Westerbeke Identification Please

Ken Wolkens

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May 22, 2014
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Melbourne, FL.
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390
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Here's the tag from my generator. As per my luck the suffix is obscured for the model number.

Please help identify what it should be. From the serial number it's a 1994 model and a 7.0 something or another.

Also could use a lead on discount parts for it. I want to order and replace all of the service parts this winter like plug wires, cap, rotor, points, belt, spark plugs and so on but not go into debt doing so.

Thanks in advance, Ken
 

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After more digging on the Westerbeke site it turns out that this generator is capable of being 5.0 at 50 Hertz or 7.0 at 60 Hertz. Since we're 60 hertz here in the U.S. this is in fact a 7.0 BCG.

Now to find parts at a reasonable price. A distributor cap for $150 is just plain out of line.
 
It is a 7.0 BCG (the 5.0KW output is for European applications where the engine runs at 1500 instead of 1800 rpm and the output is at 50 hz instead of 60 hz)

There are no good, consistent discount sources for Westerbeke parts. You pretty much have to search everytime you need something. Some owners have had luck on some models with parts for a Japanese made engine, but the engine Westerbeke used isn't imported to the US so even that is inconsistent.

But, I'm with you....I think I'd sit under a shade tree and whittle a distributor cap out of teak before I'd pay $150 for one.
 
Westerbeke does not actually make the engines. Take you old parts to a good auto parts store, NAPA etc, they should be able to match up what you need. Take engine Serial # with you.
 
After more digging on the Westerbeke site it turns out that this generator is capable of being 5.0 at 50 Hertz or 7.0 at 60 Hertz. Since we're 60 hertz here in the U.S. this is in fact a 7.0 BCG.

Now to find parts at a reasonable price. A distributor cap for $150 is just plain out of line.

Here in Florida we need our generators to work during the summer months without fail. When it's 92 degrees outside with 70% humidity, having the ability to run the AC is priceless. While I do agree $150 seems excessive, I gladly pay it to avoid the "aftermarket gremlins" that always seem to pop up when using non OEM parts.

Quick story...when I purchased my boat, the PO had used non-OEM wires, distributor cap, plugs, and oil filter. It ran like hell, stopped running intermittently, had oil leaking from the filter gasket, and was very hard to start. It was the most unreliable generator I'd ever seen. After replacing everything with OEM parts, direct from Westerbeke, it's been running flawlessly now throughout 3 seasons.

Just sayin...
 
Thanks Frank!

Boater 420, Yep as a fellow Floridian I clearly understand the need for power and the AC.

I'm struggling with throwing a grand at a 23 year old generator just for maintenance items. Heck that's 10% the cost of the new one I saw at the Stuart Boat show last weekend.
 
Thanks Rusty! That's the second little Gem in Cocoa for me.

The first is that 100 year old hardware store. I can't think of the name but whenever I can't find something obscure I walk in there and they know exactly where it is. For example the Rollers for my 390's cabin door were in stock on the shelf there.
 

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