1 for 4 - out of the auction.
One: MEP-002A - I don't know how long it has been sitting, but basically had varnish in the tank and lines. No oil, batteries, or filters. 546 hours. Lots of gunk in the tank - which I made the mistake of cleaning. Tank immediately started to leak. New tank. Replaced a leaking fuel line to the injector pump, new filters, added oil and batteries - started right up. Since then, I've had to replace the glow plugs and throttle cable. Need to load test it - RPM's tend to drop under heavy load.
Two: MEP-701A - Looked very good in the pictures. No battery or oil. 390 hours. Detail inspection showed that the injector pump and bolts had been messed with, as well as a broken fuel line. Fixed the fuel line, jumped with the slave cable (after insulting the positive battery clamp). No start. No fuel to injector. No fuel FROM injector pump. Injector pump bad - nor have I been able to remove the pump to inspect it as per the -34, it just won't come out seems that it's catching on something solid - metal on metal clunk when you try and pull it out.. Any tips or tricks? Thinking about parting this one out.
Three: MEP-018B. Mid-400's for hours. No battery or oil. Sludge in the fuel tank, varnish in the lines and filter. cleaned tank, jumped from slave cable - wouldn't start. Checked the throttle linkage for sticking - and it was. Noticed the solenoid was unplugged. Manually pulled the cutoff solenoid back and it started with a little black smoke - before the circuit breaker on the front panel popped. Cutoff solenoid was _very_ hot. Turns out the solenoid was pulling too much current and they probably disconnected it. Disconnected the solenoid and runs without blowing the breaker. Checked the front outlet - 180VAC. I'm guessing it needs a regulator.
Four: MEP-701A. MId-400 hours. With 4AH battery and oil - but it had been left powered on. Battery so flat that it only came back to about 5VDC after being disconnected for a couple days. Currently on the 24V conditioner/charger - but I had to "jump" with a couple 12V batteries in series/parallel to get the voltage up enough for my conditioner to take over the charging. Jumped the genny with the slave cable (best $65 I've every spent!) and it starts/runs and holds voltage! Managed to load up it up to about 75% with a big compressor and work lights.
Currently working to move the control panel and ASK kit from the genny with the bad injector pump to the working MEP-016B with the bad voltage regulator. Once that is done, I'll have a MEP-016B to part out - less voltage regulator and a stuck injector pump.