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Yeah, yeah, yeah, next thing you know you will have to get a MEP-003a. :) Ike

I have no direct experience with the MEP-018a, however I will say that there certainly seem to be a lot of people on here and over at the SmokStak generator board that had bad luck with the generator ends on that model. I think there was one guy here that bought 2 or 3 MEP-018a generator ends...

It is not the same regulator that is used on the MEP-002a or MEP-003a, instead it is used on the MEP-016,017,018 family. I have a similar problem with the one on my MEP-701a, but not as severe, with mine it seems to relate to ambient temperature, on a hot summer day it will max out around 122V...

Sounds like an interesting project. Ike

Just wondering where you got the 11 HP for the Onan Q106D in the MEP-016b/701a, it seems conservative when you look at the displacement? Ike p.s. my 701a will run my refrigerator, small chest freezer, a 8,800 btu window air conditioner, plus a 14,000 btu portable air conditioner and still have...

That is not bad given some of the prices these go far, a 200 hour MEP-003AAS (with ASK kit, no trailer) went for $2,600 on GL at Ft. Polk today, and some plain fresh rebuild MEP-002a went or $1,200. Ike

They sometimes run ebay auctions, selling parts, but have / had a strange exclusion with no in state sales in MI. I think I bought something from one of their ebay auctions a couple of years ago, but don't remember what. (oil cooler?)

The starter on my MEP-002a that came from GL in June has a Southern Automotive label on it, so I guess that is where the military gets theirs at the moment. Ike

While were talking about regional GL sites, Hooks in TX is a pain, you have to go in through the commercial truck entrance, when I have been there the wait to get in the gate can be an hour or more, and you have to jocky for position between all the big trucks. They also inspect all vehicles...

L0 may be ground on the MEP-002a and MEP-003a, however the reconnection switch on the MEP-016 family and perhaps others is not so simple where ground connection depends on the operating mode. Ike

Well here are the long awaited pictures of the pump connect to a fire hose I took these this afternoon with the help of my son who is holding the hose. For scale the fire hose is 75 feet long and suction hose is 25 ft, and pump is operating about 8-10 feet above the water level in the pond...

Well he is in Nebraska, so perhaps might need some of those arctic condition adaptions like the "cold" weather lever for use while running in conditions where normal operational temperature could not be reached otherwise. Ike

I take it your talking about the curved hose that feeds heated air to the air intake when the lever is set for cold weather operation? If so the answer is I don't know. However if your looking for the straight hose the connects the intake to the air cleaner, mine as well as several others I...

Was that one of the units in Baton Rouge?

Speaking of timing buttons there is now a seller on ebay from Lubbuck TX (so nowhere near Tom) that is offering them in all sizes. The price looks a lot cheaper than I have heard about in the past too. The listing is easy to find has timing button in the name along with mep,onan, etc. Ike

I have never dealt with him myself, just spoke to him on the phone once about a potential parts purchase, but can say a number of people on here have bought parts from him, and I have never heard anything negative. Ike

There is more than one kind of shock, there is the potential of a static charge building up in reference to earth ground (the way lightning works on a grand scale) any time there is an insulator between the source and ground, then there is a shock from completing an electrical circuit which...

The term ground gets confusing here, as there are many possible "ground paths" in case of a fault or multiple fault when dealing with a floating ground portable generator. In theory the generator would be isolated from the earth ground such as the case with an RV generator, the reality may be...

I Also own a Honda EU1000 950 watt inverter generator, it is nearly silent, and can't tell it is running from about 20-25 feet away with typical residential background noise in the evening, by comparison my MEP-701a is located behind a 10x20 ft shed which is behind a privacy fence and a row of...

I own a MEP-002a, MEP-701a Onan, and a MEP-016d, all 3 are loud with the MEP-002a having a more pleasant note, and the Yanmar MEP-016d having the sharpest lawnmower like sound, and the MEP-701a being in the middle, but is a ground pounding 1 banger at 3600 rpms. Derf does have a point about the...