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I know there has been talk in numerous threads about runtime in various amounts of overloading of the MEP-002/003 generators, but after some searches using the site's search and google with the site:steelsoldiers.com string, I can't seem to find it. I used keywords like mep-003, overload...

I need to pull the fuel tank on a MEP-016B to clean all the gunk out of it. The TMs say to pull the frame off the skid, which involves pulling all the various bits bolted to the frame then removing the frame. Looking at it, I think I can unbolt a minimum number of things that are attached to the...

How do you test whether the battery charge regulator is good on a MEP-016B set? The TMs say to check the voltage on the batteries while running, if it's less than 28V, replace the regulator. I also found a test to see if the stator coils are burned out in a different section of the manual. I...

My Deuce has a plastic battery box. I've read on the forum that Group 31 batteries fit fine in the metal battery box, but not in the plastic one. This is true, they won't from what I've seen. I also have a tmamerica 12V alternator setup on my deuce, so I need a separate 12V battery. A friend of...

In 2 weeks I will be bodyworking and painting my 1988 Suburban. Trick is, I've never painted or bodyworked a vehicle before and unfortunately I have to start with this behemoth. It's developing some pretty good surface rust and has a through and through rust hole in the drivers door jamb. So...

I have the drum/jerry can adapter for my MEP but I don't have the pickup tube that goes in the container to draw the fuel. I know it's supposed to be a 2 piece affair so that it can work with both jerry cans and 55 gallon drums, but I don't know the length. I know I can measure it for myself...

Hopefully sometime this week I will be installing my newly purchased injector and injector pump on my MEP-003. I've looked in the TMs for what the torque of the bolts should be that hold the injector to the head with no luck. It just says to "install" the injector. What should I be torquing the...

It's been a long time I've been on-and-off troubleshooting why the 003 I bought from GL doesn't run and I've never seen run. A friend of mine and I have gone through the troubleshooting in the TMs and think we have come up with a solution as to why it doesn't run. We checked the air system and...

I used TM America's brackets to do the dual alternator setup with the delco alternators. The install went reasonably well and the 12 volt alternator is doing great. The 24 volt alternator....not so much. It seems to give me a couple issues. First issue is when I first start up the truck, the...

I'm trying to find out what the NSN is for the -12 and -34 TMs for the MEP-003 genset are. I looked in the -12 and -24P and neither listed the manual. Thanks!

How important are the copper o-rings that seal the glowplugs to the head? Will it work fine without them, work but have some leakage, or cause catastrophic damage? I think I'm short at least a couple, and I have been unsucessful in locating some more so far. Is there a civvy part that will work...

A few months ago, I realized my alternator on the deuce wasn't charging. Knowing how little the deuce relies on power, I just drove it off the batteries charging them up every couple drives. No big deal. A couple days I finally took it off the truck and opened up to find the main wire that goes...

This past weekend I tried resurrecting my MEP-003 I got from GL. We were able to free up the injector pump last week, so we decided to put it back on and crank up the genset. Keep in mind I have never seen or heard this generator run. From the injector shims I acquired through 2 different...

What would be a good way to clean rust off the flywheel of a MEP-003 genset without disassembling the generator from the engine? I'm having trouble seeing the timing marks on the flywheel to retime the set when I put the injection pump back on. About the only way I can think to do it would to...

I took the injector pump off my MEP-003 to find the IP locked up. When I took the IP off, I also found the shims between the IP and block are pretty rusted and chunks of the front shim are gone. I know these shims set the gear mesh and stay with the block, but I'm in need of new ones. Who can I...

I'm trying to pull the IP off my MEP-003 to check the IP out, but I can't figure out how the throttle linkage gets disconnected to pull the IP. The TM just says "disconnect the throttle lnkage", but doesn't say how. I've tried lightly prying the ball joint off and that didn't work. Any tips on...

I'm working on getting my MEP-003 genset running. It has not run since I got it from GL and was missing an injector line, and various other lines were disconnected. It also looks like the IP was pulled at some point. Anyways, I decided to try to turn the motor over by hand with the blower...

This seems like a stupid question, but I'm gonna ask it anyhow. I know where the master cylinder is on the M105 trailer, but my question is how am I expected to fill it? On mine, the master cylinder is only maybe 3-4 inches off the bottom of the bed, hardly enough to get a bottle up to and have...

I was browsing the superbrightleds.com website for some lamps, and stumbled across these 24V strip LED lights: Model LBFA LuxBar series 24VDC Linear Light Fixtures Specifications . They make them in lengths ranging from 2 inches to 47 inches. Since they're 24V, it's a straight wiring install...

Thursday I'm going to be recovering my first M105, and from what I've read, to tow safely with a civy vehicle, the safety chains have to be extended. What size chain and roughly how long do the safety chains need to be? I was going to pick up around 3 feet of 3/8" chain and screw links, but I...