MEP802A cart

[Kalistinikov]

So I figured I'd share this with y'all. I picked up two of these in extremely bad shape and got one almost to 10/20 standard. I had the junk one on a gorilla cart to move around more easily and liked the idea enough that I made a cart specifically for the hood one. 2" wide 1/4" thick angle fits nicely inside the skids on the bottom

 

[Guyfang]

Nice job. We did this for all sizes of generators we repaired at the shop. Makes oil changes go lots better! And my tiny stool on wheels made working on it easier on my back and knees.

 

[FarmingSmallKubota]

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So I figured I'd share this with y'all. I picked up two of these in extremely bad shape and got one almost to 10/20 standard. I had the junk one on a gorilla cart to move around more easily and liked the idea enough that I made a cart specifically for the hood one. 2" wide 1/4" thick angle fits nicely inside the skids on the bottom

lets have a close up of the exhaust flapper. Is that Stainless?

 

[Kalistinikov]

lets have a close up of the exhaust flapper. Is that Stainless?

Hahaha you caught me. Neither unit I bought had the actual exhaust cover. Since I have a certain fondness for the ol' flapper cap, a 1-1/2" NPT coupler will thread onto the exhaust outlet and then accepts a cap for a 2" pipe

 

[Kalistinikov]

Here's some pics I got available. And.... something else....an aluminum warning tag that fell off an old machine at work

 

[FarmingSmallKubota]

Hahaha you caught me. Neither unit I bought had the actual exhaust cover. Since I have a certain fondness for the ol' flapper cap, a 1-1/2" NPT coupler will thread onto the exhaust outlet and then accepts a cap for a 2" pipe

oh i wasn't pointing out as a bad thing i like flappers, just looked awfully shiney and caught my eyes

 

[Guyfang]

We had them mounted on lots of things. But strangle not on most gen sets. The only reason I never put them on TQG's is because you have to take the flapper off, to take the top off. We had flappers on the old 15, 30 and 60 KW's. Came with the set. But 99.99% of them came out of the OVM box. On TPU's, Tank and Pump Units, they came with the flapper. When the exhaust is vertical, its a must.

 

[Kalistinikov]

We had them mounted on lots of things. But strangle not on most gen sets. The only reason I never put them on TQG's is because you have to take the flapper off, to take the top off. We had flappers on the old 15, 30 and 60 KW's. Came with the set. But 99.99% of them came out of the OVM box. On TPU's, Tank and Pump Units, they came with the flapper. When the exhaust is vertical, its a must.

They definitely are a must. Of the two units I won at auction, one had only 70 hours on it and a cylinder full of water. The other still had the cross hatching in the bore. The upper 1/4 of that cylinder is about ruined as a result. It probably would run as-is, but I couldn't imagine it would run too well