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Also, quick anecdote about a mep-016 I bought once; it was listed as having a malfunction, even showed a photo of the problem. I got it home, took it apart slightly, and found that someone had removed a piece, and stuck it inside the part I removed. Nothing was actually broken, and the part I...

I'll throw my anecdotal hearsay in... I've bought many generators from the government. Some were worn out, some were like new in every way, including rubber components. It's not an accurate statement to say the military only releases tired equipment. I've seen 3 year old equipment that had never...

If comparing to residential units, a diesel mep is always going to win. It would be more appropriate to compare a mep to an industrial generator. Compared to a commercial standby or industrial generator, and money being no object, a commercial civvy unit will be superior in build...

If it can be done through the diag port, that would be ideal...then you can yank one Gen and swap in another in no time. That's probably what they did.

Remote start provision is usually designed into standby generators for control by a permanent installation switch. TQG's are intended to be the primary source of power, and temporary, different than a standby. I'd be surprised to see any *made* for remote start. I usually see military grid...

Thank you, fellas.

I need a Ford 555 backhoe moved 25 miles in southeast PA, and then possibly a deuce. This would most likely not be at the same time.

Delete Scratch this, revamping the project. Mods, please delete.

It's definitely unorthodox, and it looks pretty awful... But it also should have a slightly positive effect on insulating the floor pan from acoustic vibration, which normally passes sound that reflects off the ground and adds to overall noise. That's actually more of the reason I did that than...

Great story to read. How's it progressing?

Last try for pic attachment without a crash...

Well that sucks, I just typed a big reply and added several images, and tapatalk crashed. Anyway, I agree, the space in an 802 is too small. But I used lawn tractor batteries in mine and didn't worry about securing them. Maybe that's why the last ones I used barely hold a charge... For my 803...

Right now, I'm focused more on finding the rightful owner. Then I'll try contacting the land owner about filing an action to possess it, and then titling it and buying it.

That would be neat, but I'm sure it was someone's pride once. I found the site on google earth, and going back in history, it was placed there between 06/2011 and 10/2011. So it's only been there for 4 years, quite a difference from 10. It's likely still on somebody's radar. I called the...

Very odd, almost like it was made of cardboard or pressboard. It was cracked and badly dried out at the corners.

Yup... I've cycled through dozens of MEP's now... Kinda bored with them and getting rid of my collection except for two household units. I'm actually trading a more recently acquired 802a for an M715 next week. My wife will be thrilled if I get this deuce... :D I should look into more...

No...but I neglected to mention, it has a "Historic" plate. The plate design was last used in 2005, so it was put on the truck at least before then (unless it was transferred later in some unlikely but possible scenario). I'm looking for someone that can run a plate for me, which would...

It is some sort of plow bracket, the regular deuce axle is behind it. I'm hoping to save it. :)

Topping this thread for a quick update, and since I "found" another deuce today... I was back in the area of this M135 earlier this week, and took some time to walk around it more thoroughly. It's a worse rust bucket than I originally thought...probably not restorable. I was going to hop on the...

Good luck, that thing looks like a basket case, and an awesome project. You'll never be bored!