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Picking it up GL loaded in my 101 with a fork lift..
Here is how I unloaded it.. I think it would work fine to load it by just reversing the process..
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/auxillary-equipment/72594-how-remove-mep-002a-tailer.html
The fiberglass insulation in the ASK on my MEP-003a was seriously deteriorated so I replaced it with this..
http://www.jcwhitney.com/heat/sound-insulation/p2010475.jcwx
Has worked great.
Does sound like the bearings are going out or the spindle nut is too tight..
Try searching and you will find the part numbers.. They are there.. ODIron has the bearings...
The purpose is for expansion.
If the breaks are use enough it will cause the fluid to heat up enough to cause both the air in the reservoir and the fluid to expand causing the breaks to be applied. So, a vent tube allows the expansion or some have a mushroom looking cap that has an expansion...
That really sucks...
I wonder what prestart steps someone could follow when dealing with an engine that may have not been run in a long time to help prevent this..?
Those are great generators.
During Desert Storm we ran 14 or so of them at Fleet Hospital 6 In Bahrain.
They ran for about 4-5 months continuously with no problems. Only issue we had was human error... Part of my job was generator duty at night. Driving a M1008 from one to the next logging the...