Recent content by boltbucket

Isaac1, have not had time to work on the generator yet but I will clean the connections as soon as I get a chance. Truck1 thanks, the guy I bought it from told me you don't have to run it wide open. After reading your post and watching this youtube video it is starting to makes sense how to get...

Thanks for the info. Guess the limited availability of these plugs is what makes them so high. Found one on ebay for $180 ouch! Think I'll just keep pull starting the old D till I get it running right.

I know nothing about the 24v NATO slave plug used for electric starting the MEP-016* generators. There is a lot of different plugs on the internet called NATO slave plug. What does it look like? How hard would it be to make a plug that could be mounted on the end of a set of battery cables? Has...

Looking for info on my military MEP-016D generator and found this great site.

I have never seen an out-put lug cover for one of these so I will look for one, thanks. Last night I read the 002-003 wiki page where it says the tan generator's engines and alternators can have premature wear from desert dust. The hour meter on this one reads 3.5 hours, hope that is not the...

This one is tan. wiring looks well done just dirty. It's about to start raining here so could not do any testing, just took pictures.

Thanks for the Info. I found the TM for the MEP-016A online. I'll ground the unit and see what it shows and post some pictures. An operation and maintenance video for them would be a great help. Youtube has lots of how to videos for the larger MEP generators but the few vids I have found for the...

I'm new to the MEP owners club as I just got a MEP-016D. Generator tag says made 10-77. Re engine tag reads 01-03. Have not had time to do much with it but using a volt meter it shows around 320 volts on the plugins no matter if the inside switch set on 120 or 240 with out the unit being...