[pairodice]

Thanks for the advice and things to check - I had to bend the lower shroud sealing up the generator so that air could flow out of the back of it better - that helped. The blower motor was squealing like a baby pig so I also added some lithium grease to the bearings on the blower motor and that seemed to help with the overheating that was taking place in the motor - I had replaced the belt on the blower and it was too tight so I also loosened it up some. In retrospect I probably (ok, I DID) go overboard replacing parts but now I know a LOT about generators than I did before I started. I’ve always had them serviced but from now on will definitely do this myself as they are pretty easy animals to tame (for me at least). The genset ran at about 180 with the front A/C on high yesterday afternoon in about 85 degree heat for about 4 hours with no problems.