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First, welcome aboard. Never touched an 831 myself, so I can't be too much help. However, I can tell you the best thing you can do when you get frustrated with these things is to take a break, step back, and then go back to square one. Follow the TM line by line, and don't assume you did...

I really should take it apart again and take some photos...

That was my thought. The index plate lives under that end cap with the 3 nuts. I was sure there was going to be a ring under there. No such luck, and I sure didn't see a groove, or even scratches for a e-clip, c-clip, or push nut. There's room for it, but I didn't see any evidence. When I...

Switch in question: Ok folks... When I was pulling apart the carcass of the 813a, the S6 knob was stuck. Bad. The center screw was no issue, but the knob was not coming off. Obviously the cold wasn't helping. I had a couple screw drivers under it to lift, and rock it a bit when it moved a...

So, just out of curiosity... Where are you finding a Murry 15358? I went through every Murray thermostat on the O'Reilly site, and did not find that number. I did find a 15358 at AutoZone, but not a Murray brand. The only references to Murray having that number I find are here on...

Wait for the power to go out... You'll suddenly have friends you didn't know about.

Weather cooperated with me today... Managed to get the 116 off my tilt bed. Vast majority of the ice storm melted off. I did not have enough time to properly bolt the unit down as I will want to do. So instead, it's chained down so I could move it, and get a tarp over it. The tarp isn't...

I have no doubt you're right. It is an extremely well balanced trailer. I'll have the 802 sitting sideways across the front, so no real worry about tipping it back. At least that's the case until I get the compressor on the back. Plan is to have adjustable landing gear at 3 points so I can...

And just because I hate untidy posts with no conclusion... There's a M116A2 chained down on my tilt bed hauler currently. Former PU of some type. (can't recall the number). Picked it up yesterday. Has the bows/hoops/supports (haven't looked up their nomenclature yet) for a canvas cover, and...

If your batteries are in good shape, the ammeter should only go positive briefly. Once the batts are topped off from the start, it should show 0. Compare the battery voltage running, and not. If it's higher when running, the alternator is putting out juice. I'm sure the other folks here can...

I was kinda curious too... Multiple colors available. https://tracerproducts.com/uv-fluorescent-dye-multi-colored/

I'll add just this as I'm no expert... The TM's really are extremely good. They are however, enough to cure the worlds worst case of insomnia. If you're not used to the way the military wrote manuals, it takes some getting used to. I'm just finally getting comfortable with the 802a manual...

I saw a DRASH unit kinda close for a crazy good price, but naturally when I contacted them, it was gone. It was the style with the tilting deck in the back, which I really didn't care about, but the preinstalled outriggers made it appealing. That's kinda what started me asking as I was simply...

That drone support rig looks tall sitting up over the fenders. Nice to have all that flat deck to work with though. I knew I had seen something like that when I was looking at the first 802 I checked out, which was a trailer mount... I had no idea what the TM number was though...

Thanks.

Ok, good start point. Which one is in your photo? Looks like room on the front for an 802a sideways, and the compressor is a touch more narrow so likely ok on the tail.

I've been wanting to put a trailer under my MEP-802a. It hasn't been an urgent need, so I really didn't pursue it. It still isn't urgent. However, I had the thought that it would be very nice to put the 802 on one end of a trailer, and a vintage pretty heavy, but low power draw air compressor...

Yea, but if they're all captive nuts, you don't get to use all the weird shaped 3/8 wrenches you've collected over the years to access some of the nuts.... And then there's the captive nuts that seize and spin, and you get to break things to get in...

I'll add that I occasionally use starting fluid to clean and dry for the same reasons the contact cleaner works. With the cranky, vintage, gas powered toys I have, I always make sure to have that in quantity... Contact cleaner is around, but usually a can at a time, and I always struggle to...

The bottom you have to screw on, The batteries I just put in there, and dropped the trays on top. The top and sides I simply wired in place with light copper wire so it wouldn't rust off. It doesn't have to be a work of art. I did fold the edges over to make it a little more rigid, and less...