The cover for the airbox on this Honda generator hinges open to the left, but the frame rail is directly in front. The airbox is also bolted to the engine from inside (behind the filter).
I've throughly looked over this and there is no way to open that airbox unless you unbolt the engine from the frame, or perhaps modify the lid hinges with a saw so it doesn't have to swing as far to come off.
Cut the hinges and zip tie that sumbitch. He's clearly asking for it.
Yeah this and not saw through the metal frame and weld it back cuz that’d be stupid which is why it never crossed my mind and I wouldn’t mention it
(I don’t do much hardware stuff)
Honestly, I might just do that.
For now it's mostly just being ignored. Occasionally we jamb a compressed air nozzle in the cracks.
It's a generator, it doesn't collect nearly as much dust as the other tools (like a plate tamper for example); and it really doesn't go out very often or very long (rental).
Those hinges could be resecured with some L shaped pins not to different from how Chevy truck headlights are fastened or trailer hitch pins. Gravity will keep them in place during normal operation.
My first thought was ‘I would grind off the hinges before I would fuck with moving the engine’.
Depending on how hot it gets right there they may be able to use the self clinging velcro tape. (The kind with the hooks on one side and the loops on the other that people use for wrapping cables)