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    new guy with a mep 005a

    **** looks great Rick. IM in la this weekend but heard it got delivered yesterday as well I am looking forward to getting home and opening the package... If ya get it in before I get home let me know how she runs...
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    new guy with a mep 005a

    Hey Rick have you gotten your IP back yet??? Tomorrow its going to have been a week mine has not arrived yet. Wonder how they shipped them out USPS or UPS. Lee
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    Jerry can repairs

    If you do get access to a welder be very careful welding any sort of fuel container. Typically water is placed inside to fill most of the volume of the container where you are not working. Big explosions can happen just from remaining vapor or fuel in the container. Any way many never even think...
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    Unknown Lights?

    nopics
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    tachometer for gensets

    Thanks ike for the clarification I knew I it was something to do with the gen head. However division by two fixes the math and that's why... Lee
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    tachometer for gensets

    well frequency meter will tach it just fine since the gen head is directly connected to the motor. And you already have a freq meter built in. OR if you need to have a broader range plug your multimeter into the outlet on the front and measure away. All you have to do then is a little math. Hz...
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    MEP005 Questions

    Great post and story Kevin exactly what makes these places useful wish more people would post back their follow up stories. To many just ask for help then do not follow up with what happened and what did or did not work.
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    Mep 004 no power on L1.

    Id open up the main relay (breaker) first and see if you can just clean the contacts and not get it to work. The TM shows a detailed break down of the part, i believe it is the depot level service manual that has the drawing.
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    WW2 US Army Homelite Generating Set

    Was looking at all the pics on smoke stak. Looks great you do know its a 400 hz unit noticed that on the voltage regulator. Sweet little machine though.
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    new guy with a mep 005a

    So Just talked to Badger Diesel today. They told me they are going to need to rebuild the injectors for my set in addition to the pump. They stated that the injectors are sticking and need to be rebuilt. 55 dollars an injector does not seem to bad. Any way shipping it all tomorrow so hopefully...
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    mep-002a hi rpm problem

    Nice glad it was something simple. Always feels good when the problem was easy and does not cost Lots of money to fix. Glad you figured it out :) Bet she runs great now.....
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    mep-002a hi rpm problem

    Possible you did not rebuild the injector pump correctly. Ive heard of pumps being rebuilt and people have a runaway engine, at least until it throws a rod or something from the super high rpm. Id check what uscgmatt said the gov linkage, and the throttle linkage. Otherwise id be suspect of that...
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    Flaky frequency meter?

    yeah my 003a has the same problem. Works sometimes then others it does not. Really not to big an issue I just leave the throttle set at 60 hz and it comes right up to that once it warms up. Alot of guys just buy one of those kill a watt meters and plug it into the service outlet and can check...
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    MEP005 Questions

    Badger Diesel told me that the pump that I sent in had separated governor ring or something like that that was causing the problem in my pump. Most likely you will have to end up rebuilding the pump but hopefully it will start pumping if you play with it long enough. I tore mine down to the...
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    MEP005 Questions

    Rick Mine got their last thursday. I called them yesterday and today no answer just left messages on their answering machine. I have not heard anything from them yet? Have you actually talked to Jeff over there or are you just assuming it will be back pretty soon? Let me know. Lee
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    MEP005 Questions

    Do you see the inspection window on the side of the pump. There are two flat head screws holding it onto the side of the pump. Simply remove those screws pull it off and all the fuel will drain out through this rectangle. Dont lose the gasket or the screws. Lee
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    MEP005 Questions

    Its entirely possible I had one that started working after I got this shut off lever to open up but the other one even after the fuel cutoff lever was working still would not run so I dont know. Any way did you read this thread. On this page I posted a picture of the internal lever that needs to...
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    re-wiring my MEP-004a for different voltages, including single phase

    Okay I just wanted to follow up. I fixed my percent power gauge. You were right sewerzuk it was the the thermal watt converter. I actually had two problems the gauge itself had a broken conductor inside of it so it did not work right and in addition the thermal watt converter was having...
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    New MEP-003 tune up questions

    I would not lose sleep over this. Just dont idle it at low RPM for to long. IF mines all the way In Ill just pull it out half way and crank it over. And adjust to 60hz I think its just bad for it to sit there for minute or more.
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    MEP005 Questions

    Well i would not rebuild your injector pump until you get fuel to it and verify it wont pump fuel. From what it sounds right now you dont even have fuel flow period from the main tank. So of course its not going to run. My fuel pumps did not work either I removed them and hooked them directly...
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