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    Fun with PA DOT officer ending in putting me out of service + $1200 in fines

    Which is exactly why I am worried.... As I travel down the rabbit hole I am blocking the entrances that I can and going deeper into the ones I cant block. And I dont know how I missed this page. I saw this page but I didnt see the link for the point value table. Now to figure out how it...
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    Fun with PA DOT officer ending in putting me out of service + $1200 in fines

    Ok so there have been some developments and a whole lot of learning going on lately. So dealing with attorneys: The "network" attorneys just want to take your money and keep calling you to sign up, didnt feel right so I sought out actual small firms which deal with CDL traffic cases. What I...
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    Resurrecting a waterlogged mep-803A

    Not familiar with that terminology but when I was studying the manuals before posting here for other issues I saw the differences between units. I am aware that I could use the manuals to get all of this work done even though their methods are different than commercial tech manuals that I am...
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    Resurrecting a waterlogged mep-803A

    Ive been pretty short on time to work on the unit lately but every 3-5 days ive been soaking the injection lines in PB for when I actually return to the unit. (am in the process of setting up my home shop and moving everything) However, say worse case scenario this engine is toast, I did pick...
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    MEP-804A single phase 120/240 conversion issue

    Well aint that a stinker. To some (most?) people a 12wire is gold and a 10 wire is nothing more than a rotating paperweight. I have a 40kw NG/LP gen that is a ?? wire that is 120/240 single phase only which is useless to me. I guess its up to anybody that wants singlephase to pull those leads...
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    MEP-804A single phase 120/240 conversion issue

    Very interesting, I personally would unbind the 3 windings that are bound in the head to make it a 12 wire, and this answers my questions as to if the 804s were 10 or 12 wire. I havent looked at the controls of the 804s or 805s so Im not sure if those will be happy. A motor shop should be able...
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    Fun with PA DOT officer ending in putting me out of service + $1200 in fines

    Thats one of the reasons I brought this here to warn everybody of what 'could' happen when grabbing stuff from letterkenny. I think this is where he has me by the nads. First, I was empty so there was no property at all with me at the time. Second, my item releases state my company name and my...
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    Found time to pick up a super nice mep-802a today

    I understand the difference, but my OCD always gets to me. Kind of like if you have 2x million mile semis driven by different people and they run great for those people. If they end up swapping rigs they end up becoming trash because the habits of 1 driver are now getting worn into the other...
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    Found time to pick up a super nice mep-802a today

    Decided to finally fire the unit up and change out the unknown condition break in oil with deere break in oil. The original oil looked great in every way but didnt know if it sat for 5 years or was changed for the auction video. Ran the gen for 2 hours at various loads after nice warmup period...
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    Fun with PA DOT officer ending in putting me out of service + $1200 in fines

    Pretty much... His choices were "oh this guy is personal, guess I gotta let him go" or "lets try to get him as commercial and nail his butt to the wall" You know, I would have been better off driving a dang RV with a trailer than my pickup truck.
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    Fun with PA DOT officer ending in putting me out of service + $1200 in fines

    Very informative. I figured as much for the trooper being there. I look at this whole situation as a learning experience. Yes its a lot of money and yes its a real pita, but its really about how I move forward with the situation. I for dang sure will be making sure I have my ducks in a row...
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    Resurrecting a waterlogged mep-803A

    Well I agree but there is a difference between ether and "starting fluid" which is more hexane or some other petroleum product... Of course actual ether for starting is expensive (the cans that come in the MMG25 generators and heavy duty trucks and equipment) Still going to be a bit, but I am...
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    Fun with PA DOT officer ending in putting me out of service + $1200 in fines

    Unfortunately he didnt search my vehicle without my consent. Everything he did was outside and communicated through me. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) I answered everything truthfully and only answered the questions that I were asked. The problem is I answered all...
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    Resurrecting a waterlogged mep-803A

    What are the safe limits of flexability on these hard lines? I have 3 of the lines where the nut is seized to the tube so I only get a few degrees or rotation before it starts twisting the tube. Still trying to think up a way to be able to un-jam that nut. I could do the test with 1 of the...
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    Fun with PA DOT officer ending in putting me out of service + $1200 in fines

    Didnt know where to put this, but hopefully some people learn from my experience and make sure they have their ducks in a row when self-transporting or traveling in general. And this isnt meant to be a negative post by any means, just wanted to share my experience this weekend. I didnt see any...
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    Resurrecting a waterlogged mep-803A

    Yep found those, but I dont understand why its not a 2 or 4 pack. lemme get one of those 5 cylinder models, 12.5kw lol Oxygen, hmm, I never thought about that. That does make sense because it seems that whenever I did starting fluid it would have better effects after id stop and it would get...
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    Resurrecting a waterlogged mep-803A

    Small update: After messing with it for better part of the day, no luck on firing. I can get black smoke our of 2 cylinders, maybe 3 and it keeps blowing crud out so I feel I have a long way to go. To get this unit to run without using the electronics all I need is the fuel pump and holding...
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    Resurrecting a waterlogged mep-803A

    Had a friend purchase a gen up in PA and decided because a trip from FL for 1 gen would be pricey why not buy 2? Well I decided to pick up a cheap non-runner. Ended up getting a unit that came back from Kuwait (seems like a pattern, I got a MMG25 from Kuwait a few years back) with 6000 hours...
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    Generator Spider Box

    Nice, going to be doing the same thing once I find a spider that is priced right on ebay or CL.
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    Found time to pick up a super nice mep-802a today

    Sure is, which week though, there were 2. I got the one from the first week, the one for the 2nd week went for a lot more.
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