Recent content by DavidPoz

It was a lot of fun to check this out.

I felt the 831 was ready to fire up today. Good battery attached, and... Failure to crank! Darn. I started going through the troubleshooting steps in the -13 TM (thanks for having it on this forum). Got to step "f." and was a bit perplexed. Notice anything odd? LOL Note, step f was on page...

Time for an update. I've removed the old temperature sensors and gave it a decent cleaning. It's winter right now, so I can't pressure wash it yet, but still better. I replaced all the rubber fuel lines, both supply and return. There was no evidence of them being bad, but I just did it as a...

Thanks everyone for your help. If there is a linkage out there, I'd love to buy it. If not, it looks like something I can make. I downloaded the manuals and will start reading them. thanks.

Hi Dewie38, I'm thrilled you are able to chime in. I've read some past posts and I think you said you are a full time fixer of these. That's great. The tag says Fermont, 01/07 Do you happen to know where I might be able to purchase some new linkage? And, do you have a link to the process for...

Hi Kloppk, Thanks for being a subscriber. I'm here (on the forum) to learn from you guys. I loved using these 831, and 802, gensets while I was in the Army. Now I finally get to own a couple. It's very nice. I hope I can get this one running, but I'll have to find and/or make the missing...

Hi Everyone, This is my first post, and first purchase from an online auction site. This is an MEP-831A. Overall it looks nice. However, it has sensors on it. Does anyone out there know the reason for the sensors? Was it some kind of test rig? Thanks. There are these orange wires...