I recently had the honor of winning 2 MEP-003A's with 2.3 & 2.1 hrs on them.
I know what you are thinking, just a repainted piece with a new hobbs, that's what I thought, so I didn't bid on the first 10 that went up on GL back in Nov.
I went to pick up another genset I had won and asked the guy in the yard what the deal was with those clean looking MEP-003's that went up the week before. He said they looked new, and someone had defaulted on 2 of them so I could have a look myself, he said they would be going up again.
I was amazed at what I was looking at, there before me sat 2 New Old Stock Mep-003's. They have 2.3 and 2.1 hours on them. Every single bolt, nut, screw, washer, rivet, and wire is brand new and shinny.
Both gensets are mounted on the original shipping pallets from the factory. Both came with the original form DD2408 ( log card) with the QC stamp from the Army Inspector who did the initial acceptance, signed and dated.
The DD2408's correspond to the times on the hobb's from the date of inspection.
Both came with the longterm storage checklist, filled out and signed.
Both have preservative oil and are tagged as such.
Both have Fuel system drained tags. Tanks are shinny new.
Batteries are dry and have not had initial service.
Even has that new car smell.
As it turns out, there were 10 of these gensets that were in a "WRRSK" kit, most prior service should know what that is. "War Readiness Resupply Kit"
Front line units during the cold war had equipment in duplicate stored in case the balloon went up in Europe and critical items were needed to sustain operations without having go thru normal supply channels.
Anyway, these gensets were purged from the system and here they are,
note the fuel lines and fittings.
I know what you are thinking, just a repainted piece with a new hobbs, that's what I thought, so I didn't bid on the first 10 that went up on GL back in Nov.
I went to pick up another genset I had won and asked the guy in the yard what the deal was with those clean looking MEP-003's that went up the week before. He said they looked new, and someone had defaulted on 2 of them so I could have a look myself, he said they would be going up again.
I was amazed at what I was looking at, there before me sat 2 New Old Stock Mep-003's. They have 2.3 and 2.1 hours on them. Every single bolt, nut, screw, washer, rivet, and wire is brand new and shinny.
Both gensets are mounted on the original shipping pallets from the factory. Both came with the original form DD2408 ( log card) with the QC stamp from the Army Inspector who did the initial acceptance, signed and dated.
The DD2408's correspond to the times on the hobb's from the date of inspection.
Both came with the longterm storage checklist, filled out and signed.
Both have preservative oil and are tagged as such.
Both have Fuel system drained tags. Tanks are shinny new.
Batteries are dry and have not had initial service.
Even has that new car smell.
As it turns out, there were 10 of these gensets that were in a "WRRSK" kit, most prior service should know what that is. "War Readiness Resupply Kit"
Front line units during the cold war had equipment in duplicate stored in case the balloon went up in Europe and critical items were needed to sustain operations without having go thru normal supply channels.
Anyway, these gensets were purged from the system and here they are,
note the fuel lines and fittings.
