Hey man you’ve got an awesome channel! Keep it up! You’re not afraid to just figure out how to do something and share the mistakes you make with us, and that’s what makes it so enjoyable to watch. Your humility doesn’t go unnoticed. Hope this encourages you. I pray God blesses you and your family!
The fuel system bleeds itself with the switch in prime...the one you turn to start it, just leave it for a few minutes with the fuel pump clicking. You don't need to loosen the injector lines. To get voltage when you start it, hold the start switch on start for 10 seconds after the engine starts and the oil pressure builds you will see the voltage come up. The little knob is for fine tuning the voltage output. DO not turn the Output switch or phase lever while it's running, you will melt everything. There is an outlet breaker switch inside the drop panel. When you test for voltage go to neutral not ground. That fuel filter is the mother of all PITA....They are always stuck. The second genset you plugged in the stop solenoid with the wires reversed is why it is turning off instead of on. The black knob for frequency adjust changes the engine speed so you can set the HZ output.
I think my original comment got deleted due to including the tm numbers for reference, but please read back up on the tm as some of this information is incorrect. Such as Bleeding the fuel lines-use the engine manual. Theory of operation- based off rpm not oil pressure. Use the 24 level manual Measuring output lugs - neutral and ground are bonded The output breaker switch is a GFCI.
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At that relay was the issue with the first one! I did 6 years in the Army and had these out at every field exercise we did. 5ks, 10ks, and some 30ks. Find you a distro box and some pigtails that plug into them they are universal to all the generators. They are bulletproof will run in any conditions. Keep diesel fuel in them is the hardest part.
I used to run those when I was in the Marine Corps. The frequency adjuster can be fine tuned just by turning the handle or push the center button and pull for quick major adjustments. The 2 brass bullet looking things are for multiple ground rods. Copper threaded rods screw into them for a deeper ground rod.
Yep onan diesel and gas generator systems usually incorporate some kind of low oil and low fuel shut off. In rvs and buses, it usually has to have 1/4 tank minimum to run. It was to prevent people from being stranded and harm to engine and pumps plus priming issues.
Also, 😂 battle short bypasses all the safeties. So itll run without oil, or if a sensor is bad, and you really need the generator; you can run it in battle short to just get the job done.
You need to check the frequency as well. It should be 60hz. Most multimeters have a hz test setting for that. That is what the frequency adjustment knob is for. Great video!
Your "random diesel oil" was actually just the right stuff. Rotella 15W40 is what I´d put in any older diesel. I think You made a good catch although the 4cyl sounds like one is missing. do all the headers warm up? And Dude: get Yourself a Fluke meter. They are expensive but You can still service it in 30ys, still. They are just reliable. Treat Yourself to a better meter. Uni-T is another good brand I know of. And get the Service Manuals for these. There´s all and more to know in these. Army used to be good at writing manuals. I think You was lucky: if anything unknown in the genny sections was to be wrong they could arc flash or grenade. I´d make shure that they don´t go up to full rpm´s when 1st trying. Kind Regards, Merry Christmas! Please stay alive, this was fun to watch
The generator with no power, hold the switch in the start position. The fancy looking relay disconnects the starter above 900 rpms and enables you to use the field flash relay. You get this fault on these generators that are really easy to start and have sat for a while
Be careful.....one guy I followed worked on these(much bigger power usually) and he found only what he called "sabotage", bare copper wiring tossed in the wiring panel (shorts and sparks) screws tossed in the intake, etc a few times. So he checked everything before trying to start and power it up.
In the storage box was a bare ground wire that would connect to a ground rod that has a little auger on the tip and a "T" handle to screw it in and out. Those two things are for coupling one section of 3/4 or 5/8 ground rod to another.
Dead crank is not for starting just to turn the motor over after oil changes, the Technical manuals give you all the info needed to work on these units, Square Facet pumps are notorious for not working even though they sound like it. no need to crack the injectors just let it pump
Looks like you just need a cutoff solenoid and a few minor bits and you'll have 3 operational gensets. You could make $4-5k profit while still keeping one for yourself!
Hey from across the pond. I'm a noob to this channel (but, I'll be watching you now). You say your not electricaly minded, but boy, you can wrench. Love your way of figuring thigs out. I was a spanner jockey for 40 yeaer but had to give it up to ill heath. (got sick of the boss lol). All the best, and thanks for keeping us old spanner jockeys entertained.
Get a big ratchet strap with a hook type ending and connect it to your bent corner and then wrap it over the genset and connect the other end to the bottom on the other side and ratchet to pull up on the bent corner.
