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Well, as mentioned in a previous thread where I asked a couple random questions, I’m the proud owner of a Cummins Power Generation MEP-1040. Figured I’d start a new thread to document my journey with this unit for everyone’s viewing pleasure.
The unit was purchased off the ole Gov site where you do that sort of thing. I put in a random pre-bid then forgot about it. Long story short, since it was stabbed with a fork lift and slightly smashed in the front, she went for less than what I was anticipating and I was the “lucky” one who ended up with it.
A quick 5 hour drive down to Albany, Ga and she was in my possession. They were happy to shove it right in the back of my truck and off I went. Nervous at first, but the soothing sound of I-16 under my wheels calmed my nerves a bit.
Got it home and unloaded it. Of course the batteries were toast. A week of slowly trying to bring them back to life was for nothing. Apparently there’s a great 51R famine going on as no one in the tri-county area has one, much less two on the shelf. I’ve ordered two from Napa so hopefully they’ll arrive soon.
While I wait I figured I’d go ahead and replace the fluids and such. I was kinda bored so instead of buying a nipple and elbow to screw into the oil drain I mitered a piece of pipe and welded up my own 90. Pic attached. Refilled her with Deere break in plus oil and flushed the coolant system out and refilled it wirh red HD diesel truck ELC.
While I’m waiting on the new batteries I temporarily hooked up two bigger truck batteries and sat them beside the unit. After making sure all the fluids were topped off, I turned her on and she instantly fired up! I Only ran it for a few minutes as I want to get a load bank set up so I can see what she really does. I did check voltages across all the lugs and it’s producing the correct voltage, so that’s a plus.
Stay tuned for more installments, and feel free to chime in with any suggestions or criticisms!
The unit was purchased off the ole Gov site where you do that sort of thing. I put in a random pre-bid then forgot about it. Long story short, since it was stabbed with a fork lift and slightly smashed in the front, she went for less than what I was anticipating and I was the “lucky” one who ended up with it.
A quick 5 hour drive down to Albany, Ga and she was in my possession. They were happy to shove it right in the back of my truck and off I went. Nervous at first, but the soothing sound of I-16 under my wheels calmed my nerves a bit.
Got it home and unloaded it. Of course the batteries were toast. A week of slowly trying to bring them back to life was for nothing. Apparently there’s a great 51R famine going on as no one in the tri-county area has one, much less two on the shelf. I’ve ordered two from Napa so hopefully they’ll arrive soon.
While I wait I figured I’d go ahead and replace the fluids and such. I was kinda bored so instead of buying a nipple and elbow to screw into the oil drain I mitered a piece of pipe and welded up my own 90. Pic attached. Refilled her with Deere break in plus oil and flushed the coolant system out and refilled it wirh red HD diesel truck ELC.
While I’m waiting on the new batteries I temporarily hooked up two bigger truck batteries and sat them beside the unit. After making sure all the fluids were topped off, I turned her on and she instantly fired up! I Only ran it for a few minutes as I want to get a load bank set up so I can see what she really does. I did check voltages across all the lugs and it’s producing the correct voltage, so that’s a plus.
Stay tuned for more installments, and feel free to chime in with any suggestions or criticisms!
