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This probably has no association with flat towing a HMMWV, but I remember decades ago that I was told that you should never flat tow an automobile or truck with an automatic transmission if the transmission didn't have a rear oil pump. If you towed a vehicle without a rear oil pump, the...

When it works, it works well in my opinion. However, I found it difficult to keep water from entering the media reservoir. Once moisture gets in there, it's all over until you clean everything out, dry everything and start over.

Why not use Gillespie paint? It sprays on really great and all colors are a dead-on match for the military paint, CARC or otherwise. I sprayed my M151A2 with Forest Green since I was planning to do a complete MERDC camo job. I liked the solid forest green so much I forgot about continuing...

I got an M116A2 trailer with my MEP003A. It has been a fantastic trailer. It pulls well and is light enough to maneuver by hand on level ground such as concrete, which makes hooking it up easy. Make sure you have the rear leg as you don't want it flipping over backwards. I also like the...

The original batteries that came in my MEP003A were 2HN batteries like Rick mentioned. My MEP003A is a 1992 manufacture, one of the latest manufactured. No way 6TL batteries would fit in my battery holder. However, I once looked at around 25 or 30 MEP003A gensets at a Gov Liquidation auction...

Swiss, You need to come on up to Hiawassee - we got a lot more snow here. I've been playing around on my M274A5 Mule and having a blast!

We have about 4 inches of snow here. Although forecast, we never got freezing rain, just more snow. Currently 17 deg. here and very windy. I was going to take my M274A5 Mule out for a drive up the mountain, but when I went outside and felt that cold wind I changed my mind! We haven't lost...

My wife hates it when I fire up the MeP003A for a test run. Too noisy and she hates the smell of the exhaust. However, when the power goes out and she is either cold or hot, she brags about the generator to her friends!

The snow is now getting deep enough that my DirectTV satellite dish is losing signal. I forgot to turn on the satellite dish heater earlier. I now turned it on the snow is melting off the dish and my wife is now happy that she again has TV to watch. Utility power is still on.

We've just started getting heavy snowfall here. We are expecting up to 7 inches in the next hours. The temp is 20 deg. F. I went ahead and fired up my MEP003A for a test run to make sure it is available if we lose power. As always, it fired right up. It's capable of running the entire...

I purchased a complete used set on Ebay a while back for around $50.00 with free shipping. You might want to check and see if anyone has some for sale. That is a lot easer than fabricating your own.

I burn nothing but ethanol-free fuel in all of my gas-powered MVs and small gas-powered tools. Have you checked that you have a good hot spark? When I was a kid, we lived in a place in the country that commonly got down to -20 - -30 deg F. in the winter. We routinely drained the oil into a...

Have you tried moving the slide 2nd /3rd synchro like Gringeltaube suggested? He is an absolute expert that knows what he is talking about.

Great to hear you were successful! You are becoming an expert on everything FLU.

Some have been able to do that, but mine won't. If I rock the loader blade, it will almost do it. Some have apparently turned up the pressure in the pump, but that can cause leaks. Best to use a jack in my opinion.

I haven't replaced mine, but I did purchase new ones from EI and they were both off-white, not black.

I currently have five NOCO chargers of various sizes and models that I've had for years and no failures.

Wow, what a trip! Makes me want to take my M151A2 up there. (y)(y)(y)(y)

I use the exact same charger and setup to keep the batteries on my MEP003A genset charged. No problems and works great.

Drill a small hole in the bottom to let the water drain out. Since you don't know where the leak is, don't seal the hole and it will continue to drain future leakage.