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Good question. They have hydraulic surge brakes in the tongue.

I received my new pistons today. Hard to believe that they made it here in 3 days from the UK. I’m now a fan of Sleeman & Hawken for sure! I’m going to spend some time this weekend and mic my bores and pistons. In years past I have “ rebuilt” several different engines. Most of the time I’ve...

I’ve heard that some of the cheaper units can actually have “unplanned thermal events “

I hope that you get the same service that I received!

Email with sean@sleeman-hawken.com. Extremely helpful...like I'm buying a large number of parts or that I'm a major distributor of their products. I don't think it's too late in the day to get a response from him. So you're needing the 750-41610/100 pistons correct?

The tracking number says that it was shipped from Castle Donington, United Kingdom on March 23rd. It's showing in Philadelphia, PA now.

I wanted to post an update on the piston situation for this MEP-803A that I'm working on. Good news today! Sleeman & Hawken in the UK have already shipped my .25 mm OS pistons. The price (including shipping) ended up at $178 ea. And...check this out! The ETA on the UPS tracking number they...

It's been a little frustrating for me this past week too. But, like they say "patience is a virtue." Still, what would cause compression ring seizure? I did see in your previous photos that the top compression ring gap was closed indicating seizure.

Thanks! I can deal with that. Interesting…I received an email quote from “ Sean” at Sleeman & Hawken last week. His was higher than DP Equipment, so I chose to go with DP Equipment. I sent Sean an email request again a little while ago asking him if he could still honor his 106 pound price. I...

Sir, I was mistaken. This unit that I’m working with was reset in February of 2012. I also have a MEP-804A which I was working with. That one was reset in 2008.

Thank you Ray. You have possibly saved me a lot of time. The cost of that hone can be paid for with the purchase of one piston at the $300 price per piston price.!

Wow! Like I previously posted…my good friend Dave who used to drag race could buy HP pistons for a third of that price. I thank you and Ray both for your input. Ray is obviously speaking from experience in honing cylinders and he’s saved me a lot of time. Because I’m not experienced I would have...

Well, I'm not sure what happened at DP Equipment. I ordered the 750-41610/025 .25 mm oversized pistons. (Onan #186-6068) But they sent me the 750-41610/050 .50 mm oversized pistons. I just got off of the phone with the salesperson. He's very apologetic, but they don't have what I need...

It seems that all of the fees add up to about 25% more than the bid amount. So a win bid of $2500 will actually end up being $3125 (Not including any shipping charges)

I thought that I'd post another comment. I'm one of those guys who reads the TM's in my spare time. I know, I know...get a life right?:LOL: Anyway, the maintenance manual actually has instructions for using a manometer in the dipstick hole to measure the vacuum in the crankcase on a running...

Again, I'm still not sure what caused these failures. I was hoping to get this one repaired correctly and go from there. Yeah, what would cause pistons to rub off on the cylinder walls other than excessive heat? If it was a gasoline engine I would say severe detonation or preignition. I don't...

Looks very similar to the unit I'm working on. This one had the tier 2 reset in 2008. Has 145 hours on the meter now. From what I've discovered +.25mm is .010" oversized and +.50mm is .020" oversized. This reset engine had the .25mm oversized pistons in it when I tore it down. I received my...

One thing that I've learned over the years is that alternators should not be used as battery chargers. It's very hard on them. Most of us will jump-start a vehicle or a piece of equipment when the batteries are too low to start the engine and then just rely on the alternator to replenish the...

That's a clean install! While working in the bus garage for my employer we have 15 amp battery "maintainers" to plug into the buses while they're in the shop being worked on. We've had a couple of these battery maintainers fail as the result of someone cranking the engine over with one plugged...

In case someone is wondering, that’s a MEP-803A behind the brine tank. I have it hard-wired to the main panel on the house with an interlock. I wasn’t working on that machine today. You might also notice that I’m using some grounding rods for the brine tank load. I drilled 1/4” holes in one end...