First, thanks for letting me join.  I delayed joining until the engine was in my shop.  It is now, so here goes:

I live in the absolute bottom of Louisiana, (halfway across).  We've had three hurricanes and two tropical storms this year.  By some miracle, lights only went out for one of them.  At that point the Generac whole house unit at my parents failed to start, (bad battery, then regulator).  One gas generator crapped out after 3 hours and the other refused to start.  Got power back after two days, not bad.

I'd investigated Listeroid generators 5-6 years ago but dropped the idea due to the EPA ban.  (I am going somewhere with this, I promise!)

A few days ago a friend of mine purchased an Atlas lathe from an oilfield company.  At the time he was told that one of the employees had a Listeroid generator for sale.  (See, I told you the story was going somewhere!)

As you probably gathered from the first two sentences of this post I am fed up with power generation that involves a battery, electronics board or a carburetor or a wire anywhere on the engine.  I hadn't thought of the Listeroid until my friend mentioned it.  My ears perked up when I heard about the Listeroid and to keep this under 10K words I'll simply say I brought it home yesterday.

It's a 6/1, (I think, although the tag on the engine says 7Kw) and has a 5 Kw generator.  Not a whole house unit by any means but enough to power LED lights, fridge and freezer and I suspect a window unit.  Enough for me.  The man who assembled the unit was a perfectionist and did a wonderful job.  The hour meter says 26 hrs running time.   

Overall, the engine is in great shape but could use a paint job.  Rust on the head from a water leak it seems. 

My questions for the group are:

What parts are most likely to cause a problem for which I should have spares, and

What is/are the best source(s) for the parts?

Any good books available?

Any other comments would also be appreciated.

Thanks!

Greg