Fired it up yesterday and let it run,the revs started hunting after a minute so i stopped it.Rang Robinsons this morning and said i`m happy talking to an engineer for a remedy rather than send it back,waited for a call back and didn`t get one so called back at 10 to 5,got to talk to an "engineer".I said i can live with the oil pressure switch as it might decide to work once full temp is reached so what about a simple fix for the revs hunting.He suggested a screw adjustment underneath the air box somewhere so i said i`d have a go when its light tommorrow.He did say oil pressure switches tend to either work or not work rather than be intermittent. So i had a google about for 13hp revs hunting,its pointing to the governor wherever that is and some of this can be internal,could be carburettor gaskets etc etc. I`ll have 10 mins at it in the morning and i feel its on its way back.This came empty of oil with a sticker saying oil emptied for transit but i think thats how it came to them,i`m nearly sure this wasn`t run and fully tested before being sent out to me.Why would they bother to drain only .6 litres or so?
When i first rang them enquiring whether a generator they had on ebay was up to the job i had a nice long conversation,was recommended to have a meccalte gen,a step up from the £478 model they sell,the chap said he`d have a look in the workshop/warehouse and see if there were any components hanging about to offer a bargain,so i got the 13hp loncin with 6.5kva meccalte and electric start for £470 delivered and i said yes because i was about to part with a grand or so for a stephill honda and was about sick of shelling out so it seemed a good idea at the time.