[Richard]

Disconnect the fuel lines and cap them. There are several electrical cables that will have to be disconnected. A pallet jack works as well as a fork lift if you can use wood blocking to support the generator. It's heavy at the back on the generator end. Thanks to Gordon @"bestgenman" for showing me this.

A small guy like me can wriggle over the top of the engine into the compartment IF the gen is pulled all the way out to its last roller and supported at the front. I had to do this to fix a broken safety latch, and I didn't want to disconnect the fuel and electrical