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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...

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...

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...

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...

The more I use my MEP the more the little things bug me - today it's my fuel cap vibrating to the open position. Can the gasket be replaced? Source? Or, is there metal tabs that can be bent slightly to keep the cap from vibrating loose? My gasket looks like it's in good shape, just not tight...

Just wanted to throw out a quick THANK YOU to all the contributors here. Picked up my MEP 002a a couple years ago with 221 hours on the clock. Did a couple fixes, added some windings in the box so the 10k load meter (003a box) read correct for a 002a, and put probably 20 hours on it in testing...

OK guys - here's what may be the most inconsequential question of the day. My MEP-002a came to me with a burned out bulb on the panel. I decided yesterday to order a new lamp, and found a lamp housing on ebay that reads "bulb not included." I went out and tried unscrewing the top of one of my...

Hello everybody! I have gone to a schedule of running the unit quarterly for 2-3 hours versus running the unit monthly for 45 minutes, per recommendation of several folks on this page. A couple weeks ago was my first time firing up in temps well below freezing (9 degrees that morning) and...

I bought a 002a back in March. Since purchase I've gone thru everything and then some thanks to the knowledge I got mostly from this forum. BTW: Thank you to everybody that contributes, this thing may have been a major PITA to figure out without forums like this. I've been running it for half...

quick question - I need to get a dedicated set of batteries for my mep002a. Original spec says the milspec batteries are 12 volt 445 cca. The bigger garden tractor batteries are 400 cca, and given the cost they're hard not to consider. Has anybody used two small batteries to start their 002?

I just acquired an MEP002A with 221 hours on the clock. Ran the house on it for an hour today. ran the electric dryer (5100 watts) to load test and made some observations. My Hz and voltage meters are off by about 8%. Dialing in with my kill-a-watt to 60Hz and 120 volts gets me 65Hz and...