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I will get the electronic kit of eBay. its only $49 bucks. I am very used to points as I do them all the time in A/C magneto's. But they are a pain to get just right!! Yes, I saw the potential to lose a screw down that no-man's land dark deep cave!! I put a small paper towel in there to...

Guyfang, I do not have the electronic ignition. I have been watching one for sale on eBay from Satrunsurplus. It starts with one maybe two pulls, but if it is worth it in your opinion I will grab the one form Satrunsurplus and put it on. I have no where near the experience with these little...

Great success today!! New battery platform is finished and I charged the battery for over 45 minutes. Ran on the flight line and purred. Finished unit:

so far so good, this little genset is awesome. I have finished fabricating the battery platform. I will send out some pics of the genset later this morning. Still trying to tune the little carb, it was new in the box, and I am following the TM for set up. NO ETHANOL, so I should be good on...

Chainbreaker, The airplane was pulled from the Marshal Island chain in 1990. The airplane was amazingly intact. It was disassembled for the transport to the States. the hull was 80% there but heavily corroded. the aircraft had some pot shots taken at it over the years, but it was not...

Chainbreaker, I will have to look into the -34 manual, but I bet I could manufacture those harnesses in my hangar shop for the cost of materials. I have a full electrical bench and harness table. Snap me some pics of the connectors and I can see what I can do. Here are some pics of a...

Chainbreaker, Thanks for the words of encouragement. The Zero has been a handful for sure!! Over 4 years of labor in her as of now. The Lockheed 12a Jr. is a rare bird for sure. There are (7) I know of that are still airworthy in the US, a few more abroad. Ours used to belong to Conoco Oil...

Here is what we started with Where we are today Tail section completed

Guyfang, I have all of the cooling shrouds, I was repainting them. I will install today when I am done building the rack that will hold our 24v aircraft battery. This A6M3 is out of the Marshal Islands group, an Island called Tarowa, not the Marine Corps battle of Tarawa Island. It was...

Here are some close ups of the generator. Yes we are on a flight line. We will be using this little guy to start our 1942 Mitsubishi A6M3-32 Zero fighter. It has a P&W 1830 in it, hence the 24v start cart requirement. It ran for about 45 minutes and charged this 24v aircraft battery with no...

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Here is our set up.

Well that did the trick!! Running great and charged our aircraft battery right up!! Thanks Herr Guyfang!! r/Gunny

Guyfang, ok I will pull the fuel pump, I have a brand new one from Saturnsurplus. It has really good compression's, and I had suspected rings but it runs very well. I did get all of the water out of the unit when I went through it to get ready to run, I guess by milky oil I meant it was...

Good Morning all, Finished fixing up my little MEP-25A 24v DC gen set. Once I put a new fuel line on her (one without a crack normally helps) She fired right up with a little starter fluid, and two pulls. However, i started getting a milky oil coming out of the governor shaft area into the...

Good Afternoon Steel Soldiers, Have been looking around at mostly generator posts as I am the new owner of a couple of MEP-016, and MEP-25A gensets. I will be utilizing the 24V MEP-25A as a start cart for a 1942 Mitsubishi, A6M3 Zero fighter we are restoring. I have been an avid vehicle...