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I'm having trouble understanding this. "Amphenol / canon" refers to the circular kind of plug held on by a threaded collar, right? I don't know what you mean by "rear of PCB / cubicle". I have the control panel down and I'm seeing all the beige stuff about speed regulation and AVR and voltage...

The wiring coming out of the sensor, as well as into harness P7 (the white plastic 4pin harness right by the sensor) looks clean, intact, and free of corrosion. Where exactly is A1/P6/H-J6? It looks like that's where the signal actually ends up, so I should inspect there too. I opened up the...

OK, I measured the oil pressure manually and I see zero evidence that the oil pressure actually gets near 100psi. The warning is nonetheless irritating, as is the fact that it sometimes stops. What can I do to stop this?

I don't know because I didn't run it before the oil change. It was only started once before the oil change, and only for the purpose of warming up the oil to change it. I unfortunately am not the one who started it at that time so I didn't notice if there was a high pressure warning. At the...

I've read some of the technical manual, but it doesn't seem to include a procedure for high oil pressure. I changed the oil and filter on the generator when I bought it at auction 2 years ago. Used a NAPA brand filter, and delo 15W40 oil I haven't used it much until now, but it has always done...

My MEP-805B shows a high oil pressure fault while it's starting cold. If I keep cranking it while holding fault reset for about 30 seconds, it starts up and runs ok. This is the same amount of time it takes for the smoke to stop being black, and the engine to sound normal. But sometimes a few...

I have an MEP-805B. It works fine in 208/120 mode. I wanted to used it in 416/240, so I turned everything off, opened up the panel, switched the toggle switch from 208/120 to 416/240, closed the panel, and started it again. The display now shows voltage indicator with a 380 to 450 volt range...

I have an MEP-803B with the same problem. They keypad had been working fine at its previous location, then a few months ago I drove the thing 150 miles, and the keypad hasn't worked since. For what it's worth folks, you can read the army document about the defective keypad here...

I bought an MEP-803A a year ago with 400 hours, and it now has 900 hours. It was working fine, as far as I could tell, and then one day it would not start, and it hasn't started since. When I try to start it, there is no rumbling, the starter motor sounds like it's spinning free. A mechanic...

I have an MEP-803A that I bought with 500 hours. It now has 950 hours. I've changed the oil once and run it at about half load for the 450 hours I've owned it. Visually it is in good shape. It was working swimmingly until one day it would not turn on. On cranking the engine, the sound was...

I did not get a chance to put this into practice, because I did not successfully acquire the 480V ballasts I expected. I have instead deployed the generator for a different purpose. I have had some issues setting it up, which I will post about in a different thread.

I received this one, got it tuned up, and have now deployed it. Update: I have now received this generator, got it tuned up, and put it to work. I agree that it is a repackaged GL-11000. It cost me about $2200 to purchase after taxes and fees, another $600 to transport, and another $500 for...

Indeed I do, though my parcel overlooks the abandoned NWP that ran N of Willits, not the Skunk Railroad itself. I have so far tried to just use a vice grip to turn the shaft. No luck so far. Next up, opening the top, then probably contact cleaner.

Where would you recommend ordering the parts listed in the PDF you attached? I just heard back from parttarget.com, which doesn't want to do business with me because I am small fry.

I dunno, I can put quite a bit of torque on it with just my fingers, well in excess of a foot pound. I suspect that its being stuck is what caused the knob to snap off.

Thanks, stay tuned for the exciting Problems that ensue.

Yes, correct, two 480V single phase loads. To what extent is the additional heat on the unused phase pair a problem? Will it eventually burn out the generator? Would there be less heat on the unused winding if I added some "dummy" load on the unused phase pair, so that the head dissipates in...

Thanks. I will spend some time studying that document about the quad fuse. Any idea why it might be missing, or what its absence suggests about the generator's history? I just bought this thing about 3 runtime hours ago. During this time, I've put at most 5 amps at 110V on it via the...

I have an MEP-805B which I am planning to use to drive some 480V loads. Based on my understanding of TM 9-6115-671-14, table 1-2 on page 1-15, it is possible to get three distinct phases of 480V by setting the mode to 240/416V nominal, then cranking up the voltage regulator until it hits 480V...

I recently acquired an MEP-803A, which I wish to run in 120/240V mode, because I have both 240V and 120V loads. Currently, the generator is in 3-phase 120/208V mode. When I tried to move the AC Voltage Reconnection switch, I couldn't get it to budge, even when I applied as much torque as I...