Awesome content here. I've been casually watching some of the MEP military generators being sold on govplanet, but seems like many of them sell for way too much, and others that seem to bring reasonable prices have missing parts or are sold "not running". Guess I'm gonna have to not be skeered and bite the bullet and hope it's just something simple. thanks!
Very impressive....You are a heck of a good mechanic....You have the quality most of them don't have...and that is Instinctive diagnostic skills !! Keep up the good work. I will start following you, JWS
Best upcoming RUclips channel I watch every single one of your videos and every minute of your videos. If you are ever thinking of stopping pls don’t because a lot of us look forward to watching your videos!!
52:20 ground goes to a ground rod in the ground. you want to use neutral and L1 L2 L3 for volts. on 120 its neutral and L1 on 240 its L1 and L2 and 208 its all 3
Don’t condemn a head gasket just because there is a little oil in the radiator. Could be a bad heat exchanger or just contaminated coolant. A cooling system pressure test will tell you what’s wrong. You can borrow them from the auto parts store.
You don't have to crack off all injector lines in order to prime the injectors.....one or two are enough. Once the engine starts, it self primes the rest ✌️✌️🇰🇪🇰🇪
all 3 times im shouting at my monitor when you're testing the 3phase terminals on the ground lug that's meant for earthing the actual unit . probe the lo terminal that will be your neutral
With the first unit you said it had 817 hours it actually has 81.7 hours the number in the white is 1/10 th of an hour Edit: i was wrong i didnt see there was an extra 8 on the hour metre so it is on 881.7 hours 😅
It’s possible but some of these generators see little to no usage. In my own opinion I think the 800 hour one is actual and so is the 9000 hour one. Not sure about the 2800 hour one it could be rolled over
Hey man you’ve got an awesome channel! Keep it up! You’re not afraid to just figure out how to do something and share the mistakes you make with us, and that’s what makes it so enjoyable to watch. Your humility doesn’t go unnoticed. Hope this encourages you. I pray God blesses you and your family!
Idiot that Men is 😂
The fuel system bleeds itself with the switch in prime...the one you turn to start it, just leave it for a few minutes with the fuel pump clicking. You don't need to loosen the injector lines. To get voltage when you start it, hold the start switch on start for 10 seconds after the engine starts and the oil pressure builds you will see the voltage come up. The little knob is for fine tuning the voltage output. DO not turn the Output switch or phase lever while it's running, you will melt everything. There is an outlet breaker switch inside the drop panel. When you test for voltage go to neutral not ground. That fuel filter is the mother of all PITA....They are always stuck. The second genset you plugged in the stop solenoid with the wires reversed is why it is turning off instead of on. The black knob for frequency adjust changes the engine speed so you can set the HZ output.
I think my original comment got deleted due to including the tm numbers for reference, but please read back up on the tm as some of this information is incorrect.
Such as
Bleeding the fuel lines-use the engine manual.
Theory of operation- based off rpm not oil pressure. Use the 24 level manual
Measuring output lugs - neutral and ground are bonded
The output breaker switch is a GFCI.
@@Alex-dz6ifpdf file available on net for these
As a retired military generator technician I was yelling at you but you can't hear me. LOL
Same 😭 it was painful.
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Same here!
Fr w channel
At that relay was the issue with the first one! I did 6 years in the Army and had these out at every field exercise we did. 5ks, 10ks, and some 30ks. Find you a distro box and some pigtails that plug into them they are universal to all the generators. They are bulletproof will run in any conditions. Keep diesel fuel in them is the hardest part.
I used to run those when I was in the Marine Corps. The frequency adjuster can be fine tuned just by turning the handle or push the center button and pull for quick major adjustments. The 2 brass bullet looking things are for multiple ground rods. Copper threaded rods screw into them for a deeper ground rod.
Also, all military equipment use Optima batteries.
Yep onan diesel and gas generator systems usually incorporate some kind of low oil and low fuel shut off. In rvs and buses, it usually has to have 1/4 tank minimum to run. It was to prevent people from being stranded and harm to engine and pumps plus priming issues.
The injector shut off solenoid has ground, pull and hold. The pull function usually runs off the starter solenoid and holds with the other wire.
Also, 😂 battle short bypasses all the safeties. So itll run without oil, or if a sensor is bad, and you really need the generator; you can run it in battle short to just get the job done.
You need to check the frequency as well. It should be 60hz. Most multimeters have a hz test setting for that. That is what the frequency adjustment knob is for. Great video!
The thing with military equipment, either it's lightly used or beat on like a rented mule. Just the nature of the beast.
