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Just thought I would update this thread with results of today's sale at Ft Polk, LA, this is "Cyber Monday" Dec 2, 2013, the off season for generators here in the south, but we have had some unseasonably cold weather last week, so may have some winter storm prep going on. Today's batch included...

I would say tackle one thing at a time, for now use the front panel outlet to test with since it bypasses the main output breaker and has its own push to reset breaker. Have you performed the step in the AVR diagnosis where you remove 1 wire from the voltage regulator and see if the voltage...

Little? my MEP-002a has a pair of group 51R's in it and those are slightly smaller than the original military batteries. To answer that question, I saw a pdf copy of a report the army did studying this online a year or two ago, have not been able to find it again. Where they tested these on...

Most common one found on these MEP units that does both charging and desulfication is the IS-24-L (now discontinued), but they often show up new in the box on ebay for $20-$50, I have 4 or 5 of these, several of the NSN kits have this model in them, plus various mounting hardware (screws, glue...

I am assuming you have done your research, are handy around engines, know that almost all of these are going to need some work if bought at auction, etc. So I am going to get right to the point on auction sites in no particular order: 1, Ebay, steady supply, lots of semi-professional...

Hopefully at first light in the morning you can wire up a heavy cord or pair of outlets to the output lugs and get closer to full output. Ike p.s. in theory the panel outlets are wired up as a pair of individually fused 15 amp (12 amp fused) outlets, however it seems in reality many have been...

Engine wise you should get even more than that out of it, since the civilian DJE (same basic engine, but 12V and no oil cooler, different, but similar style generator end) was rated a 6.0 KW in prime power contractor models, and 7KW as standby units.

Sorry I only have a minute to reply, but wanted to say you can probably save a good bit of money by buying a "used" 30 amp "RV" extension cable from ebay, often these can be found in near new condition for much cheaper than you can buy SO cable to make one yourself. Sometimes there are real...

Like he says many cheaper multimeters (and some expensive ones) have this problem, My suggestion is to either get a good Fluke meter, or a cheap sub $20 Kill-a-Watt P4400 as they seem to do good on reading generator frequency without distortion.

Nice, almost makes me wish my MEP-002a did not come with a brand new fuel tank on it. Well almost :)

Not too bad, about $4 more than aftermark, but you do get free shipping at $50 instead of at $500 Here is the aftermark filter page link http://shop.aftermark.net/shop/Heavy-Fuel-Pump-Filters/ Ike p.s. those clothes in your avatar look warm about now, we have no heat in the office here today...

There is a place in the Dallas TX area that sells the filters that go on the bottom of the Gold-Flo pumps at a much cheaper price than I have found anywhere else, I think their web page is aftermark.net I bought some from them a while back, and was very impressed with their service on the...

If you hot wire the pumps and they still don't run try removing the inline capacitor (not needed for generator operation, only needed to minimize radio frequency noise)

Ok, this may seem like a strange question, but did the volts go up if you turned the knob to the right? If so you may just need to adjust the voltage pot on the AVR circuit board, there are 2 adjustable pots on it one is voltage similar to the front panel knob in function the other is...

If air is getting in while the unit is stopped, then you have a leak somewhere, most likely between the fuel pumps and the injector pump. If your not seeing a leak I would look at places like the top of the filter canisters where there is some sort of gasket or O ring seal, which may act almost...

Sure will try to get photo tomorrow, I did not mention it above, but they way I use this is I simply plug the anderson connector end into the the connector at he generator, and use the clips on the other end as you would normally use jumper cables.

Just note MEP-002a's may have either 1 or two prong style NATO slave cables, so you will want to check which style you have. Personally I added an Anderson SB-350 connector and short leads to mine so I could use it with the jumper cables I carry in my truck which have jumper cable clips on one...

Something odd is certainly going on here, if those low pressure readings are right, and even across the board, given everything else we have heard, I might start suspecting something cam shaft related.

One more note, you can start these with a 12V battery it is just weaker cranking than a 24V battery, there is no battery charging system, the on board alternator only powers the transfer fuel pump, and has no voltage regulation.

One thing that many of the units have in common are wiring issues in the control box, it seems little attention was paid to this during the Yanmar conversions, and after 40 years of vibration wiring and in particular solder joints can get a bit brittle.