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Looks like a sweet machine you have there!! Welcome to the group.

Excellent thread!! Thanks for documenting it so well.

While you're familiarizing yourself with your new genset, check to see if it has had the MOV and fuse modifications performed. Both have been discussed in the forums extensively. I bought a reset 803a generator, and they had not been done on mine yet. They are both cheap insurance against future...

If you don't mind - while you are tearing into it - could you post pics of any issues you run across?? Fortunately, I haven't had to tear mine down - but am always interested in keeping up with other's experiences in case I ever have a similar problem.

Feeling guilty lusting after this genp0rn. Man, I'd love to have a few of those!! (No need for them, but REALLY would love to have them.)

Good luck with your new genset, Doc. Before you run it too much, see if it has the two modifications shown in Zed254's picture. One is the blue MOV between terminals 7 and 8 of the voltage regulator, and the other is the fuse mounted along the left side of the regulator. Both of these have been...

Did you plug the air compressor into the convenience outlet?? That is only 10A, and would trip the breaker with most air compressors.

YIKES!! Sure hope whoever bought them does better research before hooking them up to their home. Now I'm kicking myself for not buying one for parts when they were going for a couple hundred dollars.

Yours also sounds a bit like my story. A tropical storm early last year left us without power for nearly a week, which prompted me to start looking. Found this site, and won my MEP803a at auction just before Hurricane Matthew came through (I picked up the generator while evacuating). We ended up...

Welcome from southeast Georgia!! I have many fond memories of Lakeland - home of one of my favorite airshows!

Amazon has FNQ-R-3 fuses for $5.45 shipped.

Thanks for the reminder to add conspicuity tape to the two trailers I haven't gotten around to yet. Lights work, but if something ever happened at night on a trip un-noticed it could be a lifesaver.

Good thing he didn't race home, hook it up, and try it out on the house!!

So thankful for this post!! This was one of my recently discovered "need to fix" issues. Think I'm going to try the Gumout first - and if that doesn't do it, then the acetone soak. I've had mine for exactly a year and never had this issue before, so it sounds like it might become part of my...

Congrats on the generator! Mine was almost the same situation - 8700 hrs on Hobbs, but Reset sticker outside and new paint and dataplate on the engine. A little forklift damage to non critical areas on one side. Mine went for around $800, and I'm thrilled with it - ran 40 hours during Irma...

EXACTLY!! She has been telling all her friends asking how we were faring during the storm about it, and just mentioned how much she loves it. Now to parlay that sentiment into my first MV....

Yep - was a maintenance electrician for several years and one of my jobs was generator PM's - if you have aptitude, a desire to learn, and the willingness to spend time taking advantage of the reference materials available, these are fantastic machines.

Power is back on, Genny is now shut down and ready for PM checkup after running flawlessly during and after the storm. Although I see myself in several of Guyfang's points - I concur completely with his self-described "rant". These aren't consumer generators - they're designed to be operated and...

Well, it's generator test time. For real. Power went out 3 hrs ago - fired off the MEP803 I bought last year during Hurricane Matthew. She's purring just fine - even in the torrential rain and tropical storm strength wind. Praying for the folks in Florida - anyone else giving their genny's a...

What an adventure!! PLEASE post lots of pics!!