mlts22 wrote:
it is wise to have the shop get the generator starting on the first pull (or twist of the starter)... then go, item by item, down Yamaha's checklist.
Yes, correct.
My point is that it is NOT wise to do it the other way around; that is, give them a list of the things you want serviced without mentioning the basic problem.
You might be surprised at how many people do that, often from advice garnered in places like this, and then go back to pick it up only to say "But it is still hard to start and surges".....with a bill for several hundred dollars only to find something like a cracked head or that it needs a valve job or rings and is not worth fixing. But you still have a bill for the service that you requested.
