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Old radio trick....might work... take a pencil eraser and clean radio and hand set contacts....we always had to do this .....

thank you for your reply....i did a run test without load its same all is working...also found a dirt dobber mud nest built around one diode.....two were bad out of three........

mep017a 30 hrs when i bought at gsa auction....track down two blowed diodes on exciter.....could someone tell me why and what would cause failure.......before i test gen, larry in alabama

2ao42 floats are copper the floats are copper on the 2ao42 eng. for the mep017.....gen larry in alabama

Make sure your fuel tank vent is open or not cloged...trash unger needle value ..or float or neddle value stuck....float out of ajustment...

Mep017 carbs Army surplus warehouse has eng. 2a042 mep017 nos carbs for $19.00 and $5.00 shipping ...no rebul. Kits available....best to replace when carb .. Go bad. Larry in alabama

my mep003 and mep017 are operational thanks to your past posts Larry in Alabama

in the TM-14 page 4-44 is the operations of the relays they work together in junctions with each other closing and opening circuits heres a small sample... 1,,,,,,,,k1 starts Eng. 2........k2 stop Eng. 3........k3 energized charger rectifier 4........k4 energized threw...

i just found it in the -14 thank you larry in alabama

i cant find what the k2 and k3 relay controls on panel A in the manual . could someone fell me..i think k1 start and run battery charger .......k4 oil pressre guage .......k2 ? .......k3 ? i had to swap k4 to k1 to keep engine running in nomal mode ..thanks to the past posts still...

thank you on the fuel lines info mep017 1.replaced carb. fuel pump .fuel lines.cleaned fuel filter screen..clean plugs and gap...eng. runs good.. 2 replaced battery VR.. 3...flash fields 4...had voltage out put but lost it 5..pulled main gen.VR old style found to bad diode cr9 and...

hello i am a military vehicle collector...i have recently bought at auction two gens a mep017 and mep003 i have the manuals....but i will need help with gen.problems questions 1 all fuel hoses need replacement......will upbraided auto fuel line work just as good 2 on the mep017 with a...

no output voltage hand volt meter plug into power aux outlet 12v car batty, jump to wire 5 f and to other battery post to wire 6f power came from 0 v to 10.5 v ac with a bad vr .what else does this reading show are the fields working.OK... does it only generate as much voltage as applyed to...

mep017 and mep003a bought a mep017a GSA sales auction ..$195..193 total hrs 130 hrs gov. rebuild..replace carb, fuel pump. fuel lines,,eng. runs good ..cyl pressure check 125 psi...it had a 12 volt battery mounted not the 24 v kind......downside battery vr diodes bad..reg. on order......had...

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