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Anything is possible, but why keep the lugs, just disconnect them and wire your new output box directly to the 3 pole breaker. Ike

Don't give up so fast, download the TM's for the MEP-016b and go through the test procedures. There are 3 likely possibilities for it not generating, 1, fried generator end (least likely, but if it is you can start thinking about your go cart project) 2, problem with the voltage regulator...

To follow up on Derf again (perhaps for future lurkers), if it does have a starter, they can also be jump started on 12V, the starters are series wound, so should not be hurt by the lower voltage, just will not spin as fast. I have tried this on my MEP-016d. Ike

Like dependable said you may have hurt something in the control system with the battery connection backwards, that may take some digging to find, but this should not effect your lack of output voltage. It sounds like you have some residual voltage showing up on your external meter (probably...

Derf, here http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=11-3306&catname=electric is the same panel for less, I have one I bought for this same project idea, then went another way. On the output lug issue, you could always remove them, they have wires with ring connectors on the back side in the...

Ok, here go a few points: The Mep-016d's are Vietnam era gasoline powered MEP-016a's and MEP-016c's that have been retrofitted with a 1 cylinder Yanmar L70 engine as a life extension program that started in the late 1990's, there is a lot of variation on the quality and components used in the...

4 wire 3 phase generators are not reconnectable, it may be any number of 3 phase voltges, wye or delta connected. From that era there is a reasonable chance that it is brush style generator with 4 slip rings, otherwise it may be a brushless unit where the 12 leads are buried in the stator...

There is a certain tendency to see failures in some types of components sooner than in others, thankfully though there is no real troubling ones on these boards, as a rule of thumb capacitors will be the first to fail on most electronic devices where there is not a design flaw, however the...

thanks that is a lot easier to read on yours than on mine. Thankfully I have most / maybe all of the stuff to run through the test procedures, although my variable AC power supply is rated half an amp less than the TM calls for, hopefully it will work. Ike

I would say rebuild, do like the army does, press in a new sleeve, and add a new standard size piston and rings. There was a guy on ebay selling sleeves for a reasonable price a while back (I think around $50 per pair, but that is from memory) Ike

Just a little update, today (with no reference to SS archive due to the site outage) I pulled the AVR out of the MEP-701a / 016b and started going through the test procedures in the TM. So far Transistor Q2 tests bad, along with diode CR5 (should read under 50 ohms going one direction, and...

Well as it turns out the AVR in the MEP-016D does not match up with the MEP-016B, still I went ahead and installed the SX460 into the MEP-016D, and am ordering another one for the MEP-016B/701A. Anyway Here are the photos and the short version of the write up. Photo 1, before: with old AVR...

Speddmon, I think this should be, will always be grounded IF hardwired to the transfer switch, if using some type of twist lock cord, etc. it may not be. Ike

I plan to install the SX-460 in the MEP-016D over the weekend if nothing comes up, I will try to take photos of each step and post them online when I am done. Ike

Just to add to ETN550's comment, some of these smaller (under about 10-15KW) 400 hz units can be a great source for parts for their 60 Hz cousins. I recently saw some 0 hour 400 hz units listed on GL that I would have been tempted to bid on if the price were right and if they were a thousand...

If your talking about individual load selecting manual transfer panels, Gen-trans / Reliance Controls seem to own that market. These make a great option for running selected loads only in a typical house, particularly the ones with built in load meters, I have one a rebranded Reliance Controls...

yes it will. Ike p.s. I may need a working generator here at the house sooner than I planned, the power went out again for about half an hour just a few minutes ago.

That is basically what I had in mind, I already have the SX460, and had added a terminal strip with everything prewired / jumpered so if I had to do this in an emergency I would just move the wires from the terminal strip on the shoe box regulator to the new terminal strip, and not have to back...

That does sound simple enough, it is also where the hour meter is connected on my MEP-016D

Failure of the meters is common on these sets due to high vibration, weather exposure, etc. and replacement parts can be expensive. Thankfully these gauges are not critical to operation of the generator, and there are some simple work arounds like using a $20 Kill-A-Watt meter plugged into a...