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What do you mean by voltage adjust? If you are talking about the knob, I think you can use just about any common potentiometer, I think 750 ohm 2 watt, but that is from memory so double check it.

Check the ground strap to the control cabinet, also cycle the DC push pull breaker several times and check continuity

Also how did he "wire it to the house"?

I am glad to see it is still working well for you. Can't help much on the questions, there was a thread here a year or two ago on the fuel gauge, someone found the company that made them, and if I recall correctly found out they were a custom production item and no longer available. Also I...

Try https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Compressor_Team/conversations/messages

There was a yahoo group that covered these, not sure how active it is now though. It had compressor in its name, not sure beyond that at the moment.

All I can tell you is that it is an old one, until the late 1960's the military did not have a standardized generator program, logistic concerns supporting a myriad of different generator models in the field led to the development of the MEP mil std series of generators. Anything built prior to...

Diesel can last well over 5 years if sealed so moisture does not get to it

I also like the little Honda inverter generators, I have a little Honda EU1000, however in this case I think you would likely be better off with diesel since it stores so much better than modern gasoline. As to access easements, there are all sorts out there. Several decades ago my grandfather...

Ok, strictly generator solutions, I would still pick a DC battery bank for lights and other small loads. As to which generator to pick if you are looking at the military surplus stuff the MEP-002a is probably overkill, but still a reasonable choice although a bit thirsty if you can keep it far...

My MEP-003a is MUCH harder starting than my MEP-002a, I did not mention this above as I know it has blow by issues too

Check with Aircraft Spruce or Aftermark they both sell 24V Facet Gold Flo pumps, they may not be an exact match, but should have something that could be easily adapted.

We had a member here that was selling 3D printed replacements of the plastic governor linkage ends a while back.

My Onan powered MEP-701a is the same way, I have managed to get it to start with no pre-heating with it cold soaked over night at temperatures down to about 26F, by contrast my MEP-002a does not like starting without preheating when it is much below 60F.

I too am looking at one of these that is for sale locally, can someone comment on how loud they are compared to MEP-016D or MEP-002a, etc.

Try cycling the not so cheap (airpax) push pull breaker several times and see if it starts working.

It is very common for the frequency transducer that the gauge gets its signal from to go bad on these, they just don't age well, so if you do buy a working replacement it may die soon as well. Replacing the frequency meter with a drop in digital model is probably the best course of action.

Ok, here goes, 1, no idea, but they all seem to be MEP-002a's 2,My guess is a stuck plunger in the pump or a seized pump where you have sheared the drive washer. 3, You should be able to hear it dribbling back into the tank with the switch in the run position before turning it to start, you...

vertical parallel cylinders, or horizontal opposed cylinders? Also can you read the fist 4 or 5 digits of the engine serial number, 2nd or 3rd space may be a B or C model number should be at the top of the data plate in the 3rd photo, maybe a CCK, can't tell from the photo, format will be KW...

Can we get a picture of the generator, or a readable size picture of the Onan data plate? Ike p.s. I will guess it is a J series Onan of some type, most likely a DJB or DJE if it is diesel given the data plate appears to be mounted on a J series fan shroud, but again better photo would help...