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messed with it a little more. I have fuel pressure in all the lines, and my fuel cutoff solenoid is working properly; it pulls the plunger when i hit the start switch and releases it shortly after I release the start switch. It WANTS to start. it clunks like it almost fires, but it won't quite...

after I let it run earlier in the day for about 20-30 minutes, I shut it down and left it alone. later, I came back out after dark, and the only thing that changed was that it was colder out. I used the preheat, and tried to crank. it cranks, but won't start and run. I get black smoke out...

LOL. very true, and my lips are sealed, until I meet someone else working on ex-military stuff. And I'm not going anywhere - I have a no start condition now, and once i get that fixed and then genset is working right, I'm looking for a Deuce. I get quiet from time to time, but I'm here...

scratch that, once i got it to run once, it doesn't have any problem building pressure.

Thanks! BTW - My Uncle lives in Fort Valley, and I have an aunt in Warner Robins. small world. Yeah, the guy that loaded for me in the trailer said the same thing - he figured that's why i bought it, and when i told him I planned to make it a runner, his eyes got really big and he said...

true. time to put away the champagne, I have another issue. I'm going to do some searching first, and if I can't find a reasonable solution, I'll be posting a new thread on it. after I let it run earlier in the day for about 20-30 minutes, I shut it down and left it alone. later, I came...

thanks. I remember a couple of guys were concerned I may have gotten a total heap, and rightfully so - I was missing nearly everything that could be gotten by a vandal with tools and time. but, I got her together, and I posted up some "after pictures" in the original thread, which I linked to...

Here's some "after" pictures. I'm still doing some work to it, but she runs great. gonna do a little more painting and cleaning her up, and a load test, before I hook up the house to her. so far so good.

The Louvres open!!!! my gauges right after starting her up. and this is the stamp I found to identify the shims, it's right above the mounting surface for the IP. here's a link http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?95218-About-to-pick-up-my-MEP-003A to the original thread where I...

unstuck plunger and cleaned out IP fixed it. when I flow timed it, the #12 was exactly the right one. I hooked everything back up, cranked it, and brought it up to 60 Hz as soon as I heard a grumble or two of life. she purred like an old housecat, even better than my Dad's genset did. I'm...

The tappet looks like the bottom of a flat-tappet lifter in a gasoline engine, the button is the little piece inside, on top of the spring retainer that has it's own small lock ring that hold it on top of the retainer. it has a small number punched on the side like "1" or "12". That's really...

More updates... the pumps are identical, in case anyone was wondering. I took both apart - good thing, too, because the -003A pump had a broken alignment tab (alignment cam?) and the gear was spinning, but nothing was pumping. the 002A pump, which I've been using all this time, turns...

If by the cam you mean the camshaft in the engine, yes, it's working as it should. as for anything inside the pump, not sure - I got two pumps, one pulled off of an -002A (the one I'm using right now) and one from an 003A (the one that sits on my shelf for a spare). the 002A looked nicer and...

Blower wheel has no markings, and you are right - my flywheel markings are correct. Lucky and I talked over the phone at length, and we noticed something weird. I'll give you as good a play-by-play as I can remember: I reset the engine to the PC mark, verifying that A) both rockers were loose...

yeah. no thanks. I just aligned the pointer hashmarks according to the figure in the TM and went with that. I also made a sharpie mark on the blower wheel where PC is when both rockers are loose, and that makes it easier to spot when I'm getting close to the mark. I've stopped using the AMBAC...

yes, they tell me I'm probably 180 out, so I'm starting over using your pointers. also, I adjusted the timing pointer on the flywheel (according o the figure in the manual) and I also noticed a pointer on the blower wheel end. the AMBAC bulletin shows this pointer as the one to use. thoughts...

Also, I'm trying to use white on the background, because I know a lot of you guys have difficulty reading posts without contrasting font/background color. hope it helps. if not, I can change it to something else.

I used the -34 manual AND the 7-page bulletin from AMBAC someone posted up earlier; the latter is where the lobes pointing different directions came from. and yes, the rockers were loose and the timing pointer was on PC when i mounted it. i used a drill bit (the shank, not the fluted portion)...

then I have a problem, as neither of my generators do that. though, it could be that the gauge is bad or the hose is clogged for all i know.

Lots of developments. BLUF:, I had the right shims, and I'm pretty sure I'm 180-bass-ackwards from correct timing. I measured (4 times) the distance from the mounting surface to that flat machined surface on the cam, and after doing the math, came out to .014. so I measured the shims, and lo...