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    PRC-77 help...

    Old radio trick....might work... take a pencil eraser and clean radio and hand set contacts....we always had to do this .....
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    why would diode blow on exciter

    thank you for your reply....i did a run test without load its same all is working...also found a dirt dobber mud nest built around one diode.....two were bad out of three........
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    why would diode blow on exciter

    mep017a 30 hrs when i bought at gsa auction....track down two blowed diodes on exciter.....could someone tell me why and what would cause failure.......before i test gen, larry in alabama
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    MEP-017a Carb Issues

    2ao42 floats are copper the floats are copper on the 2ao42 eng. for the mep017.....gen larry in alabama
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    MEP-017a Carb Issues

    Make sure your fuel tank vent is open or not cloged...trash unger needle value ..or float or neddle value stuck....float out of ajustment...
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    MEP-017a Carb Issues

    Mep017 carbs Army surplus warehouse has eng. 2a042 mep017 nos carbs for $19.00 and $5.00 shipping ...no rebul. Kits available....best to replace when carb .. Go bad. Larry in alabama
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    thank you

    my mep003 and mep017 are operational thanks to your past posts Larry in Alabama
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    question mep017a on the k2 and k3 relay

    in the TM-14 page 4-44 is the operations of the relays they work together in junctions with each other closing and opening circuits heres a small sample... 1,,,,,,,,k1 starts Eng. 2........k2 stop Eng. 3........k3 energized charger rectifier 4........k4 energized threw...
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    question mep017a on the k2 and k3 relay

    i just found it in the -14 thank you larry in alabama
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    question mep017a on the k2 and k3 relay

    i cant find what the k2 and k3 relay controls on panel A in the manual . could someone fell me..i think k1 start and run battery charger .......k4 oil pressre guage .......k2 ? .......k3 ? i had to swap k4 to k1 to keep engine running in nomal mode ..thanks to the past posts still...
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    mep003...mep017 fuel lines

    thank you on the fuel lines info mep017 1.replaced carb. fuel pump .fuel lines.cleaned fuel filter screen..clean plugs and gap...eng. runs good.. 2 replaced battery VR.. 3...flash fields 4...had voltage out put but lost it 5..pulled main gen.VR old style found to bad diode cr9 and...
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    mep003...mep017 fuel lines

    hello i am a military vehicle collector...i have recently bought at auction two gens a mep017 and mep003 i have the manuals....but i will need help with gen.problems questions 1 all fuel hoses need replacement......will upbraided auto fuel line work just as good 2 on the mep017 with a...
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    mep0117a wire 5 f and wire 6 f on vr test

    no output voltage hand volt meter plug into power aux outlet 12v car batty, jump to wire 5 f and to other battery post to wire 6f power came from 0 v to 10.5 v ac with a bad vr .what else does this reading show are the fields working.OK... does it only generate as much voltage as applyed to...
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    Working MEP Gensets on GL?

    mep017 and mep003a bought a mep017a GSA sales auction ..$195..193 total hrs 130 hrs gov. rebuild..replace carb, fuel pump. fuel lines,,eng. runs good ..cyl pressure check 125 psi...it had a 12 volt battery mounted not the 24 v kind......downside battery vr diodes bad..reg. on order......had...
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    What all MEP models do members have?

    mep003a 640 hrs mep017 a 190 hrs/ 3 kw motor home gen oman new ? koalor ? hours 2 mules m274a5 m151a2 3 uarl bikes m1009 m37 47 willys
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    mep017 old type voltage reg. diodo id

    mep017a vr saturable reactor this must be the first type vr .but must have been updated in the manual to a newer modle....it only troubleshoots the new one unless i miss something ..the one on mine is the saturable reactor cr 9 and c10 are lug diedos les
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    mep017 old type voltage reg. diodo id

    old stuff the old vr is a six wire was that for a six wire hook up for the sx460 from the how to post on the mep017a ...a good guess on the diodes cr10 and cr9 is better than nothing marking izr 69-102 r6 means nothing on the web
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    mep017 old type voltage reg. diodo id

    mep017 old type voltage reg. parts not in manual.....found two bad diodos cr9 and cr10....the best i could id off the old diodos are izr 69-102 r6...can someone help me id a repacement of them,,,,i have two jan1 n1184 on hand will they work about 4 times thier phy. size......also is the old...
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