Ok - so I learned 2 things this weekend.....
1 - the other genset works, so now I have 2 good gensets. I swapped out the primary fuel pump from the one I knew worked, to the other one, and it fired right up and makes power (tested with the toaster again).
2 - The primary and aux fuel pumps look the same, and even have the same part number stamped on them, but they are not the same. Fittings are different, and not swappable from one to the other.
I just ordered an airtex 8131 and we'll see if that will work. I sure hope it does - I found a place online that sells the facet 24v fuel pump listed for the MEP-802, but they want $250 for it. I got the airtex for $40.
Question I have is, the outlet on both aux and primary pumps is solid steel line, while the inlet is flexible line. Is there a reason for this, or could I swap the solid steel line for flex braided steel fuel line? It would make life easier when it comes time to mount the new airtex pump (assuming it works).
I also looked closer at the radiator, and it turns out that its just painted black, and the paint made it look like plastic - its actually metal, so I may be able to get the radiator overflow braised/soldered easier than I thought.
Last but not least, the "voltage" adjust switch on one of the sets is broken - it spins completely around, and while I was able to adjust it to 120v, the range was very small. The other one works good and the adjustment range was much wider. Does anyone have a part number for this switch? I didn't have time to pull it from the panel and inspect it for a part number. I'm hoping it will be easy to find, but am a little worried - most gensets I've seen don't have a "voltage" adjustment, so I don't guess that its a common part.
1 - the other genset works, so now I have 2 good gensets. I swapped out the primary fuel pump from the one I knew worked, to the other one, and it fired right up and makes power (tested with the toaster again).
2 - The primary and aux fuel pumps look the same, and even have the same part number stamped on them, but they are not the same. Fittings are different, and not swappable from one to the other.
I just ordered an airtex 8131 and we'll see if that will work. I sure hope it does - I found a place online that sells the facet 24v fuel pump listed for the MEP-802, but they want $250 for it. I got the airtex for $40.
Question I have is, the outlet on both aux and primary pumps is solid steel line, while the inlet is flexible line. Is there a reason for this, or could I swap the solid steel line for flex braided steel fuel line? It would make life easier when it comes time to mount the new airtex pump (assuming it works).
I also looked closer at the radiator, and it turns out that its just painted black, and the paint made it look like plastic - its actually metal, so I may be able to get the radiator overflow braised/soldered easier than I thought.
Last but not least, the "voltage" adjust switch on one of the sets is broken - it spins completely around, and while I was able to adjust it to 120v, the range was very small. The other one works good and the adjustment range was much wider. Does anyone have a part number for this switch? I didn't have time to pull it from the panel and inspect it for a part number. I'm hoping it will be easy to find, but am a little worried - most gensets I've seen don't have a "voltage" adjustment, so I don't guess that its a common part.