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    New to Mep-803A ownership general questions

    Well the injectors will limit the amount of fuel going into the cylinder, the pump can push as much as it wants, its limited by the orifice sizes in the injector. Your engines definitely got some gremlins at the present time (two do have white smoke at start). I think you may want to pull the...
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    MEP-802A questions

    Yeah it could be a failed alternator, or even a missing FU1 fuse (I put nothing by anyone these days). If you need panels, let me know. I've got new repro, and actually sitting on 1-2 complete sets of 802 panels at the moment.
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    DC Breaker Tripping MEP 002A

    Its not the pump, take my word for it. Just cut the capacitor out, and make up a weather tight jump cable to go between your cuts (insulated terminals, shrink tube solder fittings, etc) so you can retain the stock Packard boot.
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    DC Breaker Tripping MEP 002A

    This. They are known issues. Very easy to diagnose and fix the problem too.
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    New to Mep-803A ownership general questions

    I would remove the cast iron exhaust manifold and inspect the smoke color and air temperature of each cylinder. Here is an 802 I had recently worked on. The cylinder nearest the radiator was not getting fuel. Exhaust color was different, and the air coming out was cold. Before eval...
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    New to Mep-803A ownership general questions

    Yeah you aren't even close to the right operating RPM at that setting. I just took a quick photo of an 802 throttle position on one I am working on in my driveway this weekend... just for conversation purposes. You can see the rough gap between both set screw stops. This machine is dead on at...
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    Kudos to 98G

    He helped me out with something halfway across the country, up and above the call. Thanks for being 'one of the good ones' in the world!
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    MEP803a Rough Idle

    Well being a brushless head, there should be no mechanical reasons on that side (unless there is something failing... but you would know pretty quickly if so) so its probably air or fuel related. The beauty of diesels... only so many issues can cause poor running.
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    MEP803a Rough Idle

    Well you might want to check your input feed lines for ice buildup too, especially when you note the issue often occurs with cold starts too.
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    MEP803a Rough Idle

    When was the last time you drained or changed out the water fuel seperator, or primary fuel filter? Do you filter your fuel before it goes into the machine, to remove excess water?
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    Acquired a Military surplus load bank

    Its a function of cost and availaiblity... the latter being the bigger hurdle. Just not a whole lot of them out there.
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    Acquired a Military surplus load bank

    Here is a DIY load bank setup that you can adjust and break down as needed (1) https://teamequip.com/genpro-gillette-cg03-01f-universal-military-electrical-distribution-spider-box-for-military-generators-120-240-volts-out/#mz-expanded-view-1248727738663 (*it has a make offer function, I bet...
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    MEP802A Fan Belt Failure

    Did you replace the water pump? I wonder if you have a pulley shaft that's out of round, and its causing the belt to walk? Under any other scenario, I don't know how it would walk like that if the pulleys are aligned. Can you get a straight edge in the machine and confirm both pulley faces are...
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    mep-803a coolant temperature sender

    Well for coolant gauges you have a couple options (stock depending). This is a drop in replacement, but will read 15-20* higher than reality (though that has no effect on the coolant overtemp sensor which will still work properly if its too hot)...
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    Can I revisit wet stacking?

    Sorry to derail your thread
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    Can I revisit wet stacking?

    The enclosure and relay area is super clean on this one... some missing paint on the engine, but otherwise real clean. So clearly this thing was somewhere nice, run like a creampuff. I hope it runs when Im done, instead of having to go back in because a valve is hung up with garbage.
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    Can I revisit wet stacking?

    By the looks of it, I assume a CO tasked it solely with charging a battery powered toothbrush its entire 500 run hours.
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    Can I revisit wet stacking?

    How's this pig look?? The cinder block pile is just what I got out of the manifold. The muffler is noticeably heavier than normal.
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    New to Mep-803A ownership general questions

    I have had exactly (1) 80X machine run away from me in all the years, and it was due to a spring failure that hooks to the governor assembly. Its definitely scary.
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    New to Mep-803A ownership general questions

    Are you 100% sure you assembled the pumps right? The barbs all the way to the tubes will not do that. Did you mess with the throttle stops so the machine can rev significantly higher than 1800 rpm? You should have been able to manually manipulate the fuel stop solenoid closed to cut off the fuel...
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