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Howdy all,
Been a while since I started one of these!
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Got myself a MEP 531A at auction. Definitely had a bunch of hands in it, but, I got one of the best deals that was had in a while on one.
I knew right away the breaker was pushed into the panel and the cover over the gauges was missing.
Replaced some fuel lines, a few fuel tank fittings, hose clamps, and put in some missing bolts at the alternator that held it to the bracket. Checked to be sure the governor fork was correctly on the injection pump via the inspection window. Added some 15W-40 Rotella T4 and diesel. Took the slave cable out of my M1078 & cranked for about 20 seconds, got nothing. Found the clamp at the injection pump loose. Tightened and it fired right up!
Gave it a little while to finish purging the air while I put away the cable.
Nothing at the gauges. Breaker was tripped. Found a broken wire at the breaker. Made a quick jumper to test. Still nothing. Fuse at panel okay. Fuse holder okay.
After some reading, decided the flash the alternator. Boy, the TM is not great at explaining this! Took me like 4 hours to figure out where this needs to be done. I made a video on it;
After flashing for about 15 seconds, breaker stopped tripping. Nothing on the gauges though.
I'm getting ~ 15 volts AC at 8 & 9 on TB-1. There is nothing covering this in the TM. Flashed a couple more times with no different results. Tried searching and nothing came up for results. Any ideas group?
Been a while since I started one of these!
![20220416_164618.jpg 20220416_164618.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/620/620304-96e94dcbd301fe9a0822056bdb74865b.jpg)
![20220416_164611.jpg 20220416_164611.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/620/620305-0963bfe29baacb2bfb3a576cc1fbbb6f.jpg)
Got myself a MEP 531A at auction. Definitely had a bunch of hands in it, but, I got one of the best deals that was had in a while on one.
I knew right away the breaker was pushed into the panel and the cover over the gauges was missing.
Replaced some fuel lines, a few fuel tank fittings, hose clamps, and put in some missing bolts at the alternator that held it to the bracket. Checked to be sure the governor fork was correctly on the injection pump via the inspection window. Added some 15W-40 Rotella T4 and diesel. Took the slave cable out of my M1078 & cranked for about 20 seconds, got nothing. Found the clamp at the injection pump loose. Tightened and it fired right up!
Gave it a little while to finish purging the air while I put away the cable.
Nothing at the gauges. Breaker was tripped. Found a broken wire at the breaker. Made a quick jumper to test. Still nothing. Fuse at panel okay. Fuse holder okay.
After some reading, decided the flash the alternator. Boy, the TM is not great at explaining this! Took me like 4 hours to figure out where this needs to be done. I made a video on it;
After flashing for about 15 seconds, breaker stopped tripping. Nothing on the gauges though.
I'm getting ~ 15 volts AC at 8 & 9 on TB-1. There is nothing covering this in the TM. Flashed a couple more times with no different results. Tried searching and nothing came up for results. Any ideas group?
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