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The filter dates indicated that this unit had not been serviced since around 2016. The air filter had a hand written date on it and the oil filter had a 2015 manufacture date. So I'm guessing it has been on there a while. The air filter was well used and needed replacement. I pulled the...

After washdown, I began taking parts from the 802 to make the 803 complete. The 802 was purchased with the intent of being a parts donor for the 803 and another 802 I have been working on. I transferred all the missing switches and connected up a power supply to the unit. Again, everything...

First step was giving everything a good washdown. The units were dirty, but no signs of oil leaks on the 803 and only minor side cover leak on the 802. Things were looking better and I was getting more excited to get this thing running.

Pickup day came and I ran down to the 'Springs to collect my two winning bids. (I also won the 802a after a little back and forth with another bidder) Both units were dirty, but overall not in bad shape and had all the important parts present. I towed everything home and starting pulling...

Back in February a non-running MEP-803a and MEP-802a came up for auction locally. I've always wanted an -803a after owning two -802a's. The -803a was missing its exhaust flapper, making me hesitant to bid on it and after asking around here, I was more hesitant. I looked carefully at the...

I'm also curious about that. In 120/240V mode, you can only measure voltage on L1-L3 (240v) and L3-N (120V), amperage is always measured on L3. That shop heater is 240V, so it has to be wired L1-L3. I have the 2 of those units and voltage makes a huge difference in how much power they pull...

A lot of baffles and sound deadening in that generator. I havent heard a 1030 or 1040 run, but the WhisperWatt generators I've seen are amazing quiet, like mid 60s dB

But how will you mix paint than?

I'm only slightly jealous. :LOL:

As a point of reference, I'm at 5280 ft and my 802a will only pull 6200-6300 watts before the engine bogs down and eventually stalls. It will stall without tripping the overload light. Can you post a video of your unit running and then getting stalled by a load? I think seeing it happen and...

Jeeepadict, I notice your location is Round Mountain, NV and some Google'ing shows your elevation somewhere between 5000 and 7000 ft ASL. NA engines lose 3% of their output per 1000 ft of elevation. Now the MEP generators have some overhead built into their design, but they do have a derating...

Sounds like you found a good one! That fuse is a modification from the original design, commonly referred to as the "quad-fuse". There is a winding in the generator head that provides medium voltage AC power to the voltage regulator. That AC power is rectified through a diode bridge in the...

Nothing critical. I was running a new-to-me 802a for the first time and watched a few embers jump out of the exhaust. I was looking for that video to show a friend what happened.

I'm looking for an old video that was likely posted here. Guy was running a wet stacked 802 or 803a (maybe) on a load bank to burn it out. I remember embers coming out of the exhaust. Thanks

Good advice. You might end up cannibalizing one for another. Or you can be a fool like me and buy one for parts, only to turn around and get it running. Welcome to the forum, this is a great group of people with a ton of knowledge.

My first thought was an ATV/SxS lift, but you would need to fabricate some crossbars to interface with the skid amd find a way to lift it onto the ATV lift...

Thanks guys! I did exercise the switches, but didn't Deoxit.

So I got another non-runner going again. I bought this one as a parts pile for my main unit, but I got the engine going and thought with some repairs, this unit could be a completed runner. It's been a struggle with missing and broken bits, but today I was able to throw a load on this unit and...

I don't recall off the top of my head what the threaded interface is on the DN2M and DN4M blocks, but the sensor is not that special. It is a fairlt standard 240-33 ohm sensor and will work with 12v or 24v gauges. So if you can find one rated for 240°F @ ~33 Ohms that fits the hole in the...

Chilbun, do you happen to own an oscilliscope?