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Everything seems to be fixed as I type this. They agreed to ship it in a box, now I'm waiting for them to tell me the size and weight to send them a label. I will say everyone I've personally dealt with has been polite. All but one was very polite, and that one only let out some long sighs, if...
I've talked to a few people from Gov planet, Iron planet, and Ritchie Bros today. They told me to wait for the email to be answered, that I sent them a week ago. When I sent it the email info said it would be answered in 24 to 48 hours. I sent an email question about a different listing I was...
I've called their customer care. They told me they can't do anything, I need to email the warehouse site. Which I have done, sent an email to gov planet website also. Today I got a courtesy reminder that I haven't paid. What I've found interesting about the items they sell is how neglected by...
Do they answer email questions? I have asked 3 times recently but never got a response. I won something and asked about shipping....crickets. My mistake that I assumed the item would be parcel shipped like others sold. Looks like I'll get a black mark, but even tho I bid too much, I'd pay for...
It's been soaking for a couple days, and I can tell it's stuck. Although I can't look down inside the engine, there must be a cam down in there that the roller on the bottom of the pump rides on. I figure the pump should move a half inch or a little more. The portion of the pump that moves with...
Those were exactly my thoughts. If a vehicle was cannibalized there wouldn't likely be a crate to store it in either. It would go straight into the vehicle that needed it. I'm trying to picture a scenario where a good tank is removed and put into a crate that a new tank came out of.....but...
After taking a break from this project, I pulled out the injection pump today. I'm going to soak it in penetrant, and carb cleaner. I can't actuate the pump by hand making me believe it's stuck. My question is should I be able to move it freely by hand? When I took out the 3 nuts holding it down...
Fuel tanks come up occasionally, and sometimes in the crate, and sometimes not, but they look used. I was trying to figure out why a fuel tank would be removed from the vehicle in the 1st place if it was good. I was apprehensive to bid thinking there must be something wrong with it. I can't...
Hello,
I just picked up what looks like the same unit. It is a 2009 PowerSystems unit with the John Deere 3 cyl engine. After adding coolant and oil, and batteries I want to see it run, hope it will. Quite a few hours on it, almost 3K. I'm sure there are do's and don'ts in the starting procedure...
I determined that the spring should open the valve, it's just stuck. There are 2 generators on the trailer. I took the same cover off the other generator engine, and it was stuck too. Pushing as hard as I could with my thumb where the spring would push, this valve popped open, and working it has...
I saw those drawers in the new models, very nice. My old model has tool boxes in cubbies...not very handy. The main tools don't look like mine either. I'm surprised a nice unit like that would be surplus.
Looking at the picture of the trailer....that system looks modern, and really nice. I bet you're happy with that trailer! Mine looks like an antique by comparison.
On my way home with it, a guy at the gas station thought mine was an old generator trailer. I think mine was used, but nothing was...
While the configuration of the trailers, and setup are different, probably the parts used are similar. I would really like to see one in action being used. There are parts of the system that I know I'm missing, but I know I can do without. There is a solvent tray, tank and pump I don't have, but...
By the looks of mine, and the many layers of paint, when they say over 5 years, I would say way over 5 years. That said there are lots of new supplies, and quite a few new pipe bending tools. I'm trying to figure how they are used. Some of these things fit together one way or another. I need...
On the paper stickers it has on it says it's 4910010365784. The metal plates don't have that number stamped and everything else is sun bleached totally. I'm not super confident it has the NSN# it came with. Hopefully it's right. The date on the plate has 12/78 etched by hand.
I believe mine is the old one. It's from 1978. It is on a M116a1 trailer, and it looks like the one in that thread from 2014, but I have only seen a few pictures to compare old, and new. Thanks
In trying to figure out how the IP operates, I pulled off the cover held on with 2 cap screws. Under that there is a spring, that I think should push down on a rod that opens fuel to the IP. When there is no power to the shutoff solenoid it holds the spring from opening the fuel. When I pull the...
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