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Thanks for the reply and it would be great if it were that simple but unfortunately that's not the issue. We were even running it with the cap off the fuel filler. We blew air through all the return lines and even removed the fitting where they go back in the tank to check for blockage but found...
You assume correctly, there's fuel at the inlet after hand pumping the mechanical lever. We've cracked the line at the farthest injector, in fact we had to replace the farthest injector because the "T" at the top was cracked. If we crack or remove the return line fitting fuel does flow out when...
Ok, I was trying to group similar issues together instead of having similar info scattered all over the forum, my bad. This is a different format than I'm used to. My issue is exactly what the other user describes, exactly the same that's why I posted there.
Here's the issue, the MEP-805A...
Well, it wasn't the electrical connections although they are now all cleaned. Turns out that the engine wasn't getting up to the required RPM to even make power. I have a fuel pressure issue that causing the engine to die after about 30 seconds. More info below.
Thanks for the reply, we'll pick up some contact cleaner and a small brass brush today and I'll remove and clean each wire/contact later this afternoon or tomorrow.
I apologize as I missed this reply years ago. I cleaned all the contacts with contact cleaner, the ones behind the control panel. Everything had a light layer of dust on it. Got it running and adjusted the mag pickup and dialed in the overspeed.
Fast forward 3 years and now the under voltage...
Thank You I got the generator running most problem were dirty connections. I need to find out how to make this 3 phase generator to
single phase I watched Matt Verley u-tube on doing a mep-oo4A generator I would like to find out if this is the same
Thank You
Thank You I will try it Monday I'm in Florida looking at the weather. I'm in Clearwater Fl and if anyone knows someone near me that works on these generators I would be happy to pay someone to help.
need help the overspeed and under voltage light stay on and will not run cleaned sensor and still did not work . will a new one help ? do not have part number
anyone in the Clearwater Florida area that works on these need to find someone
Thank you
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