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No sorry. Another SS member has some available though: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/temperature-coolant-gauge-mep-802a-mep-803a-804a-mep-804b-mep-805a-mep-24-volt.209605/
They are 24V and fit the MEPs, they just dont match the sender exactly... so the temp reading at normal run temp...
Any auto parts store should carrying deoxidizing spray/ electronic contact cleaner. CRC, Permatex, Berryman, etc... all available at an O Reillys. I have just had excellent success with the Deoxit stuff (which Ive only found in stock locally ever at a Guitar Center, of all places).
Glad to...
If everything appears in order (no motor chugging, no gauges reading way off from where they should be, etc) I would suspect you need to get a can of a good deoxidizing spray (I like Deoxit D5) and you need to hit all the switches, contacts, etc in the machine. It requires taking the roof panel...
Are you saying its a bad idea to clamp both + and - jumper ends to the chassis? Won't the electricity find its way to the starter eventually? :ROFLMAO:
Use a heavy set of jumper cables. Drive the rod, and hook up one side of the cables to the rod, and the same color (other side) to the grounding lug of the machine. Its better than nothing at all, and affords you versatility.
You will have one unused wire on the switch. Its a multi-tap, can be configured as a NO or a NC switch depending on how its connected. No issue there.
On cut wires, look at the actual wire sheathing, there should be number info printed on it every couple of inches. That's your key to tracking...
You have one of the handful of retrofitted units that @Dewie38 might be able to help you with. Also @jamawieb has some experience with these retrofitted units.
I have a powerplant box that was a fresh reset/rebuild off an 803A trailer available: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep-802a-and-803a-parts-for-sale.222018/
Should work fine for 003s as well.
I was just going to tag you Ray.
I do have a spare LPW2 here at the moment, the thought does cross my mind to use it in something non genset related. Maybe someday.