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I suspect that in their intended application they expected to have an unlimited supply of strong young men to start it.

Perhaps, but at least they could have put a same limit range on the adjustment.

Yes, it is as stable as any other similar mechanically governed generator, why the military specified a manual adjustment on this I have no idea, their civilian cousins have the same type of governor that are set and forget. Personally I feel the manual speed control knob sticking out there is...

Hmm, I think there was a thread about these over on the Smokstak board a couple of years ago

How about a few more photos, The engine looks like an Onan

I agree these MEP-016D's are some of the best deals on smaller diesel generators out there, I bought 2 last summer, paid $350 and $450 (cheaper one one went to another forum member as-is at cost), both were part of the same auction batch where several were being sold, the more expensive one...

I suspect a lot of the problem is California where diesel seems to be considered EVIL

I personally would not be too concerned about running a MEP-003a at 115% rated load during occasional outages, I might feel differently if it were being used for prime power at a remote camp, etc. Part of the post rebuild testing requires that these units handle a sustained load of either 110%...

It is looking good, I too was originally going to use one of those surplus boxes on my MEP-016D, but ended up going with a pair of standard 20 amp 120V outlets on a drop box with a 20 ft cord as my MEP-016D would most likely be used for portable demands, spare backup generator for around the...

For some reason Onan never built a civilian 4 cylinder air cooled with 3.5 inch bore

Ok, quick rundown on civilian Diesel J series (they also made spark ignited J series engines) DJA - 1 cylinder 3.25 inch bore air cooled DJB - 2 cylinder 3.25 inch bore air cooled m50 injection pump DJE - 2 cylinder 3.5 inch bore air cooled Diesel Kiki injection pump DJC 4 cylinder 3.25 inch...

I think those are Onal DL4 / L423 engines, they had a fairly short production life (maybe 10 years), as they were discontinued / orphaned (support was intentionally killed off also) when Cummins bought out Onan in the early 90's as these engines were a direct competitor to the Cummins 4BT / 6BT...

It sounds like you may need to adjust the governor on your generator, I have never done it on a MEP-002 / MEP-003aa so I will leave it to others to chime in. (instructions are in the TM). As to the frequency rising as the generator warms up, I too have seen this on my MEP-002a and other diesel...

I am not sure how common it is, but I think someone else on here had one do the same thing a few months ago. Ike

Some people use standard O-rings in place of the flat gasket, I don't remember the size, but did buy some a while back from McMaster Carr, my order history suggests that these are Viton® Fluoroelastomer O-Ring AS568A Dash Number 236 part number 9464K236 they are offered in a 10 pack, for...

Using 2 sub panels one with an automatic transfer switch and one with a manual with the optional loads both fed from the same main panel would work, but I like the idea of the automatic switch being downstream from the manual switch, that way if the automatic switch were to ever get stuck...

I wish I could help you on that one, my top fan is flaky, it gets water / condensation inside it and stops working, if I flip it over, spin it and drain the water out it will start up again until the next time it rains. Ike

As you already know this requirement for load shedding transfer switches is a recent code change, and it seems the market has not yet provided many affordable options, so let me throw out a couple of work around thoughts, but first I want to mention that traditionally most Generac automatic...

Jerry, I just saw your new signature, does this mean your getting out of the used generator business?

Putting a price on an old generator is hard at the best of times, a generator that you could not give away one day may be worth its weight in gold (well maybe copper) during a major disaster. Having said that it seems most of the time when someone mentions a MEP-018 online it is followed with...