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I can only help with a couple of your points, My top ASK fan often stops working due to moisture getting inside, removing the top cover and turning it over usually causes the water to drain and it will work again for a couple of months, I have also used compressed air to dry it out. On the...

I don't have one of these units, but most common reported problems seem to be the injection pumps (sometimes have frozen up shafts from storage), also frequency meters being bad, and output breaker problems seem somewhat common. Ike

I was also going to say maybe MEP-903, hard to say from the photos, but based on size I would say 10-15KW. Ike

Anytime your dealing with a diesel that has not started in a while like this you need to make sure fuel is getting all the way to the diesel injectors. If the fuel system has ran dry you can't juse crank them to prime like a gasoline engine, you have to bleed the injector lines at the...

First before starting you need to decide what output voltage you want to select, either 120V 1 phase, 240V 1 phase (may be 120/240V output some are wired this way even if the manual calls it 240V only), 120/208V 3 phase or a special 120V only 3 phase mode. If your using it for backup power...

I am not sure which ones you have, but google for pdf's 5-6115-615-12 5-6115-615-24P 5-6115-615-34 amd it should give you all the important manuals, the -12 is a field service and operator, although I think I have seen an operator only manual at one point, but it did not have much...

The point is backfeeding could occur like it did in my example if someone turns on the breaker without first disconnecting the generator, unless you install a propper transfer switch, or at least a breaker safety interlock device like shown in the above link. This could potentially kill a...

There are many horror stories online about people back feeding like you describe. The example I like to use was posted on the Smokstak board a couple of years ago. It was posted by a guy that "knew what he was doing" during a multi day outage, he had the main breaker turned off, and was back...

There was a selller on ebay selling them for $10 each a couple of months ago, I bought a couple of spares then the seller id was nroelle you might check to see if he has more , there is another seller with 4 for $130 or so listed now. Ike

Ok, lets see if we can get you back on track without breaking the bank, I am no expert on the MEP-005 by any means, just have a passing idea of how they are set up from reading the tech manual when I was considering buying one a couple of years ago. What has he done so far? What parts of the...

These military units have control systems that flash the field on starting, most commercial control systems do not have this. If he has replaced the military control system and voltage regulator with a common commercial unit this may be part of the problem, but honestly without knowing exactly...

Using traditional methods to test grounds requires driving a second known good ground rod and testing between them with a special type of meter that typically sells new for several hundred dollars. There is a new type of ground test meter that inducts a field into the ground rod to test it, but...

One thing I would check is make sure there is no blockage in the fuel return line, build up of return pressure can cause such symptoms on some types of injection pumps. Ike

This message thread is about the Gasoline powered MEP-016A not the Diesel powered MEP-016B. Ike

I think there was someone on ebay selling fuel filters for less than that a couple of months ago (I bought 2 or 3, seems like they were around $10 each), there is another ebay seller that sells air filters. As to your oil quesiton, I have been using Rotella 15W40 because I have it on hand...

You don't want to run in parallel, you want to connect in series to get 24 volts. Ike

A good mechanically governed generator should be fine for almost all modern household needs, most modern electronic items use switch mode power supplies which are not very sensitive to frequency. Older electronics tended to be more sensitive to the issue, as well as some types of industrial...

If your interested in upgrading your utility grade MEP-005 to Precision grade, someone was selling the upgrade kits on ebay a while back with multiple available, not sure if they are still doing it.

Just to follow up on that last thought, I would like to insert one word to Iggy's statement, Any two matched batteries will work.

There is no way a pair of 51R's will fit in a MEP-701a ASK housing, the 4HN is only about an inch longer than a single 51R. Ike