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I finally got the correct bracket a few days ago, got the condenser installed. I'm still waiting on some other fittings I've managed to screw up during this whole process, then I'll do some more pics and write up about it. With my luck though, the compressor will end up being bad or something...

The two units use about the same amount of fuel for the same loads, the 802 uses 1/2 gallon per hour at full load, the 803 uses 1 gallon per hour at full load. It's the fact that they are diesel and like to be operated under decently heavy loads that would be the reason for running smaller over...

Okay, so let's back up a minute. So you purchased an MEP-802A and plan to set it up as an automatic standby generator. You have also purchased a Kohler service entry rated transfer switch to use with it. So your first question, whether to just do a secondary/sub panel with the loads you really...

So the M200A1 is supposed to be towed behind a 2.5 ton truck or larger. About the only thing you can do to make it safer to tow is do an electric brake conversion. They should be air over hydraulic, so you can probably do an electric over hydraulic conversion and call it good. Either that or...

Lines can be bought from NAPA, master cylinder easily available online (same design used in forklifts still), slave cylinders also available online. But that's mostly relevant if you plan to tow it with a HMMWV and don't have a trailer brake controller. If it's for behind a civilian truck then...

Oddly enough, mine just started doing the exact same thing. Was considering starting a thread soon about it if I couldn't figure it out. During startup when the glow plugs are pulsing and putting a brief heavy load on the generator, it does that. Also hear the same sound when the wheels are...

Nor NG performance during the cold, as long as the main regulator is large enough to handle all the loads, then fuel supply shouldn't be an issue. I don't think you will have much issue with the NG during winter, the only possibility I see is it might be a LOT harder to start. I don't know...

err, what was wrong and what did you figure out? Someone else might run across a similar issue and need help.

Right, that was another thing I was going to mention but forgot to. Depending on the temperature outside, propane will vaporize at different rates. The more power you need, the more vapor is needed. The tank has a limited area for the propane to vaporize, especially on BBQ or other portable...

If it's for emergency backup, then you will probably be just fine for a very long time. Fuel quality back in the day was nowhere near as precisely controlled as it is now, so a lot of older engines will run on stuff modern engines will crap out from. The only thing to really be careful of is...

I haven't converted one, or seen one of these, but I have worked on other generators that have been converted to run on propane/natural gas. If the engine wasn't designed to handle NG/LP, a couple things to consider. These fuels are a lot dryer than gasoline is. There will be a little less...

Treadwright does the entire outer shell, it wouldn't say anything other than treadwright on the side of it, so it isn't that.

Hope and pray nothing jumps out into the road in front of you. If it does, run it over and keep driving. Either that or lock up the truck brakes, jackknife, and run over whatever jumped in front of you. Third option is be prepared to run into the ditch. If everything goes right it can be...

It isn't so much that the ethanol coats things, it's that it is hydroscopic, it pulls moisture out of the air. It's also an oxidizer, so it makes the fuel go bad quicker. The oxidized fuel coats things in a layer of gunk, as well as plugging smaller passages. The moisture combined with the...

Could be worse, I was in the Army and my truck came from the Marines. I keep having very mixed signals as to what to actually do with it.

There is no substitute for seeing it in real life.

Rapco has all the various paints they sell with images of what the paint actually looks like when painted on something, though actual colors might be different due to your screen calibration. http://www.rapcoparts.com/padenew.html (their website isn't the best, so this page usually has to...

I'd rather not, I prefer my brains inside my head, not dribbling out my ears.

Good grief, I looked through that manual and there are more warnings than instructions! The first 13 pages after the table of contents is nothing but warnings, and warnings on almost every page throughout. I'd wager over half of the total content in the manual is some type of warning or...

Since it has the 24V slave cable, there might already be some things inside designed for 24V like some lights or the fan or whatnot. If that's the case you're pretty much good to go already. If not you might look at just getting a decent inverter to power the lights and stuff instead. With...