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Don't make more work for yourself than you have to. If pulling the stop breaker was the last thing you did before it failed to start, then look for a problem with the stop breaker. If it checks out with a meter, then move on.

A battery disconnect is easy: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/auxiliary-equipment/91430-how-have-you-civilized-your-mep-generators-3.html

It you haven't load tested them for several hours, they could need just about anything. I wouldn't ship them to a remote site and expect to rely on them without a thorough going over and some run time.

I added a little to the oil section recommendation of the FAQ. After spending extra to buy oil labelled for diesel service, I read the label on some automotive oil I got from Walmart and found it met multiple standards for use in Diesels. I wanted to pass this information along, since it...

Will, If the starter sometimes grinds immediately instead of cranking the engine, I'd think the problem would likely be the Bendix drive in the starter. They don't usually do that very many times before they quit altogether. It's not hard to change those in the direct drive starters. I don't...

Ok, true. I will add that unless WILLYSOVERLAND fully understands all the ramifications of using the transformer, he should get help from a qualified electrician or similar, should he choose to go that route. :)

As stated, a transformer is the only way to get something good enough to do what is needed. When wired for 480 phase to phase, the 277 comes from neutral to one phase, not two phases. In this link...

480 phase to phase would give you 277 neutral to one phase. It sounds like the only solution is to get a transformer and have 120/208 from that, or 240 without 120 if that's needed.

Here's a good previous thread: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/auxiliary-equipment/82705-mep-003a-aux-fuel-hose-adapter.html

Exeltech makes top quality true sine wave inverters. I have several, and they're industrial quality and well protected against overload. I see 24VDC versions on eBay regularly, for a lot less than the new price. Most are in the XP series that goes up to a 2000W unit. I don't know if you need...

On the other hand, it might charge a truck's battery in a few minutes (1/2 hour or so?) enough to get it to start.

I had no idea about the discount, thanks. Caswell's phenolic epoxy sealer is definitely good stuff. Earlier today I posted about the guys on the Kawasaki triples boards using it on 40 year old tanks with excellent results compared to the alternative sealers.

Caswell's phenolic epoxy tank liner may be the best one to use if you need a liner. They call it "Phenol Novolac". The guys on the Kawasaki triples forums have used about all the liners available on the 40 year old tanks, and Caswell's seems to be the most resistant to modern oddball fuels...

I've heard many people say many good things about Evaporust. Electrolysis is also highly touted.

I've been welding a long time, both with transformer machines and inverter machines, and I never noticed any transient spike when starting an arc. Back when we used a lot of incandescent lighting, you'd think a current spike would dim the lights momentarily, like starting a big motor used to...

Unlike the Dynasty, that Lincoln is a transformer machine, and draws more current than the inverter type Dynasty. At full output, Lincoln says it draws 50 Amps at 230V, which is over 11 kW. tcastcas, I'd expect the Lincoln to run fine from the 002A if used in light duty applications like you...

Here's the previous thread I posted about ^. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/auxiliary-equipment/61257-mep-002a-003a-main-breaker.html It's long, but some of the points covered were that some MEPs have the problem and some of the same model don't, adjusting the breaker to spec did not help with...

A recent thread points out that the breaker on the 003A may or may not hold when starting big motors. I pretty much concluded that if the fluid-delay type breaker seems to trip too quickly, that is, not enough time delay, it may be defective and need replacement. My 003A starts the industrial...

I found a couple interesting articles about diesel fuel additives. I was particularly interested in 2-stroke engine oil working as well as it does, since I keep plenty of that around. 4th post in this thread: Fuel Conditioner - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum Also: Fuel Additive Test -...

Now that's impressive.