Yes it is! It is a KS-22344 Engine Alternator, 40kW model. The genset was built by Morrison-Knudson Power Systems Co., now out of business. It was built specifically for Western Electric. You can see the Bell System/Western Electric and Guardian names on it. The vertical configuration is used to save space in microwave bunker buildings. The genset is sized to fully replicate 240VAC 60Hz commercial power coming into the building.
Ahh, good 'ol Morrison-Knudson. I think they were based out of Boise. I know they also rebuilt a bunch of diesel locomotives, mostly used by shortline railroads and for yard service (been in some CNG locomotives that totally sucked).
I mentioned your genset to my friend, and he got happy (retired from the phone company). I believe on here, he's SoTxBill.
The engine is a 2.4L 6-cylinder VW IDI engine, derived from the old 4-cylinder 1.6L IDI engine used in the old Rabbit Diesel. Volvo used the 6-cylinder engine as a diesel option in the USA in some of their cars around 1983-84 and was known as the D24. The turbo version was the D24T. The injector pump was famous for shaft seal leaks. The genset engine currently has a shaft seal leak in the IP which often causes it to lose prime after sitting for a while. I have become an expert at re-priming it to get it going again after losing prime.
Wonder if that's any relation to the engine turbobrick240 has in his namesake car (I can't remember if his Volvo has a 4 or 6 cylinder in it).
The genset manufacturer bought the basic engine from VW and modified it for vertical operation. It got a custom crankshaft and oil pans, prelube system, remote oil filter, engine driven radiator fan, and belt driven lift pump. The CCV system was modified for vertical operation and has an oil catch can. The injector pump was modified to vent an internal chamber for vertical operation. Oil capacity is 16 quarts. It also has a 1kW coolant heater (Kim Hotstart), very similar to a Frostheater in TDI applications.
I made a cell phone video of it running and posted it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUPal3nG7AY&t=8s
I haven't been back to the site since last summer and that's when I made the video. I need to get up there again and give it another maintenance run. The main control electronics are dead so it can't be run automatically. I have to run it using the backup manual run kit. I am worried about the timing belts (2 of them) because they are the original belts from 1983. The second TB drives the IP from the opposite end of the camshaft. It is soaked in diesel fuel from the IP seal leak. If the engine someday experiences a TB failure, it likely will not be repaired.
I can't imagine why the manufacture would use a totally custom belt, but I've been proven wrong on that stuff before. Doesn't hurt to try and measure it while it's still on the engine, to at least see if you can source a replacement that has the same specifications.
I won't be getting a truck anytime soon. LOL, finances won't let me buy all the toys I want.
A Ford F-350 SuperDuty 6.7L PowerStroke Diesel is on my shortlist. I'm kicking myself for selling my 08 F-350 6.4L PowerStroke I had a few years ago. I sold it after getting my 2012 X5 35d. I could have kept the truck and now wish I had kept it. I miss it today. At the time it was hard to justify owning 3 vehicles (2 BMWs + 1 truck) when I'm the only driver of them. I probably will have another truck again someday but it won't be for a while.
Don't regret it - it was a 6.4. At least you didn't have a 6.0. I don't know anyone with a 6.4, but I have several friends with a 6.0 (that still have 'em), and EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. has reported problems costing many thousands. I got both a '95 GMC K3500 with the 6.5L that everyone hates (sounds like a boat straight piped and gets sh***y fuel economy, among other problems), and a '95 F-Super Duty (basically an F-450). I like the F-450 - easy to work on, despite what the GMC 6.5L crowd proclaims, cheap to acquire parts, puts out decent power when tuned, and fuel economy is better (I'll take 13mpg over 10.8mpg any day).
Sorry you had to bump your thread. Haven't been on here much, because aside from hitting a dog at 9:30pm at night (after having driven about 1050 miles that day) across the street from a shelter (and yes, the dog survived and was still limping in the road), I haven't had any problems with my FIVE TDIs (2 x BEW, mk6, mk7 and finally got a running ALH that'll end up as a UTE possibly next year). I also acquired a military genset (you can google it - NFD-2); it's a light tower with a genset skid made by Kohler. 7kw generator head and a Kubota D905E that's super easy to get parts for. Runs like a top and provides power to the 2 lights overhead that I've been using almost on a daily basis for working on my trucks (came with 2 x 1000 watt high pressure sodium, but the ballast and lights being 25-30 years old, I replaced with newer ballast, starter and bulbs and converted to metal halide, as I like seeing colors at night).
I believe I'm currently at 12 diesels altogether!