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Some good news today, GP description said batteries were missing. The pictures showed them to be in the genset, and they were there! I figured they would not be worth more than core charge, but I put one on the charger and it showed 12.1 volts. I have not tried the other yet, but since they...

The jack was missing on mine. With all the time I spent at Harbor Freight I found a replacement jack. The only problem is that even though it is shorter than what your original looks to be it is still to high to drop the pintle on the hook. I am going to have to cut the coupler off and weld it...

This is not my first Greenie. I bought a 1987 FLU 419 Unimog a couple years ago. It is functional but is still not 100% (there is always something). I really wish I had down at the property. I went into it with both eyes open. The pictures with the 803 up there will have to wait a bit...

I picked up my genset on Friday. I will post my experiences on this unit. So far things have not gone particularly smoothly, but nothing to do with the generator. The yard manager was helpful in putting the pintle ring on the hook. am sure he just missed the fact that the pin that holds the...

I probably should keep my mouth shut because this is second hand information, but I have a lot of respect for the source. My friend is a diesel generator mechanic for Cummins. I asked his opinion of the Fermont generators. He said that when the engines hit 2000 hours start to leak a lot of oil...

Thanks everyone, I think I am finally getting what Guy and Mike have been saying about the trailer. I still think I need to adjust the generator forward a little bit to compensate for the weight that has been removed, but that is just speculation until tomorrow. Looking at other generators on...

The pictures that GP provided are less than stellar. The only data plate pictures provided are for the trailer. I will look for the other data plates you are talking about, and that may clarify some things, but like Guy implies it is mostly academic since the original military equipment that...

The NSN on the trailer matches the NSN for Chassis trailer in TM 9-2330-392-14&P so I am pretty confident it is correct for my trailer. If you look, the PU-798 trailers have just the "A" frame at the hitch. My trailer has a beam from the tongue running down the center of the trailer in addition...

I just finished talking to the GP yard manager confirming my pick up for tomorrow. He confirmed that the rear stabilizer leg is there, so I will make use of it. I asked if he has a fork lift so that we can turn it around and move it further forward. He seems resistant, but I think it is...

The one I bought does not have the tool box, and the genset is on backwards. That is why I think that either the original purpose of the trailer was not for a generator, or the generator was pulled off, the trailer used for something else and the genset put back on sans tool box plus all the...

Thanks, after a quick search on the trailer thread it looks like DOT 5, probably I will just have to see what is in it. You don't want to mix DOT 5 with anything else. Of course since the cap is off I probably need to figure out a way to flush the lines.

If I dig a little on the trailer forum I can probably get an answer, but does anyone know what kind of brake fluid they use in these trailers? is it silicone dot 5 like in the SEE, or regular dot 3/4? I don't intend to be burning up the track to get it to the land, but it might not be a bad...

Sorry I got a little off topic on some of my earlier posts, I have edited that stuff out now. I will be happy to send what I posted if you are interested. just PM me. I have no idea what all the straps are from. but they do not seem to be present on any of the other genset's that I have seen. I...

Thanks for the tip Light. I did not catch that it was on backward. The strap holding it down did seam a little strange to me. I had thought about using my handyman jack to get the tongue up, but it is probably better to get GP to help me get it on the hitch. I think I will throw in a pair of...

Well like they say, when you assume, you make and ASS out of U and ME. ;) I will be patient, and look it over carefully. If I don't get to try to crank it this weekend that will be fine. Since I am taking it out to my property, that is the most likely outcome. A stool will not be very handy out...

OK, here goes my MEP-803A when I tried it with the SEE I bought the post never came up

Thanks Mike, I am intending to change out all the filters so I will let the pumps run for 10 minutes or so before I try to start it, if I even get that far this weekend. I will not try to start it with out the fuse mod, but probably will not buy the parts just on the chance that it has not been...

I bought it from GP, it is located at Ft Carson. I intend to go pick it up either on Friday or Saturday depending on scheduling with GP. I bought it on the 12th, for 1600. I would post a link to it, but SS frowns on that. If you look it should be easy to find.

Thanks everyone, from the pictures the inside of the engine compartment seems pretty clean (i.e. oil and coolant free). To my untrained eye, I don't see anything major missing except for the box on the front where the accessories are kept, and the landing gear. I don't really think it has been...

I should have added that it says all the fluids have been drained and the batteries were missing. It is odd to me that it shows one of the optima red top batteries in one of the pictures, but who knows, likely they would need to be changed out anyway. To any one else wondering about initial...