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The power supply is a rectangular box inside the engine compartment on the left. When you look at it the wiring should be pretty obvious.

You need to check the output of the power supply in the unit. That is the only thing that provides the DC power for the unit when its running.

I personally use the 10w-30 Rotella T (Now marketed as T4) in mine. I've gotten good service from it.

I Don't recommend STP in anything.

I don't recommend doing this to a known good working set until the research has been done to determine the practicality of such a modification. So far as I know there is no information available to do this. I've been wanting to find a parts unit 804 (or above) to check out the stator and see...

For sure if the RPM is low the VR is going to have to work harder to get the voltage up in stator. That absolutely could blow the fuse on high current. Its a good thing the fuse was there otherwise the exciter would have been toast for real!

Great job. Thanks for closing the loop on the problem!

Um.. Yea, and its not that simple either (just add an inverter). That person is setting people up for some butt hurt.

Outstanding!! Glad its working.

The Fluke 87 I use has a special "fast" mode for this kind of stuff. You have to hold a key down while you turn it on to enable it. Otherwise its sampling rate is too low to catch this kind of thing. If you see sample rates in specs you need something with a capture time of a couple of...

Solvents are painfully slow on these things. I've burned out several. Just not like that. VW recommends replacing them because they are so hard to clean out. I've not had any issues with bolting everything back together when done.

Do you have any file folders? That will also work. They should be a little thinner than the thin plastic cutting boards.

Hm. What kind of meter are you using?

If you are reading 0.1 ohm the stator is shorted. It should be around 1 ohm.

Even though your resistance measurement suggests the stator is ok the voltage and blowing fuses suggest it's not. I would lean towards believing the latter more than the former being the case. I recommend doing more testing of the stator. Get a meter that can accurately test it and check to see...

I'll be keeping my eyes open for a nice M1078.

The thing we need to consider in all this is that under emergency use we will never approach the service life of these units. If you are off grid then yea, you can rack up lots of hours. We have to work to put hours on our machines. Running for tens of ours can easily be cleaned up with a...

No, it should come up to temp without a load. If it stops at 140 and you know that is a good reading you should check and see if you have heat going into the radiator. If you have heat the thermostat needs replacing.

I went a different route. I bought adapter fittings and I use refrigerator ice maker hoses. They are on the small side but they work fine on these small generators. Plus if a hose goes bad they are super cheap and readily available. Before people go all crazy.. They are PVC which is perfectly...

Meaning the bung and pickup tube kit or tank? I am watching for a retired semi truck fuel tank. I have the fuel tank for a MEP003 that is in excellent condition that I'm going to put on the trailer with the 803 to extend the run time.