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Do you already have the pump you plan to use or do you need to buy one still? If you still need to buy it, why not go with a lower RPM pump so you can make it a direct drive?

Sounds like an awesome idea. The 003 motor should be plenty of power for your project. Remember, HP ratings are not equivalent across the board for gas, diesel, electric and hydraulic motors. I don't think you need a jackshaft setup to get the speed up where you need it, just a pulley on the...

This morning I threw together a test board using the schematic I posted Friday and it worked... sort of.... The 5K potentiometer is way too big and sensitive. I ended up needing about 30 ohms at 60hz so I replaced it with a 200 ohm pot that I found and it works great so far, just sitting on a...

Looks very familiar.... I have the same gage on one of my units too. I had cut out an adapter plate and mounted it in place of the analog gage. I recently lost yet another transducer on my other machine and was interested in a way to drive the original gage,( just for authenticity) and have a...

A quick Google search turned up this circuit design for a frequency meter. Being that the MEP's use 200uA gauges, could this circuit be modified ( possibly by changing the resistor value ) to work correctly with the OEM gauge?

The basic trailer looks similar to the smaller 3,5 and 10K generator trailers, but not quite. I've never seen one with that boxed in area behind the wheel wells where the brake lights are mounted. The generator trailers I've seen are flat, even with the deck in that area and the lights are...

If all the obvious stuff checks out, use the schematic and start checking things in the starter circuit like the relay, switch, lockouts etc. Sounds like you have battery power at the starter but no signal to the solenoid (you might want to confirm this by checking for voltage on the small wire(...

Here is a similar thread from a couple weeks ago talking about the transducers and meters. I know next to nothing about electronics, but, just like it was mentioned in this other thread, it would be fantastic if one of the electronics guru's on this site could come up with a simple, innexpensive...

Guess in some respects I'm lucky. I live near the town transfer station and we are allowed to bring all our motor oil there for free recycling. I bring 5 gl at a time with no questions asked. Other towns in RI only allow 5Gl per year and they take down your address and keep track. Problem I see...

I think you just answered your own question on the motor oil... since you use mostly synthetic and don't have much used oil anyway, why take a chance with it?? What will you save in fuel cost each year, <$20 a year? Why chance causing hundreds of $$ in damage to your genny for the sake of a...

AWESOME! New batteries and you're good to go [thumbzup] If you don't mink me asking, which batteries did you go with? All 3 of my generators need new batteries but I don't want to throw down $600+ at the moment, but I really need at least 1 set. I'd be interested to hear which brand has given...

Several people have said that you can burn motor oil in a diesel, but I have always stayed away from it. I've heard that you can get a lot of hard crunchy ash build-up on valves and on the pistons from all the carbon and junk in the oil. Clean new motor oil may be a different story, but why...

When you go to crank it, do you hear the fuel shut off solenoid activate? Probably just 1 loud click when you turn the switch to start.

You might also want to check the starter switch and verify you are getting power out of the switch while trying to crank. Check both at the switch and at the "S" terminal on the starter. That will tell you if something is interrupting the power between the switch and the starter. The schematic...

When you say "With the help of a charger" do you mean you had to charge both batteries or are you trying to assist weak batteries using chargers while trying to start the generator? Your problem might be as simple as weak batteries or dirty connections on your battery wires. You could be getting...

Ratch, I've heard you can actually burn straight hydraulic oil in a diesel, but I have been mixing it 75/25 with HHO and using it in my backhoe, Lull and generators with no problems for a couple years now. When I bought the Lull the hyd. oil was contaminated with water so I drained it all (40+...

If you have trouble getting the droop within spec by adjusting the spring height using the star wheel , put a heavy load on it and see if you can overcome the droop by manually increasing the throttle by pushing on the linkage at the pump. If you can't manually compensate it you might have a...

What happens if you readjust the throtle after warm up? Does it creep back up to 69Hz or does it stay stable once the machine has warmed up?

Like Keith said... keep the heating element portioned submerged in the water and put them in the water before turning on the power. I can tell you from my Biodiesel days that some 4500W elements that are not submerged will quickly burn themselves up, especially a single loop element. The lower...

Personally, I don't know if the -006 uses the same transducer/gauge setup as the smaller units, but I can tell you that on the smaller ones 9 times out of 10 the problem is the transducer, not the actual gauge. If yours has a transducer and it's bad, forget fixing it, just get a digital gauge...