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Forgot to mention in my previous post. The 2nd 831 has a tag on it saying it is loaded with break in oil - but they must have never changed it. The oil in the thing was nasty and thick as molasses. It just looked sort of strange - like dirty with maybe even some water in it or something. It...

Thanks for the input on the aux fuel pump. I'm going to have to pull that off and test it out. Replacements aren't that expensive if I have to replace it. Kloppk generously offered to check out the Concorde batteries I had for me. End result: one battery was a goner, the other one he was...

I think I know what is going on. The aux fuel hose I bought is about 15 feet long. I didn't realize how long it was until I uncoiled the darn thing. Then there's a pickup tube that's probably 18 inches long. So all told this thing could be 17 feet long. I had it inserted into a 5 gallon...

Kloppk generously offered to check out the Concorde batteries from the two units I picked up. He found that one was definitely dead - and the other one was able to be recovered up to about 92%. Picked them up this morning from him - Thanks for the help! Got home - ate lunch - and put the good...

Thanks for the reminder on that. When I was researching the MEP-831's - I ran across the info about Kloppk's new governor module and had forgotten about it until your post. I'm going to be seeing Kloppk some time in the next few days as he's generously offered to evaluate my batteries. I...

Yep - that's what it looks like. One unit has a valve cover like that pic - the other one has a valve cover that has a yellow cap that says "Oil" on it. So I'm guessing it's probably a later engine or something. That's like the Honda EU2000 I have - trying to fill the oil thru that little...

Thanks for the responses. The explanations make sense based on the way I saw the thing behaving. It seemed to run ok during the brief periods when the rpms were up enough that I got power out of the 120V outlet. I'll try disconnecting the battery and see if it runs correctly. I'll have to...

UPS Freight finally delivered the two MEP-831a's I got from GovLiquidation a couple of weeks ago. They're both resets by the North Virginia National Guard with 2 hours on the clock (and new clocks) First thing I did was open both up and check everything out. Both had batteries installed -...