Your "random diesel oil" was actually just the right stuff. Rotella 15W40 is what I´d put in any older diesel. I think You made a good catch although the 4cyl sounds like one is missing.
do all the headers warm up? And Dude: get Yourself a Fluke meter. They are expensive but You can still service it in 30ys, still. They are just reliable. Treat Yourself to a better meter.
Uni-T is another good brand I know of. And get the Service Manuals for these. There´s all and more to know in these. Army used to be good at writing manuals.
I think You was lucky: if anything unknown in the genny sections was to be wrong they could arc flash or grenade. I´d make shure that they don´t go up to full rpm´s when 1st trying.
Kind Regards, Merry Christmas! Please stay alive, this was fun to watch
In cold weather, prime it first then preheat.
2500 for all? What site?
Glad someone posting new material on these. I have 2
The generator with no power, hold the switch in the start position. The fancy looking relay disconnects the starter above 900 rpms and enables you to use the field flash relay.
You get this fault on these generators that are really easy to start and have sat for a while
Check your voltage to neutral, not ground !
@@blablablaqwdhe doesn’t. He’ll make his money back from views alone I’m sure. I’m betting that’s why he bought em
@@blablablaqwdIt's almost like there was a warning at the start of the video or something
@@joshuagalvan681 you are severely inflating what RUclips pays people lmao. Don’t be so cynical
@@blablablaqwdyou are free to buy ohne yourself! 😂
Be careful.....one guy I followed worked on these(much bigger power usually) and he found only what he called "sabotage", bare copper wiring tossed in the wiring panel (shorts and sparks) screws tossed in the intake, etc a few times. So he checked everything before trying to start and power it up.
Wouldn’t have thought of that
In the storage box was a bare ground wire that would connect to a ground rod that has a little auger on the tip and a "T" handle to screw it in and out. Those two things are for coupling one section of 3/4 or 5/8 ground rod to another.
Hope the mrs enjoyed her fancy dinner. You hit the jackpot with these id say.
Dead crank is not for starting just to turn the motor over after oil changes, the Technical manuals give you all the info needed to work on these units, Square Facet pumps are notorious for not working even though they sound like it. no need to crack the injectors just let it pump
BB, congrats on finding ur three Generators, two that works great. sell the big one to get some of ur money back.
Looks like you just need a cutoff solenoid and a few minor bits and you'll have 3 operational gensets. You could make $4-5k profit while still keeping one for yourself!
Hey from across the pond. I'm a noob to this channel (but, I'll be watching you now). You say your not electricaly minded, but boy, you can wrench. Love your way of figuring thigs out. I was a spanner jockey for 40 yeaer but had to give it up to ill heath. (got sick of the boss lol). All the best, and thanks for keeping us old spanner jockeys entertained.
Those are auxiliary fuel pumps you heard running. The hose you found earlier is to run on a huge auxiliary fuel tank.
56:00 when you take the filters off always make sure the oring is still on the filter. especially the oil
Get a big ratchet strap with a hook type ending and connect it to your bent corner and then wrap it over the genset and connect the other end to the bottom on the other side and ratchet to pull up on the bent corner.
Awesome content here. I've been casually watching some of the MEP military generators being sold on govplanet, but seems like many of them sell for way too much, and others that seem to bring reasonable prices have missing parts or are sold "not running". Guess I'm gonna have to not be skeered and bite the bullet and hope it's just something simple. thanks!
Dude! I'm impressed! Not only are you smart af, but you have your hands into many diff projects! WoW!
ground is for Earth. L0 is blue for Negative. and L1 L2AndL3 are all live Brown for positive, depending on which voltage you are running them on
Newsflash, there is no negative or positive here. Very dangerous someone like yourself handing out uneducated advice.
Very impressive....You are a heck of a good mechanic....You have the quality most of them don't have...and that is
Instinctive diagnostic skills !! Keep up the good work. I will start following you, JWS
If im not mistaken those look like Lister Petter engines rebranded as onan. Very good reliable diesel engines, will do in excess of 20k hours.
Thank you for keeping me entertained during my 2 Hour Dr. in traffic much appreciated
I can't tell you how exciting it was to see ol girl fire up!
Best upcoming RUclips channel I watch every single one of your videos and every minute of your videos. If you are ever thinking of stopping pls don’t because a lot of us look forward to watching your videos!!
As you discover more oil pressure just above 40 is good. Under heavy load as low as 20 is acceptable per spec
52:20 ground goes to a ground rod in the ground. you want to use neutral and L1 L2 L3 for volts. on 120 its neutral and L1 on 240 its L1 and L2 and 208 its all 3
Way to go Sir. And yes the video length was just fine.
Heck yes Braden getting it done ! Way to go!
