Recent content by 2Pbfeet

If it were me, I would nudge your starter wires just a bit to free up the cooling slots on the generator head, as the other side on this model tends to be fairly occluded. All the best, 2Pbfeet

Congratulations on the buy. It looks to be in nice shape. Judging by the residue in the fuel filter, you might want to clean the fuel tank, and then fill the new filter with a dose of SeaFoam. Yes, priming is key with this engine, the high pressure side especially. In general though, I think...

The 0-100V spec makes sense now. Thanks! All the best, 2Pbfeet

@peapvp That seems like a nice find! Congratulations. 0-100V seems like quite the range though, but it does take so little to keep an RTC going. All the best, 2Pbfeet

That does look convincing similar for negative input/positive ground, though I wonder a bit at the diagram in both places of a multi-cell battery for a 1.5V input. Learn something new every day! Thanks. All the best, 2Pbfeet

You are welcome. The learning curve at the beginning is often steep. No, I did not find it in the manual, for as @Guyfang pointed out above, the part called out there is for the entire assembly, but in general that part number and description would give you a starting point for a search, if you...

Part number 11675004 NSN 5340-01-059-0114 aka "Slave Cap Assembly" I believe. Available from many sources, you can try searching for "nato 1 pin slave receptacle cap" e.g. https://www.eriksmilitarysurplus.com/naslrecowrec.html All the best, 2Pbfeet

😯 Wow. A positively grounded battery on a modern piece of electronics seems unusual to the point where I would be wondering about a documentation error. It would certainly have me being extremely careful. If you probe the (-) point when the controller is powered up is there a voltage? I...

That is the data plate for the engine. How useful it is might be a different item. What parts are you ordering? There's ordering MEP-803A parts, there are Onan specific parts, there are Lister Petter (LPW4) model parts, and of course generic parts. The most specific is always going to be...

As @Ray70 points out I would suspect that there is something amiss with the camshaft, probably its gear. To me, the "rocker arms they seemed to be 90 degrees off" and "...there are spots when rotating the engine where it gets tight like we have interference..." are consistent, and both point to...

Nice job! Way nicer than my version. We live with fire risk most of the year, and I realize that the Jersey shore is usually wetter, but, that lower heater runs a risk of baking the ground in front of it. If it were me, I'd make sure to have it on concrete, or with the louvers pointing up. I...

@peapvp great eyes on the wire. To me, that frayed wire looks as if it is almost burned in the photo.

I understand the challenges of not having enough time, and at some point the whole "time is money" devil raises its head. Only you know what you are up for. Running the machine at slightly reduced output power may fix the compression/carbon issues, but I don't see how it would help low oil...

Seems like a very intact and generally clean unit to me. If it were me, I wouldn't be cranking to start without the fuse mod installed. Unknown history and all that. I would not be surprised is it spits some smoke and carbon as you start to load it up, as it seems as if there is a bit of black...

Do you have the manual? Have you tried the included flow chart for troubleshooting? How old is this genset? I'm not finding any reference to that model number on the PowerTech site. Did you call Powertech to ask for advice? A few photos might help, particularly of the voltage regulator and the...