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If the starter clicks but doesn't turn there's a good chance the solenoid on the starter is either dirty or pitted. You might notice the bendix moving out to engage the flywheel, but the starter motor doesn't turn.... Many starters of this design have a large copper ring inside that makes...

Suprman, out of curiosity, what would you want for both of yours? I've got a few 002a's but would be interested in playing around with an 802 some day.

It's probably too close to call on this one. One of the problems with the MEP-002 is the main breaker. It's design will allow you to pull a heavy resistive load with no problem but inductive loads like motors and compressors starting up will often trip the breaker instantly. You might be able...

You don't need much pressure or much volume feeding into the IP. The fuel consumption is very low so you only need a small stream feeding the pump. The IP takes the low pressure fuel supply , raises it and meters it to the injectors in small high pressure bursts that are timed to the engine's...

Never tried it but supposedly you can tumble plastics in a vibratory polisher with hardwood pellets and "High-glos" (or so it's called) polishing cream. Check out www.Kramerindustriesonline.com there is an article on polishing plastic in a vibratory polisher. I'm sure there are other ways, but...

I've been wet sanding and buffing "yellowed" headlights for years, but never thought of clear coating them afterwards, great tip! Here in New England they usually last a few years after you buff them, but that yellowed layer you sand off is an anti-scratch coating on the lens. Once you remove it...

Is it possible that someone, at some point installed the arm on the carb upside down? causing the throttle to move backwards when calling for more throttle? I'm not familiar with the unit so I have no idea if the arm will physically even go upside down, but I have seen people do silly things...

Maybe take a look at the MEP-003A connection Sticky and see if you've got things set and wired correctly.... once the basics are verified, then move on to more in-depth troubleshooting. Good luck, hope it turns out to be a simple fix.

Unless I'm mistaken, it sounds like you're connecting to the wrong terminals on your buzz bar. L0 is your neutral and L2 and L3 are your hot wires when using the 240V setup. So you should get 120V between L2-L0 and L3-L0. You also have to have the switch on the front of your control cubicle in...

How sure are you that you got all the air out of the lines? Definitely sounds like some air in the fuel lines still. Maybe you should try cracking the line at the injector again while its running and see if you get any more air out of the line to the dead cyl.?? Can't see what damage running...

Wow, what a score! How can you beat 100KW genny for free, even if it needs work you're still way ahead of the game! Good luck with it.

Don't bother trying to run that compressor off an MEP-002A, it won't even make the motor twitch with an empty tank. The circuit breaker used in the MEP-002A and 003A will handle pretty high resistive loads but they type of breaker it is will not handle a large inductive load and will instantly...

I am amazed that you were able at one point to get it started by jumping it off another 12V vehicle. Cranking it with 12 volts is going to be very slow and be difficult to get enough cranking pressure to start it. Disconnect the short wire that connects the 2 batteries together and charge both...

A few years ago I was making biodiesel to run in my backhoe and Lull, but didn't have the MEP's at the time so I never used it in one, but from my other experience I can talk about it a little. Biodiesel is an excellent detergent and lubricant. It will loosen and clean off pretty much anything...

Jerry, sounds like you've been practicing with that stick welder you scored off govdeals??

Cool stuff... thanks for sharing. Now I'll go take an asprin for my headache, from standing on my head looking at the pics. :confused:

The Fram filters (oil and fuel) fit correctly, but some of the WIX and NAPA filters have wrong gaskets and wrong size holes through the center (oil) from what I've read. If you aren't hearing any return fuel to the tank you might have a restriction somewhere down stream from or at the injectors...

If you look to the right of the injector pump under the fan shroud you will find the star wheel that Cuad4u is talking about. It is attached to a coarse looking thread with the end of a spring hooked around it. Turning the star wheel will raise or lower the spring, bringing it closer to or...

An easy way to check if the drooping is caused by the governor spring adjustment or a problem with the engine ( such as weak injectors etc.) is to set the frequency at say 62 then apply a heavy load. If you can correct the droop by manually pushing on the injector pump linkage then the problem...

I've used the 2 part epoxy tank sealer from Caswell Plating on 2 of my machines and it worked excellent so far. I read that some people had problems with so of the other brands, so I choose the Caswell brand. Dried hard as a rock but took a while for it to kick over because the weather was cool...