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Is the engine ground on mep-003s positive or negative?
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Negative.
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Is the ground on the mep-003a positive or negative?
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Negative.
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Seriously?
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Yeah, seriously.
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I thought the same thing.
Op, you would know if it was a positive ground or isolated ground.
The fact that the - cable goes from the battery to the frame is a dead give away.
99.99% of all military and civilian vehicles are negative ground.
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Why are there 2 threads, mods...
steelandcanvas
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Possible his cables weren't connected, or even present?
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One thread now.
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Yeah my response was more disbelief than anything.
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When I picked up my Mep-003a from GL the red cable was connected to the frame and black cable to the starter, which could give anyone good reason to double check.
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That makes sense now. I apologize.
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TM5-6115-585-12.pdf
TM5-6115-585-12 Operators manual and unit maintenance for MEP-003A Diesel generators.
TM5-6115-585-34.pdf
TM5-6115-585-34 Field, Direct, General Support and Depot maintenance for MEP-003A.
TM5-6115-585-24P.pdf
TM5-6115-585-24P Organizational direct and general support maintenance, repair, and Parts/Special Tools list.
TM5-6115-585-12 Operators manual and unit maintenance for MEP-003A Diesel generators.
TM5-6115-585-34.pdf
TM5-6115-585-34 Field, Direct, General Support and Depot maintenance for MEP-003A.
TM5-6115-585-24P.pdf
TM5-6115-585-24P Organizational direct and general support maintenance, repair, and Parts/Special Tools list.
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Ditto - The very first MEP 002A I picked up also had the red cable connected to the chassis and the black cable to the starter. I wonder if somebody did this to be "cute" or what. I hooked the red cable to battery + and black cable to battery -. After rebuilding 8 MEP generators I know better, but on the first one I did not. I was fortunate I did not cause any permanent damage.
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I went through the same with a Mep 002. The difference was the cables were reversed at the starter.......that took a little while to figure out....as who does that?
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Some mechanics are just full of malice. No other way to explain some of the things I've seen like this.