I have been following this thread and more about generator problems with the 2.8 Mine has been acting up for the last year. I changed the filter and yes it was a pain. No help, it still ran bad,with a load on it, it would really surge and then cut out. I was guessing that it was the fuel pump after it would run for 15 minutes then quit. Then this thread came up and I dropped the generator onto wood blocks and changed the pump. It is now running as I type and running smooth. Another thing that surprised me was all I had to disconnect was the fuel line, all other wires had plenty of slack so I did not disconnect anything else except the battery. The whole job took less than an hour. I want to say thank you all for the information.