MEP-803A - New to me, excited to get it going.

In addition to that data plate above, sometimes you may find a data plate from an engine rebuilder with the piston overbore, rod and main undersize engraved or stamped into the plate.
But most of the time if it's a Lister Petter data tag as shown above, those are usually standard sizes, unless noted otherwise.

Ray70 said:

In addition to that data plate above, sometimes you may find a data plate from an engine rebuilder with the piston overbore, rod and main undersize engraved or stamped into the plate.
But most of the time if it's a Lister Petter data tag as shown above, those are usually standard sizes, unless noted otherwise.

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I took a look and did not find a data plate on the engine itself as shown in the photos. There is one that I didn't see that showed up under the oil filter in a picture, I need to look at it more closely to see what it says. I am really tall, and I guess at the angle I was at, I couldn't see it till the corner appeared in a photo.

KD7CAO said:

I took a look and did not find a data plate on the engine itself as shown in the photos. There is one that I didn't see that showed up under the oil filter in a picture, I need to look at it more closely to see what it says. I am really tall, and I guess at the angle I was at, I couldn't see it till the corner appeared in a photo.

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Is your unit a Tier 1 or a Tier 2 reset?

The one under the oil filter is usually the National Security emissions exemption statement. Not having a remanufactured label suggests to me that whatever caused the unit to be sent for reset wasn't something significant to the engine, per the document that @kloppk posted above.

All the best,

2Pbfeet

P.S. @KD7CAO FWIW: I use my phone to get photos of items in awkward locations. Blind point and shoot in my hands usually takes a few iterations.

2Pbfeet said:

Is your unit a Tier 1 or a Tier 2 reset?

The one under the oil filter is usually the National Security exemption statement. Not having a remanufactured label suggests to me that whatever caused the unit to be sent for reset wasn't something significant to the engine, per the document that @kloppk posted above.

All the best,

2Pbfeet

P.S. @KD7CAO FWIW: I use my phone to get photos of items in awkward locations. Blind point and shoot in my hands usually takes a few iterations.

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Oh I do as well all the time. My Samsung has the pen and I can use the button on it as a remote shutter control.

It is Tier 2 and has reman/new engine 2.5 hours.

KD7CAO said:

Oh I do as well all the time. My Samsung has the pen and I can use the button on it as a remote shutter control.

It is Tier 2 and has reman/new engine 2.5 hours.

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That looks like a new engine was put in. Lucky you!

All the best,

2Pbfeet

Just wanted to give you all an update, weather has been crazy here in North Texas and so I have not been able to work on it in the evenings after work. I am currently looking for a used trailer to put the generator on which will make it much more accessible to me than in the bed of the pickup. I've got the manifolds off and started looking at the technical details for pulling the head. Looks like I need to get the water pump and alternator off next. I am starting to wonder who else has been in this engine, some of the bolts so far have not been torqued, very easy to remove. Good for me but makes me question how far into this engine I will need to go.

Tier 2 always gets a remanufactured, at least per the TM spec.

Light in the Dark said:

Tier 2 always gets a remanufactured, at least per the TM spec.

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I agree with you that they usually are remanufactured engines, but the document that @kloppk posted lists remanufactured or new.

All the best,

2Pbfeet