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Lost power today. Sunny light breeze around 84 great day I was in the middle of dinner and gone. Shot my utility a call truck came right out. Linesman was the one that came out a few months ago. Long story short my street has 5 home on a dead end the feeder line runs 900 ft through the woods...
I had the same idea but with one of those small Chinese diesel heaters. The exhaust of it was so hot you could cook a burger on it. I ended up using an Amazon heat exchanger and a heater core from a s10 I had laying around. Ran 50/50 antifreeze in it with a small 12 volt fan. Had to add a 2...
Here’s my post on doing my conversion.
www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?threads/Mep831a-conversion-time%21%21.216104/&share_type=t&link_source=app
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I have 1 known bad inverter and 1 suspected.
I did Kloppk conversion kit and am more then happy with how it performs now. I’m keeping my eyes on this thread to see if I can fix the one inverter.
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I’d start with fluid changes. Get the old diesel out Put new oil in the engine. Download the TM from here and read through it. That will give you the best idea what to do. On my Mep831a I always add in the correct amount of diesel additive for lubricantion and for stabilizing the diesel for cold...
Not that it will help much but my mep 831 runs on #2 home heating. The only thing I do is add optilube to the gen tank when I pull a new batch of fuel from the basement. I have the aux fuel line plumbed into the tank after the filter. I also added a filter and water separator at the back of the...
I’m thinking he means #34 that’s my guess. Assumptions are a dangerous game.
Op post a few pictures of each set for us. We can help from that. Kloppk and guy fang know there stuff when it comes to these gen sets I listen to there advise as we do with a Bible.
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So closing the circuit is a switch that sends power from the generator to the output lugs.
Make sure you go over the Tms ready everything. Especially in the trouble shooting section. It’s very easy to fry electronics in a 1040 unit.
Spend time on the forum ready as much as you can.
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Yes you should always ground the set before start up. You can go as simple and using a piece or romex. Ungrounded sets running things and having a short or gfci trip can cause a lot of damage.
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Yeah there not bad. Well if you have an electric fuel pump. I did it to the mep831 and just cracked the line on the injector until I got fuel there and started it up. It took a few seconds then smoothed right out.
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I’d be careful with this style. I got one for my mep831 to run 12volt lights and charge cell phones well it caught fire. Thank god I installed a battery isolation switch. For 50 bucks you can get one that is really nice and rated for 250watts.
Victron Energy Orion-Tr IP43 24/12-Volt 20 amp...
You could always ask kloppk if he is going to make any more conversion kits. Look at my posts I just finished mine with a few other mods.
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Having a taper shaft isn’t a big deal either an adaptor or get a Daytona coupler I’ve modified one for a customer to run on a taper shaft. I’d go for it. If I get my hands on one before the winter I’ll throw it on. You could always buy a different crank from Yanmar. It’s not to bad to tear it...