Recent content by KD7CAO

Took the covers off the top last night. What a pain to unglue the sealant on the electrical bays. Just a small amount of leaf litter in the high voltage section. At first my heart sank thinking it was a mouse house, but alas zero signs of rodent mischievousness. I belive it is just fan blown...

I wish. I don't have any trees I can trust either. I'll probably end up yanking it on to my gooseneck trailer till I can acquire a different trailer to dedicate to it. Sure would be nice to find an affordable trailer that was made for these. My wife is already getting suspicious about my great...

No, it spins with some compression. Not as smooth as my 3 cylinder Yanmar on the John Deere. I am very suspicious about a stuck valve at the moment. It seems to be sucking and exhausting through the intake. I have got to figure out how to get this out of my truck and onto the ground. Such a pain...

I noticed that too. Sadly, that is the most common thing I see with people that have no experience with diesel generators, they just don't run them under load. It can cause issues with bearings and rings too. At work we had to have a 1.5MVA rebuilt in place because the one time it needed to run...

It wants to start. I have fuel at the injectors. But nothing coming from exhaust, just partially combusted smoke coming out of the air cleaner box. Smells like my old 7.3L IDI on a cold morning with no glow plugs.

Ah. Sherman is about 40 minutes away on a good day. I am in Aubrey area. How common is a stuck valve? Pulled air cleaner and was getting a little exhaust back and noticed the exhaust felt a little bit like a vacuum.

Seems the fuel solenoid may be intermittent. Sometimes it moves sometimes it does not. Going to top up my batteries and try again.

No I have not verified the fuel stop is moving and no I have not done any filters yet. I may not have the right TM. TM 9-6115-642-10 it says reference a higher level tech, lol.

Using primary user start switch on the front panel. Internal switch on Normal. Inside switch, if I am reading correctly cranks only without start. I assume for troubleshooting purposes.

Greetings: Found an MEP-803A on Facebook Marketplace for a steal of a price, guy claims it doesn't run. Drove a couple hours to Canton to pick it up (have it sitting in the bed of my pickup, my tractor is way too small to lift this thing). Discovered the fan belt was missing, she has 1247...