My first Generator, 1992 MEP-002A

[General Mcgregor]

Bought my first Genset the other day, it's a 1992 MEP 002A mounted on an M116A2 3/4 ton trailer with surge road brakes.
The generator came with some pretty awesome mods including spin on oil and fuel filters and an auxillary outlet box so you can plug directly into 120/240VAC with three or four prong plugs. The set runs great and the oil is super clean!

The trailer is in excellent condition and has a NOS vinyl cover, the previous owner even bolted plywood to the bows so it can handle a heavy snow load without sagging.

Towed it home 78 miles with the Deuce without any problems. Now I need to get comfortable with operating the set so I can get her hooked up to the house. Downloaded all the TMs and reading through the forums before I go and short out the neighborhood .

 

[DieselBob]

Very nice looking setup.

 

[Munchies]

Commercial plug adapter, and spin on fuel and oil filters. NICE!

 

[Wildchild467]

Happy new generator. I bought my first generator from GL, a MEP-002A and its a sweet heart of a machine. Only had 2 hours on it when i bought it. I like the electrical box on there that was put on. I want to do that to mine but dont have the heart to drill through the panel.

 

[General Mcgregor]

Happy new generator. I bought my first generator from GL, a MEP-002A and its a sweet heart of a machine. Only had 2 hours on it when i bought it. I like the electrical box on there that was put on. I want to do that to mine but dont have the heart to drill through the panel.

Good thing I didn't have to make the decision!

 

[coyotegray]

I really like the outlet box idea.. Think Ill do that to my 002 & 003..

 

[n1oty]

Nice generator. Another solution to getting power receptacles at the generator is to use a distribution box, sometimes referred to as a "spider box". I use the large CEP box by connecting a 50 amp shore power cable between my 002 and the box. The box has pass throughs for 50 amp 120/240 and for 30 amp 120/240, as well as a bunch of GFCI protected 20 amp 120 volt receptacles.

John

 

[SCSG-G4]

We picked up some Power Distribution boxes a while back that are really nice. Then Floridason happened to get the correct cables, so I now have a complete setup.

 

[derf]

I love the sound of Diesel MEPs in the morning.