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Thanks for the suggestions, Ike - we'll work 'em in. One of the things people kept reminding me of when I started the project was to keep it as an introductory article, and try to make things as basic as possible while still being useful. It's an interesting challenge trying to do so - you end...

Good point, Ike; I think there was mention at the end of the article of contacting the newsletter editor with comments or questions, and that reflects the original intent that it be embedded as part of the newsletter and not a stand-alone text. I'll see that I address that issue and produce a...

Thanks for the kind words, guys. This was my first attempt at writing an article for the MV club newsletter. After spending some time searching for a subject people would be interested in, I struck upon the idea of doing the article on the basics of MEP gensets and home back-up power in general...

If it's not stuck, a piece of 9/16 square keystock and an open end wrench work fine, too.

MEP-002A is the proper designation.

You've got a heavy trailer with a high CG, stiff springs, and a short hitch to axle distance. You've also got 8" of rise on your hitch to level the trailer, and are towing it with a soft-sprung passenger vehicle. I would suggest this combination of things is adding up to an uncomfortable ride.

Hope your power comes back on soon, Speddmon. I've been in that situation before (in my case, during the middle of Winter). Life's meaning changes from doing what you normally do to doing not much besides feeding and maintaining a genset.

Hope you have a good trip down the highway with the 601 in tow, Bob. Been to Windsor, VT., many a time; the American Precision Museum is a favorite place in town to spend a couple hours looking at historical machine tools. The diner downtown is a great place to grab lunch, too.

We're all looking forward to seeing that 601, Bob.

Could be that the fuel metering lever on the IP is stuck full on; first thing check and see if this lever moves freely. If this lever is stuck, nothing you can do electrically (like the emergency stop breaker) will do anything. It would also prevent the governor from regulating the speed of the...

I got a nice M200A1 from a member here two years ago for $300, and I thought that was a fine price. Mine's a 1974 model, and is all there with nothing but surface rust. Funny you bring this up now, as I've had the trailer for two years and only just pulled it out to pressure wash and paint a...

FWIW, you 'get what you pay for' in paint, prep, and masking; this fussy detail work of masking things either makes or breaks a paint job (at least as far as I'm concerned). I've never found shortcuts to work well enough to be happy with the end result. As for masking the round things like...

I'll be there with my M35A2C and M105A2 trailer.

Bring quality binding straps to secure the load. An MEP in the bed can be quite lively cargo. The rings on the skid base of the genset work well for securing it.

Sorry, DH - that's 'Need to Know' only; don't think you have the clearance required for that info.

Give it a chance with fresh fuel and a bleed as suggested, and don't forget to clean the air inlet path; could be critters living in there after all these years, too. Wouldn't crank it until checking the sludge in the crankcase, too. Hopefully you'll have good luck with it. Military Vehicles...

Many times, yes - when the power to be delivered to the load is fairly low and voltage regulation at the load isn't critical a resistor is the simple and robust solution. In this case both points are true. Other loads (like a radio) would warrent a different solution, like the DC-DC converter...

There's no need for the added complexity of the step-down converter - the resistor is the simplest solution. Simple == better, in my book. As stated in the formula, this resistor will dissapate 6 Watts and will therefore get quite warm; mount it in an place where air can flow around it and...

The coil will overheat and burn out - it will just take time. How much time? Depends on how well built it is - but it will fail. Use a dropping resistor.

I'm looking forward to that. The 601 would make a great addition to the show.