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The pro who did my exhaust install recommended them. I'll give them a shot if nobody can recommend something that is tried and proven. Thanks.

My MEP-802a is now installed on my smooth garage floor and exhausted out the wall (please see my other thread if you want to tell me what a bad idea this is). My concrete floor is smooth so it is walking around a little and tries to walk quite a bit on shutdown. I'm sure the oil and...

My inverter only accepts a 240v feed so I use the 120/240v setting.

Thanks for the info. I did the calculation and you are correct that I can use a 30a receptacle with my 43' run. Calculator said 10a copper wire. I'll probably use 6ga SOOW and mount one of those boxes on the genset that has the a 50a, 30a and 20a receptacles. On the off chance that I need...

So I had a pro install my MEP-802a in my garage and exhaust out the garage through a thimble. I need to complete the wiring to my solar inverter. He suggested a 50a female twistlock installed in the knockout area on control panel right side of the genset. Can I get this at Lowes or Home...

I have a Branson 40hp diesel tractor. What advice can you give me so it doesn't catch fire like your skidsteer or my genset?

Crap! It's been on it for about three months. Thanks for the heads up. I did hose it off but not a real thorough scrubbing. It's stored inside.

Not sure. But mine with 15 hours on a reset started right up and ran perfectly. I then drained the fluids and fuel and added fresh fuel and it wouldn't make full power. I assumed it was wet stacked. Well a lot of trying to get it to run properly it caught fire and almost burned up my truck...

I used the military tech manual. Any idea why there are two "T" marks on the flywheel?

The service manual says that the engine is at TDC when the T mark on the flywheel lines up with the V mark on the head. Problem is the flywheel has two T marks. Does it matter which one? I've already adjusted the valves and put it back together so I can't measure the clearance at each mark...

When I took the fuel injector apart yesterday and sprayed carb cleaner into the nozzle I was only getting two spray streams out of the nozzle. Looking at the Yanmar L70 service manual closer it says: "the spray should be at the same angle (from all four injection ports) the spray should be...

S1 is the master switch on the operating panel. Put it in the prime and run position (2:00 on the dial). The main fuel pump will be activated and fuel will run to the injectors and then back to the tank through the return lines. This is a good time to check for leaks. Crack the fuel line...

I put what's left of the muffler on and fired it up. Good news is it still makes power and the rear fan works. Bad news is it still has white smoke at idle and overloads and blows black smoke. However it makes more power as it doesn't overload until 3kw now. I'll get it compression tested...

Guyfang doesn't loose exhaust lash keep the exhaust valve closed longer? I thought tight exhaust valves cause excessive heat. I'm trying to figure out why my genset caught fire. Maybe it's as simple as it was running overloaded because of crazy loose valve lash and I had it set to full...

Do you think running it with the valves that loose could damage the engine?I'm researching trying to figure out how loose intake and exhaust valves could have caused the exhaust blanket to catch fire.

Checked the valves. They were crazy loose. Spec is .10mm - .15mm My exhaust took up to a .356mm feeler and intake up to .330mm feeler I ran this engine for approx 2.5 to 3hrs like this. No telling how long the military did it. The hour meter has 17.5 showing on the new engine. A lot of...

So I drilled a bunch of holes in the exhaust today to see what the insides looked like (removing the exhaust is a chore). No signs of any residue or wetstacking. The exhaust valve and exhaust port has heavy carbon buildup. The fire did not start inside the exhaust. It was the exhaust wrapper...

If I start it up without a muffler and it runs fine with a full load can I conclude I just had a restricted muffler? I don't want to dump a bunch of money into this. I have a new muffler on the way but if the motor is bad I will probably just part it out. Nothing was damaged but the muffler...

I picked up an 831a the other day. It had a major reset in'09 with a new engine. Has 15 hours. Initially it was making full power but was smoking at load more than I would like. Every once in a while it would pop and blow stuff out of the muffler. Like a dumb ass I kept running it. It...

Make sure you fuel pump is pumping fuel. Just bought an 803a and the fuel pump was making noise but wasn't pumping any fuel. I swapped it out with the aux fuel pump and it fired right up. The aux pump is behind the side cover where the fuel fill is.