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Hey guys. I am not at my hotel so don’t have access to my MEP 005 repair manual. I have a crank with me that i need to have turned, but need the standard sizes of the rod and main journals of an MEP005 Hércules D298 engine so i can explain to the machine shop what size i need it turned to and so...

This is odd. I fire up my 150kw generator power by a Deere 6068. It runs fine for four or five hours then starts to labor to pull the load and smokes a lot. I’m only pulley about 50 of its rated capacity. It started doing this about a week ago. Checked the cam and valve and injection pump...

I have another 005 so tried swapping out every single box and switch and still not making electricity. I tried manually exciting the generator head and still not making electricity. Looking for ideas what to look for next. Should I disassemble the generator head and check the diodes ? Thanks...

Hey guy been waiting forever for a pair of John Deere engines for my two new generators and the company has missed 4 delivery dates and now has no idea when I can expect my two engines. I’m in Colombia and the machine shops are horrible here so want wet liner engines so I can swap in new sleeves...

Hi guys I hurt an engine the other day and threw a rod. I have enough parts to build a good engine but need some cam bearings. I’d like to replace the rods and mains too if possible. I use to see these items in ebay pretty much all the time but since the pandemic hit haven’t seen them listed...

We are looking to step up our generators. We currently are running mep 005s two at a time to keep up with our demand and are growing rapidly so need to step up to 100kw + We plan to buy 3 100kw gensets. I read the 3126 4cyl was having issues with the fuel injection system and it’s very costly...

I’m at 55% load currently and burning 1.7 gal per hour. I did a search for the 005 fuel consumption but couldn’t find it. I think I read a while back it should be between 1.7-2.3 GPH. Is that correct? Thanks in advance for any info

Hi guys. I’ve been in contact with meco. They sent me the parts Tm for the 600gph rowpu I just bought. I sent them all the parts numbers of what I need and they could only cross reference about 80% of the parts to their own part numbers. The ones they could identify and cross reference they are...

I’m having an issue with one of my 005s. I was running fine for two weeks and I turned it off to change the oil. After I restarted it I won’t make power without turning on the battle short switch. Any ideas as to where my problem might be. Thanks in advance for any insight as to the cause of my...

Hi guys I’m looking at ways to quiet down my mep005s as much as possible. I use them 24/7 to power my island hotel. Noise at night is a huge problem. I just built a 8ft block sound wall to deflect some of the noise and am Almost finished a block generator building in which all 4 of my 005s...

One of my die hard mep 002s melted the wiring harness that goes from the control panel to the switch box. It fried the harness and the center plug that goes into the back of the switch box! The unit never started, doesn’t seem to have damaged anything in the switch box or the control panel I...

Delks had everything I need except the small current transformer. I am looking for another vendor that sells used parts for an mep 005. Thanks in advance for any info guys

Hi was wondering where I might locate some used parts for one of my mep 005s other than delks? Thanks in advance for any info, phil

I just bought one for my hotel and have several questions regarding the unit. Thanks in advance for any info, em

I just received my 4 mep 005s. One has a small transformer it’s a small black rectangle with one set of wires wrapped thru the hole in the center of it. It’s totally melted into a puddle. What could cause this and where can I buy one. I don’t see any on eBay I am also missing a hertz gauge...

I just bought four mep 005s for my hotel and my container arrives this weekend. I’m buying breakers and switches etc to hook everything up ASAP. I was wondering if two mep 005s Can run in parallel. Thanks in advance for any info guys. RM

Hey guys I just bought a 005 for parts but am Having trouble getting it shipped due to weight. Looking for someone that would like the engine you have to remove it and there is a fork lift at the place that can load it for you,. It’s stuck but probably can be freed up. It’s complete. I have...

I have a few 005 questions There was a post here on as where a generator repair guy picked up a poor running 005!that had been run one hour a month for a year or so with no load so it was wet stacked badly. He ran it and kept increasing the load til he got to 30 kw. Ran it like that for about...

I have an issue with my only running 002 so want to buy a generator immediately locally as my container won’t arrive for a month or so and my hotel is full up right now. I’m looking at a cummins powered 25 kw genset with a 4B3.9-G12. It has a Stamford generator head and burns 2gph at max load...

I bought a pair of std piston and rings on eBay but. The pistons arrived and are .020 over so now need to locate two sets of .020 rings and 1 new or good used std piston, thanks in advance for any info