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Not what I asked about, but thanks anyway.

It has been a while, but this generator is running okay and still had one question regarding the Oil Pan Baffle Rod position. The manual says to position it toward the rear of the engine when temperature above 0 F & toward front below 0 F, however there are two positions either in the up or down...

A few questions: This generator must run at 3600 rpm, with the cowl on which is required for airflow, to provide enough engine cooling. When you speak of adjustments after converting to NG, I assume that I would just need to adjust the mixture and the instructions for that is to adjust until a...

Thanks for that thorough reply. This generator will only be used for when the power goes out and this does occur occasionally here in Indiana. There is a conversion kit available for $275 and considering it. The reason that it would be nice, if it worked, is that my house uses NG and the...

Has anyone converted the MEP-018A to run on LP or Natural gas?

I discovered an article in a DOA magazine called Preventative Maintenance Monthly that was exactly what I needed to know. Apparently others in the military were having the same problem. Attached is a combined screen shot of the procedure for small engine generators which should be helpful to...

Appreciate the reply. Not sure if it was intended that way, I hope not, but seemed a bit condescending for I know what the round thingie as you said, is for that is how I know it uses a tachometer. The tach would make it much easier to tune and is useful to judge performance and/or problems. I...

Just my preference and a useful tool for engine performance. They designed it with a tach in mind.

Thanks for that information. Very helpful. I have it running, but really need to get a tachometer for it, any ideas of a tach that would work with this unit?

I take it that you do not know what the base adjustments are yourself?

I meant mixture or idle, not throttle.

It has been a while since I first posted a message here. I had purchased a MEP-018A that was still in the crate, army rebuild, and had some questions at the time about it. I recently had returned to devote some time to get it going and good news it is now running, but only after guessing what...

Thanks anyway. Those are all oil filters and as I mentioned, I am looking for the fuel and air filters. I could not match any of the part numbers listed in the previous post to the generator. I will keep looking, but I would think that someone has already found a replacement.

Could you elaborate on this list? How does this list relate to the MEP-018A?

Sorry for the late response. I have read and printed relevant parts of the manuals and really glad that these are still around and available. There are no instructions concerning breaking in the engine. The engine is very similar to an aircraft engine, 4 cylinder opposed air cooled. I am a pilot...

I ran across this thread while looking for the best way to cover a pin hole on the bottom of my jerrycan. The rest of the bottom of the can looks great with no rust. Is brazing best for this?

I have been reviewing several threads, have not found anything on the type of break in oil to use. I hand pulled the engine a few times just to get oil to components and that is about it. I discovered that it has a Zenith carb. I may just drain that oil out, it was extra quarts of oil from a...

That is what I was concerned about, so what would you recommend? I put SAE 10-30 instead of 30, but could change it easily enough.

That is good information and points to consider. I will probably get the tri-fuel kit in the near future based upon your recommendation. I have yet to start this and would like to get used to it on gasoline for now. I am pretty sure that there will be little or no problems with the fuel system...

That is good news. The kit is a bit pricey, but may be worth it, however I would really like to talk to someone who has done this before I jump into that. Do you have any contact information for someone who did this conversion? I could just hook this up to my NG for emergency power here at home...