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    East Coast Winter Storm - JAN 10

    I'm probably a bit too far away, but I have several nice low hour machines ready to sell if things get bad down there. 2) 002's 1) 802A 2) 803A's
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    Spin on fuel filter mounts

    Hello folks, I wanted to ask the Deuce community for a little input regarding spin on filter bases that I make for the MEP-002 thru 005 generators. A fellow S.S member asked if I had checked to see if the same canister base ( which my adapters replace ) are used on any other military equipment...
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    Hello - new MEP-803a owner here

    Ha! Ha! another one bitten by the E-Stop! ( don't feel bad.... we've all been there, we just don't tell anyone )
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    Hello - new MEP-803a owner here

    Just noticed you said dead crank works. Assuming it is back in the normal position now. only other thing that comes to mind other than e-stop is the CR-1 diode ( in the back left corner mounted to the board with the burden resistors) And the shunt in the front right bottom of the control cube.
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    Hello - new MEP-803a owner here

    If it's not the E-stop, also check the dead crank switch. I assume you have nothing at all? no panel lights, nothing? If the panel lights don't work that means no power coming into the control panel.
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    MEP-002A, will Start, Run then dies....any suggestions?

    Can't say that I have ever seen a plunger like #2 there.... the 3 pumps are all normally identical, not sure what the piece is in the top of plunger #2. If you remove it, does the spring under it look identical to the others? You really don't need both of the primary pumps, you could try testing...
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    MEP-803A Fuel Gauge issue

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    Convert MEP-803a to Inverter?

    It sounds like you are essentially only trying to power a small number of dedicated outlets, fridge, some lights and the well pump. This is almost no load at all for that 803! Even the well pump is nothing. The 803 will run your entire house and barn, and it will be much happier over time if...
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    Convert MEP-803a to Inverter?

    Is the barn fed from the main panel in the house or are you talking about 2 separate service entrance panels? If the barn is a sub panel off the main house I'd assume its 240V sub, if you were feeding it 5Kw before. If the barn is a 240 sub off the main and you were using the 2 separate transfer...
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    MEP-803A Fuel Gauge issue

    Unless I'm reading wrong, you didn't really say for sure if you are actually out of fuel or simply the low fuel light came on but the gage says 1/4 tank and there really is 1/4 tank left. If the gage says 1/4 but you really are almost out of fuel, perhaps the sending unit is set wrong? The...
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    Mep 831a black smoke won't rev up and shooting flames out the exhaust

    I'd try replacing the pump. I'm not sure how the internals of the Yanmar pumps are held together, but years ago I was working on a 701 which is a somewhat similar design and the engine was acting similar to your issue. It turned out that the internals of the IP has gotten gummed up. The owner...
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    Mep003a

    Sounds like you have the older style starter with the external lever arm that operates the bendix drive? If so, can you manually operate it? If not the pivot pins on the linkages are probably binding up, preventing the gear from extending fully and engaging the flywheel completely.
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    MEP 803A Low AC Voltage and Alternator not charging.

    @Light in the Dark also has a contact for alternator rebuilding IIRC.
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    Mep003a

    Some white smoke at startup is not uncommon on these machines. As long as it clears up within a minute or less I would not worry about it right now. It could be 1 bad glow plug out of the 4. As for the start switch knob, I have a few damaged control panels and covers, I can check if I have a...
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    MEP-831 Compression Test

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    MEP-831 Compression Test

    I just took a quick look as well, I don't see anything in the engine TM's as far as procedure , special tools or acceptable readings for compression. All I found was "check for leaking valves" and "check for leaking head gasket" Essentially you need to remove the injector and find / fabricate an...
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    MEP-831 Compression Test

    I doubt the Harbor freight Diesel compression tester will work for you right out of the box. I'd be very surprised if it comes with an appropriate adapter to go in place of the Yanmar injector.
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    MEP-003A stalling under high load test?

    As far as pressure at the pump inlet you only need about 5 -10 psi max. After you verify pump flow, you can try to narrow it down further by making it act up again, then as it starts to die down, manually lift up on the linkage at the injection pump. If lifting it up slightly brings the RPM's...
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    Gov Planet fee increase for bidders

    I bought one of the JQ Power mini skid steers out of NJ. figured I'd try it for little projects where the backhoe and excavator would make a mess. It's ok, but kind of poor build quality. the track design sucks, keeps throwing the tracks every time you turn wrong. I tried modifying the...
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    Gov Planet fee increase for bidders

    Something else that I personally aren't all that pleased with is that now RB sells private owner items ( mostly vehicles ) I've seen one in particular with starting prices of $32,000 for a junk pickup worth maybe $6000, running it over and over again, still with no bids. Not sure if the owner...
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