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Do not forget to consider the 'recirculating' nature of the injection pump and injectors when doing your computations. The fuel return lines would need to flow back into your improvised fuel system, otherwise the apparent fuel consumption will be much higher than it really is.

Interestingly I find the number above cross-references to CarQuest 85285, which is listed as an oil filter. I wonder if it might work?

Over pressure bypass... All oil filters have these (even spin on ones) as when cold oil viscosity may be too high (oil too thick) to be properly forced through the filter element. This allows thick, cold oil to get to the engine instead of being stopped at the filter!

Agreed, a 003 might be a much better choice. My use of the 004 is based on having electric heat, (basically an all-electric home) and a large power requirement, and even with heat on I don't reach anywhere near what the 004 can put out.

The low oil pressure light should be on when the engine is not running. Normal. The temp gauge should read low, not high, so there is either a bad sender, wire/connection or the gauge itself is bad. Light test was normal. With the off-run-start switch in run (but engine not started) and the...

The redirect to the hackers site came back for a few minutes, probably about 30 minutes before I made that post. It was there long enough that I was able to trace their web site, then it was fixed. I'd figured you have an automatic sweep that removes things like unauthorized redirects and that...

The head gaskets would be my first point of suspicion especially as they were recently replaced. Of course you could have a cracked head, or other leakage too, but those head gaskets would be very high on my suspect list.

One thing to consider is that perhaps the DC breaker is defective! One test would be to put a DVOM (in current mode) on the breaker and see what the current is when it trips. I've seen this happen in the past where breakers start tripping at lower currents than they are supposed to trip at.

Just a heads up, the SS site was attacked again today (3/31) and was down for a short while. It appears to be back up. I was able to gather a bit of information about who the hackers are and their web site, if anyone would be interested in what I learned please feel free to PM me. I will not...

As Dog says, most of us realized almost instantly what had happened. You did a great recovery, and we are all glad the site is up and working!

When you use that massively raised pintle receiver, be careful. It is surprisingly easy to bend them and I've seen several bent with these trailers. I think the main issue is that the chains are a bit too short and that is what bends them--in my case (yea, I bent mine!) I remounted the chains to...

I tow my M-200 with the generator with my Dodge 2500 HD. The HD does have larger brakes (and a few other things too) which helps. I can stop it OK, but I drive very carefully, roughly the same driving techniques as were I pulling a 10K gallon fuel tanker! Worst experience was a snow storm when I...

Well, I won't get into the Gamera vs Godzilla side of things (I'm a Gamera fan, myself...) There are many things one can do to help make their equipment more resistant to EMP, including shielding. One of the reasons I have my 95 Hummer still is because were there to be a massive EMP pulse, I...

Well, if nothing else, my steel building blocks both radio and my cell phone! :jumpin: I had to install an outdoor radio antenna to listen to my favorite tunes, and my cell phone only works when I stand next to the window.

I agree fully with John's comments, they are 'spot on'. As well any generator set that is in a fully enclosed box (such as a MEP-004A's ASK) is going to be well protected from most anything. The steel of the enclosure will somewhat attenuate the magnetic pulse, which is very helpful. One strong...

Just to be a nit-picking jerk, a MEP-004a is not 400 Hz... If it is 400 Hz then it is a MEP-113A. That bit of lame verbiage over, a couple of things, did you do a light test on the light panel? If yes, do all lights work correctly? If not do so. Once all bulbs are OK, which lights (if any) are...

The switch is a 3PDT, so more research is needed: (From the MEP-004A manual...)

Nope, not on-off-on, but on-on-off, which is a much harder to find animal... Down is stop, center is run, up is start.

Swapping the sender (this is an electronic sender/gauge combo, right?) is a good idea. You should also test with a known good fully mechanical gauge to confirm the reading as well.

You did include a check valve at the gauge right? Without a check valve you won't get a reading.