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Alright I got it torn down. Rings were stuck in the ring lands in the piston. Running it for a while may have loosened them up but I'm glad I got it all apart to do a real cleaning and all new gaskets on it. Got the head soaking now in the parts washer I'll clean it all up tomorrow, dingle ball...
Surprisingly not bad. Actually dry and looked fine. Not sure if I should yank a piston out or not to check the rings. Starting to feel like I got the army's parts machine.
Okay here's what I found. Injector tips covered in sludge, bird seeds probably from mice in both intake ports filled to the brim. Decided to pull head to clean and found the bowl of the rear piston packed to the top with seeds and dirt. Cleaned all that, wiped out the cylinders, took the head...
I have verified all of that short of doing a compression test. I get fuel spitting out right at the injectors when I cracked the lines. But surprisingly, not much smoke out of the exhaust. I don't think the injectors are of any concern though as they appear to be firing. Other than taking them...
It feels like it has decent compression and I hear it exhausting out the muffler. I pulled the valve covers off yesterday, it's clean up top but I'll drop the head today and see
I recently purchased a 2009 mep802a from govplanet with a trailer for $900. Sold the trailer as I don't need it for $600 and got started on the generator. I found the alternator was missing, fuel bowl, battery cable, and the 3 amp fuse for the voltage regulator were all missing as well. Sourced...