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They are inline RF filter capacitors, are a common source of failure and are not needed for operation, so if the pump is not working try cutting them out and see if it comes back to life.

You might want to see if you can borrow one from someone that has a good one, most of the cheap clamp meters either do a poor job measuring inrush or just don't have that feature

People have ran into issues in the past, mostly relating to things like lack of UL listing, or lack of other similar endorsements, and compliance statements. The easiest solution may be to get the transfer switch installed with a 50 amp twist lock, or 60 amp pin and sleeve connector that would...

I usually add in about a quart of ATF to the tank, I am not all that precise about it since these engines will "run" on straight ATF, actually I tend to use a mix of ATF and Marvel Mystery Oil

In my case it was my second MEP-002a / MEP-003a and I spotted the, there is something wrong here before connecting the batteries. In their defense whoever installed the red negative cable did at least wrap the end with a loop or two of black tape, and the black cable with a loop of red, of...

Let me guess, you too ended up with one of these from GL with black positive, and red negative battery cables?

These electric fuel pumps should make a distinctive clacking sound when running, if there is no sound make sure you are getting power to the pumps, the wire at the pump itself does not detach, often the inline capacitor a few inches from the pump does go bad though, these can be cut out and...

Looks like you did good, now to just keep an eye out for a cheap 36 volt charger nearby. Ike

Just thought of something else, is the lever on the air filter in the "cold" Arctic only position, or in hot normal position?

Is the air bypass level on the air filter canister in the "cold" (arctic conditions only) or "hot" (normal) position?

I would say most likely the problem is inside the injection pump, but I would certainly check the injectors, did this guy try to rebuild the pump himself? Was there any smoke, if so what color, and was it hard to start?

If that is a Standyne pump the mark on the rotating side is often VERY light

Keep in mind there is more than one revision of the Ambac M-50, early models were very different on the inside compared to later ones

Keep in mind many of us buy our MEP generators from GL auctions AS-IS after they have been sitting up for years, many times with no hands on inspection prior to bidding, some of us fix them up and resell, some just keep them for ourselves, personally I am sort of in the middle, as I have let a...

Many forklift forks are designed to be easily removed / replaced looking at the style of yours I suspect you will find a small spring loaded pull tab at the top back side of the fork to release them, you can then tilt them up and off the mounting rail, each fork is going to weigh something over...

This reminds me of spending much of 3 weekends tracking down a voltage control problem on my MEP-003a just to find someone had installed the T-2 transformer upside down / backwards.

I guess it depends on your exact needs, those SHC35's sure are cute, light, and don't need external power, but an H82, H83,H140 etc outputs about 4 times as many BTU's plus can operate as a ventilator when heat is not needed, but do require and external power source.

My thoughts are, you need more diesel, and you need some source of heat, maybe H82 or H83 or similar heater

still pumping through the inlet and out the return fitting may help more than soaking

The problem with so many newer commercial generators is that they are JUNK, and that warranty means nothing if they go out 4 hours into a 7 day power outage since the repair man likely will not get there for two months. This is not to say that there are not good newer diesel generators, just...