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The fuel shutoff solenoid does lift up when I hit the starter. I think I've bled the system. I opened the bleeder on top of the fuel filter until I got fuel out of it, and left the set in the run position for long enough that I think the air would have gotten pushed out, probably 5+ minutes by now.

I've been trying to get this MEP-003A generator running, and have met resistance every step of the way. First, I had to repair the wiring harness and replace a missing injector line, missing injector return line, hooked up the disconnected oil line, and replaced a broken oil fitting. So...

This genset was missing an injector line, injector return line, had oil lines disconnected and broken, some messed up wiring, missing start relays. My theory is it has some illness and was cannibalized afterwards. Hopefully it isn't a pile of scrap!

That was the plan, except the screw on the old starter is STUCK. Even taking the impact with a phillips bit isn't budging those machine screws when they virtually fall out of the new one I have. The wiring should be pretty good and clean. I virtually had to reassemble the wiring at the starter...

I don't have any spare batteries, much less 6TLs, so I've been borrowing the batteries out of my deuce. With the gen head wiring connected, the starter could turn the motor 1/4 to 1/3 of a turn, get stuck for a second, move another 1/4 to 1/3 turn, get stuck. I disconnected the gen head wiring...

I have never gotten this generator to run because it was missing parts and has a bad starter. So, once I get the starter replaced, I'm going to crank it up just long enough to see it run with the connections to the output box disconnected, which should be less than 10 seconds. Then, I'll shut it...

Hopefully this evening I will get my generator up and running for the first time. I know you're not supposed to idle these sets, but having never run it before due to it missing parts from GL, I don't want to inadvertedly run it too slow while doing operational checks and burn up the voltage...