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  1. 98G

    803 Bogs Down and dies at 85% Load

    From what I have seen so far, aside from the rocker arm failing, I can find no cause as to why the valve kissed the top of the piston. Everything points to the broken rocker arm as the culprit. I'm thinking that the pushrod/piston/valve is the effect of something as yet undiagnosed, and not...
  2. 98G

    803 Bogs Down and dies at 85% Load

    I've been thinking.... Let's change units of measure for a moment. We have a MEP803, nominally a 10kW generator. The military underrates them. Typically they'll happily make 120%... You have 20,000 watts (labeled) of load. The generator is pushed right at the 60% mark. Without fiddling...
  3. 98G

    803 Bogs Down and dies at 85% Load

    Interesting. I've never calculated it that way. (Obviously I was "missing something") I'm coming at the generator stuff from a different perspective. I learned electricity as an offshoot of welding. I've only used Ohms for calculating the current carrying capacity of cables. For a field...
  4. 98G

    803 Bogs Down and dies at 85% Load

    Ohm? Amps, or am I missing something?
  5. 98G

    803 Bogs Down and dies at 85% Load

    Not that anyone asked me, but I'd wait until I could get the correct oil for break in. Viscosity differences, etc...
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