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So....Brought the starter by a local starter shop today. The armature in the starter is toast, and parts can't be obtained for the starter at any reasonable price. So, I guess I'm on the hunt for another known-good starter. Anyone have any good leads?

Tonight I got outside and took another look at the flywheel. I finally found the PC mark. To see the letters PC, I had to look at exactly the right angle. But, I found it, and have the pump timed to it. However, with a 1/8" drill bit in the alignment hole of the pump, the pointer on the flywheel...

Is there an illustration somewhere of all the marks that can be encountered on the flywheel in the order they appear? I'm trying to get an idea of what I should look for where on the flywheel.

What Carl said makes me remember a mistake I made when I was priming my pump: when priming the injector lines, make sure the throttle arm is up to ensure plenty of fuel flow to purge the injector lines.

I seem to recall reading that you need to count the turns when removing or dissasembling the injectors. I don't recall all the details about it, but something you might want to check out before ripping them apart.

Thanks for the advice 3dAngus. I'm using the 6TL batteries out of my deuce to start the starter. Granted, they're probably not in perfect condition, but these same batteries also start my deuce in less than a second. I was also using a pair of jumper cables to parallel 4 6V golf cart batteries...

I did know about the getting to 1800RPM/60hz ASAP. Once I achieve 1800RPM I was planning on leaving the throttle control in place for future operation. Later I will inspect the glowplug holes for the copper washers. Any suggestions on a good tool to fish said washers out of the hole? It...

If you watch them, the ones that are not sealed bid magically turn sealed bid about a week before it's due to go up for auction.

We were suspecting hydro-lock until we pulled the glow plugs and got nowhere with turning the engine by hand after removing the glow plugs. After multiple tries to start the engine with 45-60 second preheat cycles, I burned one of the glow plugs apparently. It's now showing open circuit for that...

This past weekend I tried resurrecting my MEP-003 I got from GL. We were able to free up the injector pump last week, so we decided to put it back on and crank up the genset. Keep in mind I have never seen or heard this generator run. From the injector shims I acquired through 2 different...

I do plan to paint them once I locate all the marks. It took at least 15 minutes of searching spinning the flywheel around several times just to find one hint of a mark, with no indication of where in the scale that mark was. I'm assuming it was top dead center judging from the position of the...

Excellent thought storeman! Now, what process might I use to remove the rust? Perhaps a fine-grit sandpaper won't hurt anything since the engravings are pretty deep. Steel wool maybe?

What would be a good way to clean rust off the flywheel of a MEP-003 genset without disassembling the generator from the engine? I'm having trouble seeing the timing marks on the flywheel to retime the set when I put the injection pump back on. About the only way I can think to do it would to...

I also have been wondering if there was another civvy battery that would physically fit the battery tray and hold-down. I have a pair of used 6TLs destined for my set, but I'm not sure how much longer they'll last.

To be honest, using a mic would also yield inaccurate results because each shim has at LEAST .001" of rust on them. Seriously, the gear lash probably wasn't right because of the rust between the shims anyway. I might have to build a setup to measure it from scratch with a caliper and some...

Does anyone know where the total shim thickness is supposed to be stamped on the block? I looked all over the injector pump mounting surface on the block and the only thing I can possibly see is what I think is a "2" near the upper left mounting stud, and that might not be a 2. I have 3 shims in...

Got a call back from Delk's. For future reference, Delk's does have the shim kit for $10.

I just got off the phone with Delk's. He either has or can get the shim kit from what he says. I was not given a price because he was at lunch, but I expect it to be high. But, I need them, so I'll have to pay the price. Thanks for the civy part number Ike. I don't have a micrometer handy. I...

Never mind on the setting shim thickness part of my question. I re-read the -34 TM and found that it's supposed to be stamped in the block and the TM also has the manual way to measure for the shims. Hopefully I can read the number and don't have to guess.

I took the injector pump off my MEP-003 to find the IP locked up. When I took the IP off, I also found the shims between the IP and block are pretty rusted and chunks of the front shim are gone. I know these shims set the gear mesh and stay with the block, but I'm in need of new ones. Who can I...