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    Can I ask a question about an auction that ended earlier this evening

    I bought one of the letterkeny 802's and it was missing the fuel canister and listed as "missing fuel canister cranks but does not run" it had the water separator but someone drained it with a screwdriver by making a new drain hole instead of using the petcock. So I bought a new wix 33472 water...
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    New MEP-803 motor issues

    So the person you bought it from disclosed this to you? or was the tank still full of gas? Or was there something else that lead you to believe gas was ran in the unit
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    Why are military generators so big?

    They'll Defiantly come up with more excuses but ill still say it.
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    Can I ask a question about an auction that ended earlier this evening

    I bought one of the letterkeny 802's and it was missing the fuel canister " cranked but does not run" it had the water seperator but someone drained it with a screwdriver by making a new drain hole instead of the petcock. So I bought a new water seperator off amazon for $15 and did the same...
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    Can I ask a question about an auction that ended earlier this evening

    I bought one from letterkeny on this last round and I was bidding on 3 only won 1 the other two never met reserve. One I was @ least 5 bids from being the highest bidder no one called me. The other I was the second highest bidder at $700 when I think the reserve was around $800. Some one else...
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    Why are military generators so big?

    Thanks for all the info guys your giving me fuel for my flight with a guy at work ha-ha. There's two of us that are into military equipment and many more than aren't but still think there Bad A#$. But there's about two guys that just don't get it. I tried explaining power quality and durability...
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    New MEP-803 motor issues

    Sounds like the problem was the home. R u sure it wasn't just wet stacked from running with out enouph load on it? I've heard the onan engines have issues with that if not kept to at least 30% load during operation. How long did you let it run for with a load before you pulled the head off? My...
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    MEP 003A Misfiring

    I have an 802a and I would have to say that if your battery voltage gets too low it may prevent the low pressure electric fuel pump ( the thing that clicks before u start it) from delivering adequate fuel to the engine causing the misfire. So like jamawieb said check the actual total voltage of...
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    Why are military generators so big?

    So then its just that the 4 pole heads are significantly larger? Are the Kohler 20kw units brushless too?
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    Why are military generators so big?

    Ive spent some time looking threw treads and havent found this topic yet. I've bought 2 mep-802a's now and one mep-002a. I love them. All only needed filters and fluids. Gave one to my father one for me and one to the inlaws. Super nice pieces of equipment. Really heavy duty looking and durable...
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