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I am. It used to take maybe 15 seconds for enough pressure to build, now it's taking 60 seconds or more. Not low on oil, and dial gauge shows pressure right away

I've got an MEP002a that won't initially stay running if it's been sitting for more than a couple weeks. I thought I had it figured out when I spotted the wires arcing at the ground connection near the NATO plug. Cleaned up, reassembled and no arcing now, but no guaranteed run once the start...

I've got pressure on the gauge moments after it starts firing. Oil level is full on the stick. I only used the oil pressure switch as an example, but I also know there isn't exactly dozens of safeties on these units. I'll jump TB5-8 to TB5-9 and see what happens. Thanks everybody.

I have the TMs and I mostly understand the schematic. If you're referring to the plate on top of the unit mine is sun faded and hard to read. I guess what I'm getting at is it doesn't work until it does. I'll use this example - the oil pressure switch is open until there's oil pressure, then...

Apologies if this has been previously covered - I have an MEP-002a with almost 400 hours on it that recently started giving me trouble. When I start it everything is fine until I let the switch move back to the run position. Initially it acts like one of the safeties is tripping and cuts fuel...

I took it back this morning. If it were spring, and I didn't already have a hundred projects, and I didn't have a running genny that's almost big enough, oh - and if the wife wasn't reminding me that Christmas is in two weeks and I was gonna sell the 002 by then... WAF will get a guy every...

it's fuel. I cracked the line before the third canister and ran the pump until I got fuel. Fuel in return line.

Auction house asked me not to do too much until they talk to the guy again. Intake heater IS working, and I've gotten flashover in the past. I wouldn't want that in an air cleaner can this big - being careful. I did take the endcap of the IP - plunger works. I'm getting white smoke out of the...

Update: I'm now getting fuel at the return, but it's a pretty slow stream. I think it's sufficient but... I got it to pop on starter fluid and it's blowing exhaust in to the head area from the forward cylinder. Loud pops and smoke from under the cover. Anything simple I can check without...

options are to keep it or bring it back for full refund. After all fees I paid just under $600 - I already damn near stole it.

In other words, it should be plumbed just like my 002. Yep, lots of changes on this one. The more I think about it, I think the water separator is plumbed to the INPUT of E1. Schematic shows solenoid on output of E1 - tank is plumbed to solenoid. Even if they had the right tank port they were...

"it sounds like the line coming from the tank is actually where the fuel would have been pumped into the day tank from a larger storage tank." Absolutely correct. What I forgot to mention in my previous post is I've got a 002 that I've had for several years. I know how this SHOULD be plumbed...

Good morning all - I recently won a MEP003a at a local auction, which I picked up yesterday. 990 hours, looks like it spent a good portion of it's life outside, but not in bad shape considering... Question is on fuel delivery - auction house listed the unit as "running". Brand new fuel line...

Found it. Bad ground. I never would have expected a bad ground, as the starter still worked. Bolts that hold the fuel pumps on as well as the bolts that hold the bracket in place were all loose. I remember the guy I bought it from saying he had the fuel pumps out - never thought to check...

I've got +24 volts at the cannon plug. Question - terminal 14 on the master switch (S1) - should that read plus or minus 24 volts when referenced to ground?

I don't hear any of the pumps. I'll verify the silly answer - pretty sure I'm black to ground and red to positive.

Now that I've had a chance to look everything over... I had a bad cell on one of my batteries. Whe I was trying to start the genset I wasn't getting full voltage. Two new batteries and here's where I'm at... Both bulbs are blown. I had one spare bulb - put it in and I've got light. Next...

I guess I don't know if EVERYTHING is working correctly.... It's generating the power I'm using to type this reply so the AC side is good, and at least one of the fuel pumps has to be working... I'll try jumping the switch when I get mains power back. The fact that both bulbs went out at the...

Long time no talk to everybody - my MEP002a fired up just fine a couple months ago, but between then and now I lost a cell in one of my batteries. In the process of cranking it trying to figure out what was wrong my panel lights went out and won't come back on. Yes I could read the manual...