Recent content by tmoody

Hello all, last week I took the generator to someone who knows how to work on them and left it. It will be several months to go get it due to the distance but I will let you guys know the result. You tried to help and I appreciate that, this issue is above my abilities but I can pay someone...

I do have the old style starter, the linkage disengaged as it was supposed to. After it was running, I turned the switch to start again, the linkage didn’t move. Apparently that part is working as it should. Glad we were able to mark that off the list. Thank you for the Pro tip.

Ray70, Very good instruction! I have not ran across this in the manual, yet….. I printed your notes, will check it out & add to my tech book. Awesome info, thx.

Ray70, Thank you for the clarification, I got the repair manual out last night to study it. I looked this morning & see the cover you mentioned (Tiny Pic attached). I have not noticed this before but I’m on it now!! Makes perfect sense that could cause something to burn out. It will take a...

I believe it is Jim, in the weeks leading up to the issue all was working well with cranking/shutting down. Physically, the switch feels good like it is supposed to; not to say something could be going on electronically in the switch. I have a good fried that is very experienced in electrical...

So noted cstumpf750, thx

Did you get your unit running by changing the 2 Diodes on A1 Assembly? My original rectifier burn up, bought new Klopp Version, it made power a few seconds & burned up the resistor on the new board. Looking for any updates. Thanks

Yes sir, after posting I found a different Thread describing the exact scenario I described. “Rectifier Board Burn Up”. I will investigate what is laid out & see if that works for me. I read all “MEP003 threads Not making power” & nothing I saw was related to my scenario. Additionally, I saw...

Hello, Anyone left on this site? Been a long time since anyone posted. I have a MEP003 issue similar to what’s going on here (I have read much). I was hoping someone had experienced whats described below & recognize the exact scenario. I see a lot of info on what to test, I virtually have zero...