Recent content by jcrockett222

1. Is there a place to buy rebuild kits for the carb. I checked a couple different sites and all I see are carbs themselfs. 2. Ive been looking at the TM and I'm a little confused on the cable wiring, but for now all I want to use on the generator are the 120v recepticle so what settings do I...

I got it a 13/16 impact socket worked just right, regular deep socket was just a little short.

what size spark plug socket for the mep-016a.

thanks thats just the pic that i needed james

Well I got it running and everything runs fine for about 5 min all gauges show good, and then it sputters idle's itself down and then dies. It will start right back up but will not stay running more than a couple of secs. I didn't rebuild the carb think that could be the problem. james

Hello every one I just picked up a mep-016a and been lurking around the site, so I figured I would drop in and say hi. I'm a former marine and been working as LEO since 1990. James.

I need pics of the dials indicated in picture, I can read the first one but I cant see the second one. Ive been looking at pics on the net but not finding what I need. thanks james

Well while reading the manual, I discovered that the generator might work a little better if there were fuse's in it. Both fuse's and caps are missing! Any one know if there is a place near Austin/Houston that whould have them on hand or will I have to order them.

So I cleaned all the lines all the way to the carb, I put the lines back on all the way to the pump. I then cheated a little and left the line open at in side of the pump and pressured the tank unlill the line filled. I tightened the line and then pulled the rope a few times and it started...

Here are a couple of pics. was having some problems loading in first post. james

Well this is my first, i call it treasure wife says junk! I picked this up yesterday, been sitting out in the weather at an auction since rita. So i get it to the house and drain the gas and start working on getting fire, file the points and checking for fire at each pulg wire. I get to the...