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My problem has been finding someone even willing to take on the job.

I've had some ridiculous conversations with various shops over the past week.

Them: "We don't service generators beyond oil changes". Me: "I don't want you to fix the generator, I want you to put a lift under it and pull it out to get to the hydraulic ram." Them: "But it's a generator and we don't service generators except for oil changes". Rinse. Repeat.

Them: "We refuse to work on anything over 10 years old". Me: ????

Them: "We're scheduling in December".

I am getting kind of close to going the Richard recommendation and using my air bags and some wood cribbing to pull it out and take the ram to a hydraulic shop. Life on the road does have its challenges.