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As far as it being rewired, it had to have been done in the military. I bought it on Government auctions and picked it up at Camp Dodge in Des Moines IA.

Truthfully no I have not. But what struck me as odd is the frequency gauge and load gauge not working anymore. They always did when I would start it up to make sure it was runable. I would adjust the throttle to get 60 hz. on the gauge.

My breaker doesn't have any rating of amperage marked on it. There's a little light green paint on it and I carefully scraped it off where I think it should be marked, but don't see anything.

Here's some pictures. The wire from the house is 6 AWG. I haven't used it to power the house yet, but the house 50A breaker powers the compressor without a problem. This is a 1989 model with 1227 hrs.

Will have pics later this morning and it is grounded with a 6ft. copper grounding rod right next to the generator.

Thanks but to clarify ,It's a blacksmith forging hammer like this and it only turns some pulleys with belts on them until you engage the clutch to spin th flywheel to operate the hammer. So no real load on start up other than the inertia to spin the motor armature.

OK thanks everyone. I'll start with a little background. I've been a heavy diesel mechanic for 40+ years, worked on everything from lawnmowers and weed eaters to cranes,draglines and bulldozers. Yes I know a lot about things mechanical but will never say I know it all. You never should stop...

I've had the covers off of everything and not found any frayed wires,loose/missing connections or any discolored connections or components. Something I ran across here was the possibility of the contacts in the phase/voltage selector switch not having good contact. I understand that they also...

It's fine until you turn on what ever it is you want to run. Air compressor (5hp), power hammer(5hp), etc.

My 003a breaker switch trips immediately when load is applied. Also the frequency gauge is inop. and the load gauge will jump up momentarily when the switch is turned on. The engine rpms also hickup slightly when the switch is turned on (before it trips). The 110v out works fine and I have 240v...

Thanks to everyone for the add to your forum. Since I'm new here I'll have to search around some to see what is being discussed and happening on here. One reason why I wanted to join was to get/share info where I can. Now I'm going to look for information about my mep003a generator.