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    Mep-803a motor locking up at 0 and 180deg

    I pulled the #2 fuel pump out and it appears to be the culprit. The lever is seized up on it and the piston is stuck in the up position. With it pulled out the fuel rack is now moving when I stroke the fuel cutoff switch. Couldn’t get the piston or the lever to move after spraying it down from...
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    Mep-803a motor locking up at 0 and 180deg

    Hello all. Been busy here with holidays and work but have been able to get my mep-803 all put back together over the past few weeks. I have it cranking over smoothly but am not getting any fuel to the injectors. New electric fuel pump and filters and fresh diesel. I bled air off the 2nd fuel...
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    Mep-803a motor locking up at 0 and 180deg

    We had our thanksgiving today once I woke up from my turkey coma I reinstalled the starter and batteries and wired it all back up then cranked the engine with injectors out and mainly just blew black mist out not many drops of fluid in it. Once done I reinstalled the injectors. I read the tm for...
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    Mep-803a motor locking up at 0 and 180deg

    So far I have only turned it over with the injectors out. I have got most of the fluid out (squirting out on me when I turn over the engine) but can still hear some moving around in there when I stroke the engine. Are you saying I should hit the dead crank switch with the injectors in or hit it...
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    Mep-803a motor locking up at 0 and 180deg

    Well good news I got it freed up but still not sure what was binding or why it freed up. Pulled off the lower end cover and had a look up in the engine with a mirror and didn’t see any issues. Was able to see all the pistons moving up and down see all the connecting rod and the wrist pins...
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    Mep-803a motor locking up at 0 and 180deg

    Hello all I’m new to the forum and new to mep generators. I picked one up last week from gp. Appeared to be in decent shape just over 700hrs, exhaust flap intact, everything there and complete except missing main fuel pump. Description on auction showed it wasn’t operable but would crank over...
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