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    MEP1040 warning code

    For those that are interested... it looks like this after the machine is done running:
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    MEP1040 warning code

    No the screen is designed to stay on. Its on for a time after the machine is turned off too.
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    MEP1040 warning code

    The maintenance items are warnings about service intervals typically. You have to go into the screen controls and clear them one at a time. The other two faults are probably tied together with the E stop being activated (the screen doesnt shut off, like on an MEP where the whole set goes dead on...
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    Mep-003 won't continue to produce power

    @Triple Jim makes those boards. He might be able to help you figure this out... his product reputation is excellent.
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    Inflation and MEP replacement parts

    Same station I filled up at 5 days ago, is now $6.559
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    Inflation and MEP replacement parts

    I paid $6.30 a few days ago for diesel....
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    Inflation and MEP replacement parts

    .... some staggering increases on key items. Check out what the screen control unit for the AMMPS line goes for now: https://shop.cummins.com/CSSNAStore/s/product/a2w4N000003sFLhQAM/onan-control-box-module-a035e320 This same item was listed for a little over $11k just a month ago!
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    MEP-803A Hole Drilled in Fuel Tank from GovPlanet

    I had a spare tank for a 10k just a few weeks ago, gone now unfortunately. I do think this is a case of rapid retirement only.
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    MEP-803A Hole Drilled in Fuel Tank from GovPlanet

    Because they wanted the machine gone...
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    MEP 803A shorted battery

    Well when you are at prime and run, you are powering the fuel pump... unplug that and see if the breaker pops.
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    Need MEP 802A alternator picture

    Have you checked the fuse in the cabinet behind the gauges? There is a fuse in the battery charging circuit. Does your battery gauge read negative when running?
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    Need MEP 802A alternator picture

    From my personal 802: Do you have two blue leads? Looked like only one was present in your photo.
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    Mep 803a dropping loads

    What did you find?
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    Mep 803a dropping loads

    Budget cuts all around!
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    Mep 803a dropping loads

    If they hadn't, the third can I would have recommended would have been a cold Bud Light.
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    Mep 803a dropping loads

    Have you deoxidized S8 well?
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    MEP-803 locking up, help?

    It can be completely rebuilt and reassembled for substantially less than what a running machine goes for these days.
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    MEP-803 locking up, help?

    One metering pump out of this machine is worth $300 now... you will make out OK even if you do nothing but chop it up for parts.
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    GovPlanet Chambersburg, PA

    And getting worse.
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    Cut MEP-803a fuel return lines

    Ive found a bit of motor oil to work well for me, but diesel isn't so drastically different.
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