Loved these videos! I would love to see the other generators getting fixed in your next vid
Love the videos, keep them coming! Would love to see more videos like the Kubota compact tractor series.
For the second generator, you need to flip the ac circuit interrupter to closed, not open. That’s why it wasn’t making any power
Those copper couplers are for grounding stacks at 5:01
Enjoyed every minute. Keep them coming.
Fluke meters came out with a 40 dollar model. I got one and it's good for me for most stuff.
Seems like those engines are pretty easy to work on
When you test 120 ac. You dont test off ground you would use the common/neutral lug.
Batting a thousand, baby!! Congratulations on fixing the simple issues these units had. Glad to know the wife will enjoy a good meal. LOL
this is just amazing man, ngl your videos are additive.
SO Lucky! I been trying to find just 1 for years and you found 3 wow!
Don’t condemn a head gasket just because there is a little oil in the radiator. Could be a bad heat exchanger or just contaminated coolant. A cooling system pressure test will tell you what’s wrong. You can borrow them from the auto parts store.
Merry Christmas 😊
Thank you for another awesome video Braden. You are so talented. I absolutely love your channel.
Your meter probably has an auto range and was reading 200mV (.2V) not 200 volts when you checked the dead battery.
Another awesome video my friend! Very well done!
19:30 Is the dog food "human grade" because it contains real humans? 😂 just kidding.
I love that your posting more
You don't have to crack off all injector lines in order to prime the injectors.....one or two are enough. Once the engine starts, it self primes the rest ✌️✌️🇰🇪🇰🇪
It’s a miracle! He’s wearing boots instead of the crocs!
Don’t forget to put dates and hrs on your filters.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 bravo brother
I would say that you scored Great job brother
And dont measure voltage from ground. Measure from neutral and between phases.
You really need to get some advice from veterans over these... in particular army 52D they work with them
Great job my friend 👍🏻💯
It's dual fuel. It can run on either.
Epic video sir enjoy all of your content.
Wow... the first one fired right up! 😮 they just didn't understand how to flick the right switches to start it! Their stupidity...your gain!
31:15 ya but are you on auxillary fuel or main fuel?
I guess it didnt matter
Greetings from Brazil, we love your videos 😎
Once you get them running, please donate back to Texas to electrify the wall!
I have watch every single video u have 😊
get the appropriate FM for these things...
What is that engine for behind you at 18:52
You’ll see eventually
all 3 times im shouting at my monitor when you're testing the 3phase terminals on the ground lug that's meant for earthing the actual unit . probe the lo terminal that will be your neutral
With the first unit you said it had 817 hours it actually has 81.7 hours the number in the white is 1/10 th of an hour
Edit: i was wrong i didnt see there was an extra 8 on the hour metre so it is on 881.7 hours 😅
It’s 882-4/10
@@BradenBuildzyou are correct my bad mate i didnt see the extra 8 but i love your content man keep it up
You scored big time...youll find the 5kw is more like 6250...
OMFG a sponsor that's not a VPN XD what is this wizardry
You're not the only one bro
Pay attention to the "IDIOT-LIGHTS" there the simplest and basic to trouble shooting.
Nice job keep up good work
I have recently had to put my black German shepherd to sleep. She/he looks just like my dog.
So sorry :/ been there
I'm pretty sure you just used 3 years of good luck.
circuit interrupter needs to be closed to make power
Fuel line is for aux fuel feed
There’s tight and then there’s army tight.
#WaldosWorld bought a military genset similar to your trio. Might check out his video about it.
I would bet any amount of money in the world that “hours run counter” is rolled over
It’s possible but some of these generators see little to no usage. In my own opinion I think the 800 hour one is actual and so is the 9000 hour one. Not sure about the 2800 hour one it could be rolled over
yeah buddy. who cares whats inside long as its got good paint on the outside. grab the baling wire and duck tape, it'll be fine
How has the v10 bmw going sir?
@28:53... I'm sorry what kind of can is that?
What part of Ky do you live in I’m in Magoffin county
Maybe you need to charge the batteries 🤯
They probably didn't put oil on the seal on the filter that was too tight.
They did a little more than just not putting oil on the seal
Thanks!
Thank you 🙏
Do you sell them???
antifreeze these days leaves a milky chauk behind when it dries it may not be oil
Bear did not clean the plate.
That was his second bowl.
@@BradenBuildz 🥱
They all have the same manual q
Great videos …sure wish you had ear plugs ….😊
I wonder if that hose you found is for running the generator on propane? I am sure it's probably multi fuel maybe?
It’s for running off an auxiliary tank. Only diesel
No, it is a diesel engine, not petrol.