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Thank you every one for you most helpful input.
I wish the genhead would get here and i could get on with it.

Love that mounting frame!
Simple, light and effective!

So do I, Veggie whats the material called and were dose it come from? Please.
I almost reminds me of scaffolding.

Its now running happily, and waiting for its gen head to arrive.

So its time to change the quality air filter unit, for something quieter, and maybe plastic to it wont resonate.
And to get a little  better muffling, there is a hospital silencer at work, but that's from a 22 liter Volvo so its over kill.

So tell me what you have learned.

Do you love your 195, or was it a big mistake? So far mines been good, but its only early days.

Had thought it might look good with a classic Furgie exhaust, like the old TEA 20 we had for years. Lol.
Give it some British, class.

I had also been wondering what it would be like using a modern car or bike air box, I Know it is not classic diesel, but there are millions of them and if i picked something common i would never run out of air filters.?

Bob;

Thanks for all the photos and info on the job, best of luck with it and the result.
I had been contemplating using a 7kw gen head single bearing gen in stead.
And building a drive for it knowing it would work with just a cursory inspection.
Even though it would be at 3000 rpm. But your investigation and photos, and Glorts moral support, has me confident, that at the end of this.
You may have a silk purse,  but there is a fair chance i wont end up with a sow's ear.

I had been thinking about the metering of these generators, and an accurate speed measuring, and the penny dropped. The Chinese meters i use on the output of all my inverters would be perfect.
It measures volts, watt, frequency, Kwh, Amps, and power factor. Stick one in the Top box with the outlets on the other side, and i will always know were i'm at. Frequency and load wise.

Ebay about $20 for the 20 amp internal shunt version, comes in 100 amp as well.

thanks Bob,

i just realized that muck that looks like rust on the bearings and shaft is the legendary, magic yak fat Chinese  grease.

So Some sealed bearings from NSK Timkin or SKF, shold do the job properly.

I have seen new brush blocks on ebay far better than whats in these, so i should be ok.

Thanks Andrew.

will be following your rebuild with much intrest, hoping Stephen can get mine to me before Christmas. Would give me something to do over the break.

Hi wanting to know from practical experience, what the minimum power is to drive an ST 10 type gen head, and get decent output? (at least 7-8kw)
 
I have seen you tube videos with s195 type engines but most are rated at 13.2 hp @2000 rpm, and i wondered if this was sufficient.
One my be available at a very reasonable price, in stead of a 5k version. That 13hp would most definitely drive.

By my math 742 watts per horse power, 10000watt generator 742 watts per horsepower about 13.4 hp.
Or do i have this completely wrong.

My ZS 195 is running and awaiting its generator. And i'd be willing to feed  it some fryer oil.