Mine has the 3 slip rings and each are double brushed (in parallell, two brushes on each slip ring) as well as a segmented commutator with 2 brushes. Starting battery charging is regulated by a resistor and nothing else. The start button is similar to the old foot operated dimmer switch (why did they ever do away with those, I hate having the dimmer switch, windshield wiper/washer, cruise control, etc all on the turn signal lever) with really heavy contacts. ![]() All the 4000 watt units were priced the same. I looked over their selection and chose one with the long oil fill / dipstick to put oil in the engine as well as electric start. They (COMB) had a showroom in Davenport, IA and at the time they had several units to choose from. The generator / engine is still painted it's original red color. Mine has a white sticker with red lettering on it that says Fairbanks Ward. I bought mine from COMB (the liquidator place) back in the mid 80's. ![]() Same techumseh engine, muffler, plastic fuel tank, carb/air filter and gen. I too have a generator that looks almost identical to your unit. Another place to get brushes from is helwig, I beleive their websight is
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