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    Has anyone piped the exhaust on an 802 831 or 803 into a water drum?

    For noise I would start by removing the little chain that holds the oil fill and the D rings on the skid. There are a few unnecessary things that make noise. I also removed my mesh shield by the rad overflow. It was flipping a bit.
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    Mep002 blows out oil fill

    Me and you both. Pull a 3in dip stick on any engine while it's running and your going to get some splashing. Even my 200hr 802 will splash oil. Put the stick back in.
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    How do "lift" your 1200 lbs MEP803 without a forklift??

    Just drag it..they dont call them skid mounted for no reason. This is how mine landed where it is now and I have a tractor with a loader
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    MEP-803 - Load testing not successful

    Go through the IP clocking process. By turning them your giving more/less fuel to that cylinder. Also since you have two new ones you can switch them between cylinders and measure the temp. Personally even if I found one bad IP I would replace all of them. They have all had the same fuel...
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    WIX oil filter troubles

    I'm not sure what filters your useing for an 003a but in any of the oil filter cut open videos the orange can fram are bottom of the barrel. You have to double the price of the orange can fram to get a decent fram filter. Basically there top of the line filter. Air and fuel filters how ever I...
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    Best way to clean an 002/003 fuel tank

    I like useing chain to clean the bigger stuff out of fuel tanks. This way you know it's all out. For the smaller rust I have used electrolysis very successfully. A generator I did this to last year is still running at our property.
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    WIX oil filter troubles

    Baldwin, hastings. Champion or fiberfiner. All made in the USA. Most cost less than when I check the price on wix years ago
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    WIX oil filter troubles

    I stopped buying napa/wix filters. I have had this issue with other oil filters. They dont cross over correctly. And there not of super high quality enough to make it worth messing them them.
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    3-wire connection bonded?

    breaker and wire gauge dosnt matter if your trying to power your house with a 3 wire 240v plug. You have no neutral! This means you can not provide 120v to the pannel. By doing this you may be putting 120v out to both prongs on a 120v outlet, this is very bad. If you use the 3rd wire for a...
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    Need help with MEP-831A blowing black smoke on startup

    Black smoke is usualy to much fuel if it's not wet stacked. If it only blows smoke right at start up you should have an injector that is stuck open a bit or needs to be adjusted.
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    Gone

    My vote is for the injection pumps not clocked right or the fuel rack jammed up.
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    MEP-803a IEC Receptacle - Stupid or GTG?

    Since you want to power so many different things why not just get an external rated breaker box and run short or long pigtails that you can put what every plug, breaker and wire combo you want on. Hard wire the generator to its breaker pannel and keep a ground rod with it.
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    Mep-803a high idle

    Dosnt the oil fill go directly to the pan? Time to start maginet fishing and waiting on a new set of injection pumps. I wouldnt reuse those pumps. Save the good one for a spare.
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    Mep-803a high idle

    Injection pumps bolts found loose, black smoke when running and wont shut off right away...you have to much fuel because someone clocked the injection pumps wrong. I cant remember how to find tune them but I'm sure the TM will tell you. Its a simple adjustment and nothing to worry about.
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    Fuel leak on MEP 803a

    It's not a bad design. The rubber degrades faster than the cloth covering. Your leak is most likely at the bend because hard rubber that's bent leaks first. I would replace all the return lines as soon as the generator isnt needed. Usually this requires removing the top lid and the cover by...
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    Algae in Generator Fuel

    Light how did you store the fuel prior to putting it in the generator? I have read that algee grows in presence of moisture. It can be as small as condensation forming on the inside of a half filled fuel jug..or a half filled generator fuel tank.
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    mep-802a engine oil leak

    Scratch that one above. Heres a genuine cummins brand one in the box. https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-MILITARY-MEP-802A-GENERATOR-ENGINE-GASKET-KIT-CUMMINS-ONAN-LISTER-LPW2-DN2M/222801580423?epid=5013352721&hash=item33e0025187:g:B2QAAOSwRTVaYOoq
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    mep-802a engine oil leak

    It dosnt really matter if theres a common oil leak area because you would still need to clean it and run the engine to see where your specific engine is leaking. I believe ebay has a whole gasket kit for less than $200...
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    Mep-803a motor locking up at 0 and 180deg

    Are you trying to turn it over with the injectors in or out?
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    MEP-802A Busted Connecting Rod End

    Time to pull the engine appart to further for investigation. You cant make a decision yet because you dont know how bad the other piston and crank is. I would expect the crank to need some machining at the very minimum.
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