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They were the correct autolite plugs but the autolite plugs for the ford IDI's are known to swell. I always use Motorcraft which are made by BERU. My question is not about the glow plugs in the 6.9 ford, it's about glow plugs for the MEP? What is recommended and has anyone ever had problems...

I just ordered new glow plugs for my MEP-002a. All I could find were Champion. Are there any other recomendations for glow plugs. I have a couple ford trucks with the 6.9 IDI and have always run Motorcraft/BERU plugs with no problems. My son fried the Motorcraft plugs and put autolites in...

I need help troubleshooting my frequency meter. It is not reading anything. The meter and transducer are good. I replaced both with a known good meter and transducer. The generator is working perfectly other than this.

Ike, I have a MEP-002a from GL that has a newer starter with a Southern Automotive label on it also. I found them on the internet and it looked like I could order directly from them. After looking further they look to be a government contractor and manufacturer. Has anyone tried to order...

Buck, you asked about a source for the starters. I've found them at a couple places. Southern Automotive Wholesales Inc., Green Mountain Generators and I believe Delk's Surplus has them also. I've ordered generator parts from Delk's and they are great to deal with. I found Delk's thru this site.

I got it figured out, bad connections at the starter and solenoid. I cleaned the connectors and reconnected them and now everything is working as it should besides the starter. Thanks again everyone. I should have known last night it was a bad connection.

Thanks everyone for the responses. Right now I have the batteries and parts back in my running MEP. I know I have a bad starter solenoid so I will have to pick one up. Also when I was troubleshooting last night I was seeing about 18.5 volts at the circuit breaker and light switch with fully...

I have a MEP-002a that I am having troubles with. When I first got it I went through and replaced all filters and cleaned the fuel system prior to starting, everything looked good. When I went to start it everything was working properly, starter was turning over fine. It cranked over and...