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    802a power output issues

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    mep 802aoverload panel light on

    Any auto parts store should carrying deoxidizing spray/ electronic contact cleaner. CRC, Permatex, Berryman, etc... all available at an O Reillys. I have just had excellent success with the Deoxit stuff (which Ive only found in stock locally ever at a Guitar Center, of all places). Glad to...
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    mep 802aoverload panel light on

    If everything appears in order (no motor chugging, no gauges reading way off from where they should be, etc) I would suspect you need to get a can of a good deoxidizing spray (I like Deoxit D5) and you need to hit all the switches, contacts, etc in the machine. It requires taking the roof panel...
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    MEP 802A What happened here?

    Are you saying its a bad idea to clamp both + and - jumper ends to the chassis? Won't the electricity find its way to the starter eventually? :ROFLMAO:
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    Mep803a white braided wire

    I've got two sets of basically complete front box wire harnesses available.
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    803 Main Generator

    Are you still looking for one?
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    MEP-802A battery

    I have some available, PM me directly.
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    How to wire a power panel right to my mep 803a generator

    Use a heavy set of jumper cables. Drive the rod, and hook up one side of the cables to the rod, and the same color (other side) to the grounding lug of the machine. Its better than nothing at all, and affords you versatility.
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    MEP802 oil pressure switch wiring

    You will have one unused wire on the switch. Its a multi-tap, can be configured as a NO or a NC switch depending on how its connected. No issue there. On cut wires, look at the actual wire sheathing, there should be number info printed on it every couple of inches. That's your key to tracking...
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    MA MEP-802A and 803A Parts for Sale

    1 flywheel remains, and powerplant synch box is no longer available.
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    Upgraded MEP-802A Digital Control Box Assy, Gen II

    You have one of the handful of retrofitted units that @Dewie38 might be able to help you with. Also @jamawieb has some experience with these retrofitted units.
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    M103a3 powerplant switchbox

    I have a powerplant box that was a fresh reset/rebuild off an 803A trailer available: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep-802a-and-803a-parts-for-sale.222018/ Should work fine for 003s as well.
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    Who has reused a MEP generator engine for other equipement?

    Probably turn an eastern white pine into an acre of tooth picks
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    Who has reused a MEP generator engine for other equipement?

    I'm surprised that didn't make it to the show Jackass. Same side of the overkill coin...
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    Who has reused a MEP generator engine for other equipement?

    Then maybe you need a better way to make smoothies, for health.
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