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Replacement temperature gage for MEP-802 and MEP-803 sets.

FarmingSmallKubota

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Have you checked to see if this will work in Gen sets? Looks good, but unless your 100% sure, you might want to check.
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Farmitall

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Received my 947886 gage and installed it. Warmed up the MEP-803a to 140 degrees on the gage then engaged the load @ 240vac on the set meter @ about 80% load. The set warmed up further and stabilized.

The temp gage is reading about 2 needle widths above the 200 degree mark on the gage and no coolant high temp fault light. Although my previous gage read right at 185 degrees (but failed after a couple of years), in my opinion, this replacement gage is sufficient to run with this/these sets as at least a "ballpark" indicator of engine temp conditions.

I ran the set for an hour @ 80% load, no change in temp.
 
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cbisson

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I posted this about a year ago. The Datcon part numbers below have worked very well for me so far. As far as I'm concerned there's only 2 types of Beede gauges. Broken and about to be broken.

I have used all 3 of the following Datcon gauges. All have worked perfectly for me with the senders that came on my 802a. I bought a second of each for when the Beede gauges fail on my NOS 802a. There are also 24v light kits available from the same vendor.

Fuel - 101584
OP - 101574
Temp - 101586

automotive gauges - Vehicle Controls

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