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  1. M

    Check those MEPs!

    I think i'd back up on a part of this where you're talking about SYNCing these 2 sets up,, running and transfer between the sets is fine, but about the last effort i'd try is synchronization of these two sets together or to a grid, IMO this will result in a pile of melted or burned wiring and...
  2. M

    802 / 803 CT wire, was it cut to fit?

    Unless you're just a purest skip the white mil spec wire, go buy some SO cord and call it good , if you buy 5 conductor you can have all 5 colors red blk org/blu grn, wht. but like most things, its ur decision.. mac/mc
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    MEP filters listing help please both 804A/B and others.

    Me living out here in the stix and metro area 15 miles away, I strongly favor only the 'civy' numbers... I have my guess 5 of the popular RETAIL auto parts stores 15 away. Most if not all the counter staff while usually quasi helpful are all suffering puberty crisis compounded with a keen lack...
  4. M

    Question about MEP-804A Generators wired 120/208.

    If not tampered with, I'd way more trust the set's overload system than the typical inverse time possible ckt breaker you might use, you seem to understand your loads, thus im unsure why you dont take advantage of using all 3 of the phase's ... 120 is 120 no matter what phase you get it from...
  5. M

    Gen set trailer wiring harness update

    2-3 months ago I posed the question about finding the mating receptical to typical trailer cable plugs that plug into the towing vehical. Several good ideas were proffered and several others offerd the matching receptical, but in the end various factors nothing was coming together for me to...
  6. M

    MEP filters listing help please both 804A/B and others.

    I am still needing the 804B FINAL fuel filter just ahead of the IP [injection pump] I have the primary water/fuel separator filter in the Wix brand.. This set belongs to a friend, its a Tier II but every filter is Japanese .. As I checked several others B models I have access to, damn if all...
  7. M

    MEP-802A MEP-803A Filters and Parts

    Mike Thank you much, and this gets me almost complete, and i have printed it and will place it inside my manuals, what can you offer me for the 804A/B i have both and esp need fuel filter info .. thanks again Daybreak mac/mc
  8. M

    MEP filters listing help please both 804A/B and others.

    I swear I recently saw this thread, and I want to say I had sense enough to save it. But I have forgotten where, readers please accept my apology, thus the question again. Can or will whoever posted the extensive FILTER listing, that posting went thru I think the DOD 3kw up thru the 60 or...
  9. M

    804a will not crank from master switch

    A bit of fill in, the crank selector switch you have discovered serves several purpose's foremost in NORMAL its just that, it allows normal cranking starting and operation, in dead crank its ONLY purpose is to simply turn the engine over with absolutely no intention that the engine actually...
  10. M

    Oil pressure gauge

    When you get this would you share the droping resistor color band please, it looks like Brown Blue Brown and Silver 10% tolerance but my screen is not that good .. thanx mac/mc
  11. M

    Mep802a vs mep1030

    Lots of good and experienced reports posted here, so i will add one more and its a recent as today, albeit a MEP-1040 this build date is 2015 and has the 3cyl TURBO Yanmar something like a 91CID ..Vibrations ? Way less than an 802 but more than an 804 UNLOADED, loaded it smooths right out pretty...
  12. M

    MEP 831A Fix-up Thread

    I follow your exploits with interest, and your keenness for follow thru and getting things done. That all said, having owned 5 of these units, there is no way I will ever own or work on another until the original GAC controller has been replaced with one of Klopp's replacement controller units...
  13. M

    MEP-1040 Oil filter help and initial comparisions.

    well you're correct, and i was working with that knowledge base, but was also seeing 233 or temps in that range as well initial WARNING and soon followed the FAILURE announcement and soon shut down.. As i made mention the actual piping is very access-able and i was sure and had confirmed i was...
  14. M

    MEP-1040 Oil filter help and initial comparisions.

    This is the MEP-1040 I received a few days ago from a friend to review and test. All the correct filter are in place now and working well. We are making good power and load banking well. But ? not all is well, as the run duration is going on the coolant TEMP is climbing, the indicating or...
  15. M

    MEP-1040 Oil filter help and initial comparisions.

    Yoda [Guy Fang} and today Daybreak called the OIL FILTER Nappa 1344 is correct all Daybreaks info is solid and correct. So the oil situation is settled.. Correct oil filter did nothing for the water temp running hot. It was a slim hope that it would but we needed the correct filter anyhow, so...
  16. M

    Generator AUX fuel connections

    I have several NEW original and unused hose sets complete $30.00 ea. I'll guess Fedex ground at 10-12.00 if shipping is less, ill refund the diff, if it's more i will absorbe that.. any payment form accepted, credit cards check paypal money order most any form i can make work.. thanx mac/mc
  17. M

    AMMPS MEP-1040 10KW Generator List of Part Numbers

    Bingo !! we have a winner, perfect timing, Thanx Daybreak, im just back from NAPPA with the 1344 oil filter and will spin it on and see how my water temp situation goes, after more reading the -24 im leaning hard to the T'stat not opening till much later than desired, and PWM cooling fan...
  18. M

    MEP-1040 Oil filter help and initial comparisions.

    A friend has loaned me his new 2016 build date MEP-1040 10kw set, it came totally drained, and missing oil and fuel filters, The "Wizzard" or Yoda .. Guy Fang, got me on the right fuel filter and I'm using an oil filter from i think my 802/3 stash .. I can see it is a shorter body or...
  19. M

    MEP-802A MEP-803A battery hold downs

    late support, but i so agree ..royal PITA and like urself, i have a tray full of emm.. best: mac/mc
  20. M

    Unicorns are real.... NOS MEP-802A

    The wife and what you tell, it hurts when you're gone and see sells emm for that .. I've seen more guys tell this lie than just about anything. And I'm also guilty as they come.. love it.. mac/mc
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