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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Generator came in handy today lost power for little over an hour today, from a wind storm. Was able to power all the TVs and satellite and a few other things. Going to be looking into a transfer switch some time soon, been looking at a "Generac 6852 Home Link Upgradeable Transfer Switch Kit 30...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    What about a exhaust flapper? Cant live in west Texas and not have one, I think its a rule here. I'm just joking, thanks for the info Dewie. Also changed the oil at 10hr mark of breaking in sine honing the engine. About 10hrs more to go then back to the regular scheduled LO.
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    I did think about it before, decided to wait until the unit runs like it should. It would need a flexible pipe after the 90 degree turn to isolate vibrations from the engine. One of those mesh ones probably, as for the muffler its self I have no idea what on to get. Never have done anything like...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Figured out what was making that noise, the rotor was rubbing on the stator, tried to insert a .010 gauge no good one that side. other side has a really big gap. I noticed that when I first tore apart the set. I removed and reinstalled the rotor and now the .010 gauge can fit. From TM Using a...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Installed Kloppk's controller that he made to replace the SLC100. The controller is well worth the money bought two of them. Runs happy now, beside that noise I need to hunt down. I'm fairly sure it's the mufflers back plate came loose again doesn't make that noise till the set is warm. Kinda...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Sorry for taking awhile to respond. I haven't been able to work on unit since it started to make that noise. Been on and off sick since December. I should be able to work on it in April.
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Ran for about 35mins until I went out to check on it, It was making a odd noise. Any idea what it could be, I could not figure out what it was. Edit: It did burn a lot of oil it took about 1 cup to fill back to full, after the 3 hours it ran the other day. https://youtu.be/0FopvA3Frp8
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Ran the set for 3 hours today at 2500 watts, I did change to valve lashing to the higher side of spec. White smoke has disappeared now after that. So far I have ran it 5 hours on current oil, 1 hour after the other head stopped working properly, 1 hour the other day and 3 today. Might go another...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Good news I put it all back together and fired it up, it does slightly smoke whitish. Probably injection timing i did add shims to it, TM says to remove shims if white smoke is present. Ran the unit for one hour at 3000 watt restive load, no other issues were observed. I ran it for only an hour...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    I failed to get the head to seal up, I have a complete head replacement on its way. I believe that the valve seats were messed up.
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Plan to run it similar to a mep-016d, plan to just feed to actuator the power the SLC100 receives. Might install a pwm source if needed to supply power. It should keep the fault shutdown system intact and functional. Edit: Can you explain what a 3-5 % built in droop means.
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    I stand corrected.
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    I'm pretty sure uncle sam is getting rid of the cursed things. The new mep-10xx series are supposedly don't wet stack, so 5kw and up I'm guessing. Power needs have risen since the introduction of the mep-831a, every troop wants their computers and phones. The biggest down fall of this unit is...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    I cleaned up the valves Before I tore it down yesterday, during the compression stroke to TDC the valve lashing was spot on .13mm. When I rotated it once again on the exhaust stroke the valve lashing was very tight. This doesn't seem right , I think something maybe be off. Don't exactly have...
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    When it was failing to start yes that was unburned fuel. As for oil loss that was probably from it running for a hour during it first hour of operation since tearing into it.
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    I just looked at oil level really close there was some oil burned off, not much maybe two threads worth. Thanks for your help.
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    exhaust valve and seat looks cruddy the intake looks a bit better. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B45AWBFXIAUtWE92eHpPS1IyNWM?usp=sharing
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    Hammer didn't do any good. I did it while pressured up. thanks
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    The valves are leaking the exhaust is leaking pretty good and the intake is minor. When I plugged up the port and turned flywheel there is really good compression. https://youtu.be/fkt7g8G15jc
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    Finally bought a MEP-831a

    LOL it leaks more than what it used to. Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk
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