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The heaters work fine and it was 60 yesterday. I will try draining fluids again and replacing filters and see what that does. Does anyone know the civilian equivalent fuel and oil filters for the 803a. I've had no luck looking them up.

When I cranked it with the dead crank switch there was no black smoke.

I'm not sure it's ever going to start, but my run away plan is: I unhooked the connection from the air filter to the intake and I have a small board to cover the intake cutting off all air.

Never did get the injection pumps out, but fuel started flowing. Maybe the rack was stuck? Anyway, all I get now is lots of black smoke - it won't start and I'm out of ideas. Guess I need to do a compression check?

Today I attempted to pull the injection pumps out. They refuse to come out. Anyone have any ideas on what's holding them in? I followed the TM but it's a no go.

I'm wondering how much fuel should be coming through an injection pump with the engine turning over and selenoid open. There is just a trickle of fuel when I do this. Should there be more?

The selenoid is pulling the shutoff lever. It moves freely. The speed control is open all the way also. I'll be pulling injection pumps today if time (and temp) allow.

I think the 80Xs are designed better. I'm not sure if that makes them better though. My 1989 003 started in 10 seconds the first time I tried it. My 2009 803 has refused to start weeks (and many hours of work) later. So better to me, is not necessarily the newer, most high tech unit with the...

As soon as I get some time I'll pull the injection pumps and see if that's it. I'll report back. Still wondering if anyone recognizes that part in my last post.

Here's an update on my progress. Or lack of it. Still a no go. I don't think its getting fuel. When I loosened the injector fuel pipes at the fuel injection pumps and cranked the engine nothing happened. I checked the filters - they seem fine and fuel flows past them. I also found this...

Still wont start The generator is a 2009 with 1 hour on it. Fuel is flowing and returning to the tank. It has two brand new batteries in it. sounds like its almost firing up but it doesnt

The glow plugs are heating, fuels pumping, but no fire. I'll try again tomorrow and if I can't get it to start I'll take a short video so people can see what's happening

I still can't get it to start. I'm getting white puffs of smoke when trying to start, but it won't fire at all. I'm frustrated....

That's why I bought three! :clinto:

What do you mean abandoned? I guess I'm glad I passed on those units.

The more I look into this problem, the more I'm concerned this unit is suffering from a problem 802s and 803s can have. It's been covered here before, but the problem is with the A1 bridge rectifier circuit. During engine start up, voltages can peak at over 400 VAC across the quad winding...

Thanks to peapvp I was able to locate the terminal studs. I got the diode and wired it up temporarily. The electronics work but I became very worried because it would not turn over. I tried to turn it at the flywheel and nothing! I was crushed and couldn't imagine how an engine from 2009...

I feel less "crazy" when I hear how these MEPs are helping you guys. I have my 003a hooked up to the house ready to go, but we didn't lose power - although I did get the 18 inches of snow here in Northern Virginia. My wife thinks I totally went off the deep end so I kind of need the power to...

I found the part in the manual. It's a diode just like the one above the loose wires. It's a 1n5406 diode - easy enough to get. Unfortunately the terminal studs that it mounts to are missing and they aren't so easy to get. I'm sure I can come up with an alternative mounting method. I hope...

I finally had a chance to start going through my 803a today. When I opened it up, I found a couple wires disconnected from where it looked like a resistor or something was supposed to be. I'm looking through the manuals to try and figure it out, but I thought someone smarter than me may know...