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What part am I missing here MEP-003

Crawdaddy

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I am missing some part on the oil system of my MEP-003, but I have no idea what it is. It appears that there's a pair of oil lines that come from the top of the heads and comes down to between the IP and the oil filter, where it ends in a T fitting. The oil pressure gauge was remoted by the military to by the control cubicle. The other half of the T goes nowhere, and there appears to be part of a brass fitting broken off in the fitting. In the pictures, my finger is pointing to the stub of the remaining fitting. What am I missing in my oil system? I've looked through all 3 levels of TM, and I cannot find any illustrations that show this oil line or junction.
 

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3dAngus

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Stand back, take another picture giving a better idea of where it is, and I will do the same for you to study. Mine is all original. Maybe it will tell you what you want to know.

I can't get a definitive idea of where you are in the closeups alone.
 

3dAngus

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If you are in this area, it is probably an aux. fuel hookup for your 55 gal fuel drum. Still can't tell, but I will send you a broader picture of the area in its natural state and you can make the call.
 

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3dAngus

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Oh, geezzeee, I was way off. You're on the other side.
Let me do this again. I'll be back.

Hey, didn't Arnie say that?
 

Crawdaddy

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The oil line is up between the IP and the oil filter housing. I would think it goes to the oil filter, but I don't see anything that's not connected to the oil filter housing.
 

Crawdaddy

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As soon as I saw your first pic, everything fell into place. I was right in my guess that the T fitting hooked up to the filter housing. Hopefully once I pull the oil filter I can replace the brass connection going between the filter base and T, otherwise I have a nice 1200lb paperweight. And yes, I am missing an injector line, injector return line, part of the wiring harness, battery cables, and a host of other parts. It looks like I either need to find another engine for this thing or use this one for parts. Anyone have a spare engine or whole genset that they want to sell? :lol:
 

Crawdaddy

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I took a closer look at the oil filter assembly today and noticed that the oil filter housing is bolted onto the block, and can be replaced. Now, to find a new oil filter housing, the associated T fitting, and the injector line, and the injector return line, and a wiring harness, and battery cables...
 

jbk

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member speddmon has adapter plate for spin on oil filter if thats the route you wana go. i just got a 003 that was missing all the fuel cans and lines, got the fuel lines from delks.
 
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