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Hey 95blklsc, that is pretty slick looking setup. That is exactly what I was trying to envision.
Are those two small Battery Tenders I see bolted near the battery enclosure? I was also thinking about doing that as well.
Thanks for the pics!
I am planning to take my MEP-003a off of the trailer it came on. I would like to put it on wheels or dolly to make it easy to roll it around in my workshop.
Has anyone made a cradle or some other way to put heavy-duty casters or wheels onto the skid that the MEP is on? Would a couple of...
75% for a short time anyway :)
The engineer in me comes out and wants everything working as designed.....occupational hazard.
I plan to get 5-10 hours runtime on it to shake everything out....then tackle the glow plug, a few other odds and ends...then paint.
IT IS ALIVE.
Once I got the fuel system clean ( I think it had a tankful of fuel sitting for several years) and primed, it fired right up on three glow plugs. The ambient temp in East TN is about 25f today.
All gauges showed stable power and all looks good. Since I had the " close to run"...
Thanks everyone for all the advice. My plan is to get it running with only three glow plugs for now. This beast hasn't run in a long time (but only 255 hours on the meter). I have already cleaned the fuel system and replaced all filters and oil. Hopefully tomorrow I can get it running. Once...
I am working on getting my MEP003A running.
I have a glow plug that ohm'ed out as being bad. I soaked it with PB-Blaster for a week, but of course it still broke off in the head! What all is involved with drilling it out? It looks like I have to, at minimum, remove the intake manifold...
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