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1/2-14. The stock plug that goes into that drain hole I believe accepts the square shank of a 3/8" socket (though I feel like over the years I've also had machines in with an Allen wrench hex on the inside).
Sorry I have two control panel assemblies, and it seems I have robbed this part off both already. @CallMeColt do you have a switch you might want to part with?
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep-803a-all-the-tms-you-need.175591/
Files ending -10 are Operating Manuals. Files ending -24 are Technical Troubleshooting. Files ending -24P are Exploded parts diagrams. Should be books up there for both the complete machine, as well as the engine only...
How many hours on the set, and is it a reset or original? Might just need a new belt... might need to loosen and retighten the alternator to retension. To me... belt dressing only works for a little while. The belts are cheap: https://www.ebay.com/itm/225710795992
Just take a look at the belt...
The length of the soft line is not important... the barb which its installed on, on the metering pumps, rotates. This rotation is what allows fuel to be pumped upwards. If they are not both fueling at the same amount, it can cause running issues. In actuallity its not the barb that rotates, but...
What you photographed are the metering pumps, not the injectors. If you follow the hard fuel lines up to the top of the engine, the injectors are the items which you plumbed the return line short sections off of (with the barbs).
The barb on the metering pumps (where the soft lines are plumbed...
The engine in this platform is strong enough to support 15+KW... its the electronics which limit it. The gauges on the machine are calibrated at a power factor of .8. If you assume a PF of 1.0, the amperage data on the rear of the machine works out to 12.5KW @ 100%.
You looking at an 803, or do...
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