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If everything appears in order (no motor chugging, no gauges reading way off from where they should be, etc) I would suspect you need to get a can of a good deoxidizing spray (I like Deoxit D5) and you need to hit all the switches, contacts, etc in the machine. It requires taking the roof panel...
Are you saying its a bad idea to clamp both + and - jumper ends to the chassis? Won't the electricity find its way to the starter eventually? :ROFLMAO:
Use a heavy set of jumper cables. Drive the rod, and hook up one side of the cables to the rod, and the same color (other side) to the grounding lug of the machine. Its better than nothing at all, and affords you versatility.
You will have one unused wire on the switch. Its a multi-tap, can be configured as a NO or a NC switch depending on how its connected. No issue there.
On cut wires, look at the actual wire sheathing, there should be number info printed on it every couple of inches. That's your key to tracking...
You have one of the handful of retrofitted units that @Dewie38 might be able to help you with. Also @jamawieb has some experience with these retrofitted units.
I have a powerplant box that was a fresh reset/rebuild off an 803A trailer available: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep-802a-and-803a-parts-for-sale.222018/
Should work fine for 003s as well.
I was just going to tag you Ray.
I do have a spare LPW2 here at the moment, the thought does cross my mind to use it in something non genset related. Maybe someday.
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep-802a-and-803a-parts-for-sale.222018/ :)
Did your machine retain the drain assembly that the well nut installs on?
There are internal threads on the body of the cable, that is held in place with the double nuts. It is possible to thread it out of the internal threading, allowing for a freespin condition. The easiest thing to test is to remove the knarp end from the throttle plate on the engine, and remove...
Check the cable, it has a double nut assembly on it to locate in the sheet metal, it can freespin if its loosened up. It can freespin if its failed too, but they aren't a high failure item. I have had to change a few times though.