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hmm doesnt the adapter usually replace the glow plug? seems like a bit of a pain to pull an injector for each cyl to check compression not to mention there are gaskets involved.

ok finally after waiting 2 1/2 weeks my blasting media came in. progress basically came to a standstill because i had gone as far as i could go and i needed the control and distribution box painted. couldn't do that without blasting the junky carc paint off. i blasted the last of the parts...

I dont know about low cost and having people that are clueless rebuild the mep generators. Best thing i can do is point you to my thread i did on my 003. It will maybe give you an idea. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?101932-mep-003a-teardown-and-refurb&highlight=Teardown+and+refurb

What model gens?

if you open the shudders and look in you will see the over temp switch. its in the head between the exhaust ports. basically dead center. the small canon plug going to the shudder assy is the wires for it. on all the switches i have seen the tabs and connector get fairly corroded. its always a...

ill be sure to do that. he is coming over right now to pick this thing up. im sure down the road if he has problems he will be bringing it to me so you never know.

thanks for the offer munchie, i did find all 3 004 manuals for free download on the web. i dont think he has any manual for it so i will definately give them to him.

Yes contactor is just fine. That was a simple matter of flipping the breaker switch.

Thanks 1800. My 003 starts producing voltage really quick. You dont ever have to really worry about it. This 004 has a slight lag. First time i started it when i had voltage i must have just cranked it a touch longer than i did the next morning. After a couple min i remembered these gensets...

Haha 212 i think we were posting at the same time. Thanks

You know i should really dig into stuff a little more before i post lol. I see what is going on here. You really have to keep it i the start position for awhile for it to start making power. Guess it takes slightly longer to flash the field than on my 003.

Ok i went out this morning and fired it up and now its not making any power at all. Something intermittent i guess. I guess ill start pulling things apart so i can get access to everything and look for something obvious. Any ideas on the components i should check out first.

Sure no problem. I do enjoy working on these things. Right now i am waiting on my blast media supplier to get more in.I have the control and dist box still to blast and paint. Once thats all dont i can finish puting this thing back together and get it fired up

Thanks for the info 1800. I will check over this tomorrow in more detail. The guy dropped it off and i literally have only 5 min in this thing so it probably is something dumb that i failed to do since i dont really know the operation of the unit.

so a friend of a friend brought over an 004 for me to look at. he got it and said it wasnt making power. he took it to a generator shop and they couldnt fix it so he had nowhere else to go. i am not familiar with the 004 at all but i started this up and within 5 min tracked down the problem...

rosie just an fyi, probably for what it cost to have that starter rebuilt you can get a brand new, new style gear reduction type starter. part# 191-1948. due to the big rule at the top i cant say where you can get one. send me a pm. grounds are always a problem on these generators just from...

Thanks for the tip john. Actually already did put a small bend in it. The pic is just taken before i did all that.

got the control cable installed. works great. nice, smooth and the correct length so its a straight shot to the throttle control arm just the way it is on an 003. the rest of the time i had today was spent going through and disassembling the control and distribution box. i pulled all the...

Does anyone have a good used voltmeter to fit the control panel? The one on this gen is shot and i prefer to use an original round style instead of the square aftermatket ones.

i think we need some more info. The pushbutton breaker first as stone said. Other than that you could have that condition if you have dead batteries and your dc charging system is inop. Is everything on the gen completely dead? Wont crank?