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I went back and re-verified my exciter field wiring resistance and if I am reading it correct, TM-34 Chap 8 pg 4 para f, says the resistance should be 36 ohms, I am reading 35ohms. I have not checked it to ground so I will try that this afternoon. Everything is leading me to the VR but I am just...

When you say field wiring are you talking about the exciter field? I pulled J12 connector and checked a couple of days ago and had 35ohms. I plan on having the whole VR gone thru next week, I may end up getting one from Triple Jim anyways! I keep everyone updated once I get the VR back.

I have been talking with Triple Jim, I PMd him after reading another thread because I didn't want to hijack the thread. I am going to pull the VR tomorrow but it will be next week before I get it looked at. I can use all the help I can get. Thanks

Thanks for the info, I looked at the volt adj resistor it is a sealed unit but I verified operation with a multimeter and it doesn't have any dead spots on it. Resistance varies from all the way from one end to the other. I also verified CT1 and CVT1 resistance checks per TM -34. I think I have...

I have a MEP-003a that stopped making power last week. Following the Tech manual and help from Triple Jim determined I had a faulty voltage regulator. Bench troubleshooting revealed faulty Q3, Q1 and Q2 had different signatures using a Huntron tracker, so replaced all three transistors...

Mine smelled like paint thinner as well, on the paperwork mine was sitting for about 18 months from the last test data. So I was surprised the tank smelled like it did. I flushed it with clean diesel and everything was fine.

Thanks, I didn't know that, I thought I did but now I am wondering if I need run the glow plugs longer or if I may have one going bad! Thanks Again

Just an update - Got the fuel tank cleaned out real good, flushed it with a couple of gallons of clean diesel fuel twice. I put a couple of batteries I had in my garage (not thinking they were very strong but strong enough to run the fuel pump), flushed the fuel system, then decided to see if it...

ALL, Thanks for the help, I currently have the fuel strainer in a parts cleaner (wasn't too bad) and am trying to get the fuel take pulled this evening. From what I have seen inside the tank isn't rusty yet but it does have some corrosion starting. There is approx. 1/2 inch of what was...

Hello, I just picked up a MEP-003A from Gov liquidations yesterday. It says it has 8 hours on it, and the paperwork says it was overhauled in 2014 and tested and appears to be sitting in a warehouse since. I still need to pick up batteries and oil but I opened the fuel tank and it looked...