from Ontairo Canada. The Coleman you have I am presuming is a generator. Coleman do not supply engine parts for the generator. If you can supply me the serial number I will try and locate what horsepower your unit is and the engine manufacturer. I will also get you the part number and Canadian price for the carb. That's the best I can do for now. Thanks larry_ [email protected]

Get model number and go to: http://www.powermate.com/productmanuals.php?cat_id=3

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check field exciter..check fuses also if there are..

Where can i obtain a manual for the 5500 gas generator

It sounds like the carburetor needs to ether be cleaned or rebuilt. Try running a little bit of carburetor cleaner through it and see if that helps. If not then take it in for a tune up. Have them rebuild the carburetor while they have it and this will get you back in business. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Change the oil and you will probably have to rebuild the carb. If it has a starting battery, that will need to be replaced as well.

Try Ebay or Google to find a replacement part.

After working on several of this style coleman generator,i have found that the lead wires in the windings that are soldered to where your brushes would contact tend to break.I don't know if it's a poor design or just a fluke,i would check to see if your getting continuity on the rotor and go from there.They seem to either "burn off" or just break.

Check for carb gum, mixture is too lean. Check for dirt in main jet

The four wire 220 twist lock receptacle Two hot wires, one neutral, and a safety ground. Depending on your generators setup the neutral and ground are bonded as one; unless, it setup for a floating neutral. You would normally connect the two hots and neutral. and leave the ground open on the four prong twist lock plug. Just make sure the compressor is earth grounded on its end.

powermate went out of business , but this might help let me know http://www.powermate.com/contact.php

Try going to the website.

A few things can cause lack of spark at the ignition coil. This assumes pointless ignition system.

• The stop terminal is intentional grounded IE stop switch on.

• The stop circuit is shorted to ground.

Remove the plug wire from the plug so engine can not start. Remove the stop wire from the coil and try starting the engine while testing spark. If spark is now present then check the stop circuit.

• The coil pack itself is bad.

• Flywheel magnets are demagnetized.

These can check by seeing they attract heavy metal object strongly.

20:1 that's 1/4 pint to a full tank of fuel.

Most often fuel leaking out the carb is caused by a needle and seat problem in the carburetor / the float level shaft screw may have come loose due to the vibration of the engine ,this will cause a leak issue with the needle and seat as well. To complete the repair the carb will have to be removed and cleaned. Replace the needle and seat if necessary an then replace the carb.

If you have a business card you can use it to set your coil works great actually . Same for your plug

There are basically 2 possibilities that can cause this.

1) Enigne RPMs are too low. but, since you already played with the throttle, this probably isn't the case. RPMs should be about 3600 though.

2) The voltage regulator / capacitor has high ESR (resistance) or is bad altogether. Replace.

The big box home supply centers carry these. match up the current rating and voltage rating on the generator, then buy the receptacle to match.