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Wow that is strange. The cold smoke is definitely a lack of compression in my experience. However, a slight lack of compression will usually start to fire after 30 seconds of running due to increased heat and the excess fuel increasing compression in that cylinder. You aren't getting...

Ok, so it sounds like your valves are good. So this motor was running fine before you opened it up to de-carbon it? And all you did is remove the head, clean it up and replaced the injectors? Do you still have the old injectors and was there an issue with them other than being dirty? Sticking...

To the OP, Are you sure the problem is your gage and not your sender? Pegging the gage is a classic sign of a broken wire or a bad sending unit. However I have seen gages with one of the fine wires broken inside which can also peg the gage, just not that common.

You should either check the smoking cylinder's compression or check the valves for leaks. Neither is easily accomplished without the correct tools. Easiest thing to do is loosen both rocker arms to ensure both valves are closed, then with the injector out find a way to pressurize the cylinder...

once you get the top cover off, follow the AC wires too. Some people have reported shorts to ground caused by improperly routed AC wires chaffing and shorting to the aluminum body panels. I also had a " Parts" machine once that had this same issue, I ended up rebuilding it and luckily I saw the...

Unfortunately you were not alone with regards to missing your inverter. There were dozens of 813's rolling through Chambersburg PA about a year or 2 ago. Almost all of them were like brand new with only 2 hours showing on the meters. People freaked out and paid top dollar for them, not...

Have you looked at the battery charging fuse inside the control cube? Gray fuse holder to the left of the AC select switch and just below the DC circuit breaker. F1 if I recall correctly... I believe it's a 30A fuse. I would start there.

Yes, the bearing is in perfect condition, so the contact is not from movement in the rotor. When comparing the damaged rotor to the one I replaced it with, the winding of the damaged rotor sticks out beyond the diameter of the iron core where the winding on the replacement rotor is recessed...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a resident or someone in the Gerald Missouri area who would be interested in helping me recover an Mep-003A generator that needs to be shipped to RI? I just need someone to pick it up in Gerald and I will coordinate getting it shipped from your location to me...

Yes, once I replace the rotor, the sx460 had no problem firing up once again, with no need to flash it. I think my error initially was that I quickly tested the excite winding and the 3 stator windings from the leads. You would have to remove the electronics enclosure to access the end of the...

X2! I agree, that electrician was probably talking about a generator tied to an existing grounded system, not a stand alone. The metal frame of the machine just sitting on the earth isn't going to do a whole lot to protect you. Not to mention a lot of folks have machines up off the ground or on...

I'm giving the award to Derf on this one. Rather than mess with a field flash circuit for the SX460 I pulled the generator apart and found this. This machine has just over 500 hours on it and the rotor winding has somehow rubbed on the stator and wore through the winding. Looking at the...

You are correct Chainbreaker. The neutral and ground should remain bonded and a ground rod attached to the chassis ground. That will teach me to stop multi-tasking while I'm supposed to be paying attention to a work Teams meeting! But generator talk is still more interesting than WORK.

As Coug mentioned, make sure you are set to the 12/240 3:00 position on your AC select switch. ( located under the flap to the left of the circuit breaker on an 002A ) and the AM/VM switch on the control panel is also at 3:00 Hook up your 50A spider box and you will have 120 and 240V available...

You are wired to the wrong lugs in that picture. You need to have your hot legs on L1 and L3 you currently have them on L2 and L3 With the AC select switch in the 3:00 position you have power on L1 and L3 with L0 being neutral / ground. Move from L2 to L1 and you should be good!

Looking for a little assistance with an SX460. I recently installed one in an MEP-016D, per this thread, fired it up and it worked perfectly. The customer used the machine for about a week and last night it stopped making power. I looked at it today and the field and Gen windings appear to be...

As for paint, your best bet is going to be to repaint the whole thing. There is nothing available at the local box store that will match very good. If you really want to make it look like it did when new , use Rapco parts # 34094 383 Green CARC substitute. If you don't have a spray gun you can...

A quick note about the computers.... almost every single computer, laptop, desktop etc. made these days uses an auto switching power supply that will accept anything from 90 to 265VAC 50 or 60 Hz. The reason for this is: 1) so they can tolerate mild brown out and surge voltages and 2) so the...

Up above did you mean lawn? If so, you won't be using casters. You're going to need something with probably 8" or larger pneumatic tires if you want to roll across the lawn, especially if it's soft down there in Florida. How about hiring a flat bed car carrier for an hour? Would they be able to...

You should go on line and look up the complete single phase conversion procedure. If it was done properly there are 3 more small wire connections that need to be put back in their original positions on the back of the reconfiguration board. These other connections would have been moved to make...