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The engine is very good but must be set up right. Head gaskets are a typical problem but the replacements are revised design with no issues. The separate unit injection pumps are a pain to set up but they can be made close by equalizing exhaust temps between cylinders. The fuel tanks...

Yeah, read on. When I see many that had all the screws gone on the top cover over the engine and some had engine mount bolts removed, these are not ready for service. Someone started dignosing or fixing and got the order to send them to auction. At that point they don't bother to screw the...

They take (2) 2HN batteries. But anything will fit.

There is no exact civilian copy because the enclosure is different. But the Onan that uses the same engine and similar gen head is fitted to their classic steel skid and sheet steel housing. Those are 12 volt. The engine is a Lister Petter copy made by Onan. This engine is very available...

I can say out of the 88 or so that were offered only a few were really good. many were taken apart and then abandoned when they found too much wrong. That being said the Lister Petter / Onan engine is a $250.00 core and easily rebuildable for another application. These units are very...

That's a possibility. I saw a few that were missing the auto closing square flap on top of the housing. Is the fuel tank leaking on the left side? I see that a lot and it takes quite a bit of disassembly to get to it. Way more than one would think by looking at it. Look for a lot of staining...

basically the switch closes and sends current to the big round hocky puck solenoid connected to the fuel lever linkage and pulls the fuel to the off position. If you unplug the hockey puck it will keep running. But I suggest confirming the oil pressure. As it warms up it thins out and you may...

It starts off as fuel but over time the fuel washes the liners or bore and the rings loose ability to seat and then oil consumption goes way up. The oil contributes to the black goo. When I was service manage at CAT we ran into this with a lot of low mile engines that were idled at truck...

I found it somewhere in the big military manual. Basically, there is a hot pin and a ground pin and then the rest of the leads go to various sensors switches components. I think the starter and manifold heater might be a couple of them, but don't quote me. From what I gathered a lot of...

That's a great price. My 802A won't power my whole house unless I take the water heater, dryer, and range individually with no additional load. It struggles to start my ancient 2.5 ton A/C but it does do it. Once running the a/C load is nothing. But, I can live with that as it is most...

I had an 802A for a while and sold it. I have another right now 100% torn down for resotarion to like new. I had to replace the head gasket so I thought why not? In general they are really great machines. Top shelf Onan generator and current production Lister Petter OPW engines. The LP design...

Voltmeter - yes Hourmeter - Probably not, but maybe. The 016D hourmeter is usually 120vac, not 24vdc. But it may be either. The 002a should be 24vdc. Load meter - maybe. Both meters should have nearly microscopic font printing on the face near the peg on the high side of the scale or somewhere...

You are on the right track. Good clean combustion is the result of crisp spray, timing and heat of compression. One thing to check that is often not discussed with diesels is the delivery valve on the injection pump. I'm not familiar with the distributor pump on these unit so I cannot offer...

I think everything you are planning on is good. I favor the indoor metal boxes because the outdoor boxes never seem to seal very well and water gets trapped inside. SOOW is extra heavy 600 volt rated which gives great abraision resistance over the 300 volt rated SOW. I use SOOW. Some...

If the decompression is used the 016D will start with a 12 volt jump as well. Before I had my Mil slave cable I put a 5/8 bolt in the center recepticle (+) and hose clamped a steel bar to the outside (-). Then used heavy jumper cables off of a 12 volt battery. Starts good if the decompression...

search the big auction site for slave cable. Adapters are available to go from the old two prong style to the newer plug. An adapter for the 002 and the slave cable will allow you to jump the 016D off of the 002.

Yes! DC generators are more common than we think. Cell towers are frequently backed up with them, UPS style. Lots of potential for home back up and solar wind battery combinations. The higher end inverters can seamlessly switch from grid to battery upon grid failure. With a reasonalbly sized...

Only a small amount of movement by the flex is needed. The auto parts stores sell nice short sections of stainless gas tight bellows hose assemblies with stainless over braiding. They are used on many different cars around the header and converter. Some have bolted connections others are...

When I use the mothballs I usually cut the large side of the whole box open and place it in a central area. Mostly I have used mothballs in engine compartments. I have heard mice are attracted to steel wool and it kills them. Never tried it though.

I think that will work good. The important thing is to load it heavy and keep an eye on it. I use one of those $29 infrared temp guns with the laser sight from Harbor freight to check a variety of temps on the engine and exhaust manifold, intake, etc. Run it normal with good load to get a...