I picked up my 802a this morning and I have to say I feel extremely lucky and fortunate.
Rows of Humvees waiting for Captain Crunch. Brings tears to my eyes.
They were very careful loading it into my truck.
This is next lot of gens coming up for auction. The 2nd and 3rd lot looked much better than the 1st lot. Not sure why but when you're standing there looking out over the field of them they just didn't look as rough. I would say half or more had exhaust flaps.
My Harbor Freight engine hoist comes in handy again. I know those slings look tiny but they were the only ones I had long enough and were each rated for 2400 lbs in a basket lift.
This one puzzled me. The faceplate is scratched up and the gauge is partially ground away. The only thing that I could guess is that something happened with the thumb screw and they hit it with the angle grinder.
Since my order from fleetfilter won't be in until next Tuesday I swung by NAPA, they had the primary fuel and the oil filter. My unit had the secondary filter and the metal bowl still attached so I figured that worked out ok.
I got home put batteries in and filled both fuel filters with marvel mystery oil. I then left it on prime and run for awhile to circulate it through the fuel system. Then I focused on filling the rest of the fluids.
There was a tiny bit of oil in the engine that looked normal and water free. So I just replaced and put on the new filter. How on earth are you supposed to fill the radiator? I tried every funnel I had, went out and bought another funnel, then used a piece of tubing and I still couldn't get it to take much without it dumping back out at me. I finally disconnected the upper radiator hose on the other side and filled it through there.
Now came time to try starting it. Turned it to start, nothing happened, no click, no nothing. Tried over and over again, also tried the maintenance switch. Then I was just playing with the switch turning it to start over and over again quickly out of frustration and one time it just sprang to life. Scared me half to death, it starts nearly instantly unlike my MEP-002 that I have to crank for awhile. After that it was start about 75% of the time so that switch is either going bad or dirty.
Wasn't running long before I had a puddle of diesel on the floor. The secondary filter that NAPA didn't have in stock was spraying a thick stream out of it. The convince outlet works but I wasn't getting voltage at the L terminals. I had to work quickly as I was swapping buckets underneath that secondary fuel filter. I guess it could be something with the AC connector switch or with a relay or something. But am I correct in assuming that since I have 120v at the convenience outlet that getting output to the terminals should be relatively minor compared to whole genset not producing?
All in all I couldn't be happier.