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Ike, Just browsing around, I found the old mesh type strainers and gasket that fit the Facet pumps here for less than $6.00 + shipping. No telling what they want for shipping, but I would expect the total to be less than the eBay prices I mentioned above in Post #16. And I should mention that...

Ike, I have several Facet pumps with the new ceramic filters. I prefer the old mesh strainers but I suppose the ceramic works OK too. The strainers of either type and the gaskets should be readily available from the usual sources that sell Facet pumps. Do a search on eBay for "Facet filter"...

Stan, That picture wasn't of one of my failed pumps; just intended to show the difference between old and new styles. I plagiarized it from an eBay seller who had a single new pump for sale. Sold for $100 + shipping, but not to me. Still, a bargain I suppose, if someone HAD to have a new...

Stan, The Facet 480517E fuel pumps, the ones with the cube-shaped EMI filters, came directly from GL on a pair of MEP-003As. So they must have been installed by the military or civilian contract rebuilder during a reset. They looked newer than some of the old style pumps on the same machines...

ETN550, The fuel pump that failed me was a round Facet 480517E. It failed by refusing to de-energize its internal solenoid and letting the pump plunger return for another stroke. I believe all the round Facet pumps used in these gennys have external EMI filters in the DC power line. The...

And Storeman, thanks for your advice and concurrence, too. I'm now convinced that it is spikes on the DC, no matter how unlikely that seemed to me at first. I was trying to blame it on the pump, but that isn't where I should have looked. Regards, Richard

Speddmon, Thanks for the quick response! You may very well have nailed the problem in your assessment. I thought about spikes on the DC causing exactly what is happening, but dismissed it as unlikely on such a relatively simple machine. The DC generator on an 003A puts out only about 6 amps...

Hello all you MEP-002, 003 experts, I have experienced several fuel pump failures on MEP-003A generators, and I wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience. The fuel pumps I am talking about are the low pressure 24 Volt oscillating piston pumps, located below the control box, that suck...