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  1. Downsizing, clearing out---three vintage jacks (1) Wagner 520, series G, range 61/2-15, Wagner Mfg Co, Racine, Wisc (per tag). Cast iron body, gear driven. Complete with 40" square tipped handle (shorter than most). Price $10 (2) Unknown maker, presumably cheaper aftermarket auto jack, range 6 to 8/12 primary to 13 secondary. Stamped steel/riveted body, no ID marks, takes square tipped handle, no handle. Price $5 (3) mystery jack--has "1910" on both sides barrel just under gears; has sideways "2" on drive gear housing, has "S J 1237" and "9" on the driven gear, no other ID marks, cast iron body, Range 11 to 19 primary to 28 secondary. Takes hex socket type handle; no handle but 13/16 socket fits well (could be snug 3/4, but couldn't find my 3/4 socket). Price $10. Poor pic on Portland OR craigslist under auto parts. MUST BE PICKED UP AT PORTLAND; DON'T WANT TO SHIP. Bud Tierney 503-281-8576 or email thru smokstak. If message machine comes on pls leave email as we have no LD phone.
  2. Spring steel bumper spring mounting, 7" diam, amber lens 61/2", 41/2 or so deep, amber lens has Do-Ray 1000 embossed at top, Do-Ray Lamp Co, Chicago, embossed at bottom. Housing looks good, needs refinishing, some rust at bottom where lock ring clamps on, have not had apart to inspect. No 6V batt to check bulb, inner lens looks good. Details Bud Tierney 503-281-8576, Portland, OR. MUST BE PICKED UP AT PORTLAND; WILL NOT SHIP. If message machine comes on pls leave email as we have no LD phone. Pic on Portland OR craigslist in auto parts.
  3. So: Tell us--how did a cowl vent link get into the bell housing without tearing up the flywheel???
  4. Can't really help on your "J"; too early for my stuff... If you haven't already, you might check with Garrad (Gerry/Jerry) Moon at Monte's in Chicago, generally described as the person/place to start for parts/advice/sympathy re' obsolete Cont'ls... garradmoon@montes@flash.net or montesequipment.com. He may have info/knowledge of other makes that used your "J" that might help your search. If you're not already aware, there was a later "J4" 33/4x5 that could be easily confused with your "J". An interesting point: I only have one catalog that lists the "J": a 1917 Burd ring catalog set up by ring size (under each ring size is a list of cars, trucks, engines that used that size)... The "J" is listed a 5 bore using 1/4" rings, a 4cyl using 4 rings per piston... Speedwell is listed in that section as: Speedwell 1910 and 1911 All Speedwell truck 1912 Speedwell truck model Z 1913...all of which show engine 4cyl using THREE ring piston All Cont'l engines in that section are listed as 4cyl 4 ring piston That said, old parts catalogs are weak reeds to lean on, being subject to many omissions, errors, misprints etc, as well as changing specs by engine/vehicle builders that come after datalog compilation/publication dates.
  5. My old parts catalogs are contradictory on Ansted/Anstead engines, and i find very little online, at least so far... A 1930 McCord gasket catalog shows Ansted models "T" and "U" 1920-21, and models "C", "D", "M" and "F" 1922-25, all of 31/4x41/2... A 1936 King Prod catalog shows the "C" as 31/4, but the "F" as 35/16... I'M guessing from what I've found Ansted engines were developed (and/or taken from T-H designs??) and used almost solely in-house (Lexington, Durant)... Does anyone here know of a complete list of the Ansted engine models, or if a list is included in the Lexington history book??? Any comments appreciated; many thxx!! Don't have one, not looking for one-just idle curiosity). Bud
  6. Started to say didn't know whether to tell you to pray it wasn't the Quad Buda/Budas (since Quad restorers are looking under rocks for Jeffery/Nash Quad Budas) or not, as the alternative seemed to be a Rutenbur, but I see listings for a Jeffery engine for the "671" a 6 cyl 31/2x45/8, shown in one parts catalog for 1917 but in another in the 617 for 1916... Std Cat doesn't mention Jeffery or its predecessor making their own 4 or 6 cyl engines, but if they did it'd probably be harder to find than a Rutenbur; hopefully, if you should have it, it'll be a vendor engine with some Jeffery specified accessories (carb, ign etc) which'll probably be vendor units as well... Don't panic; join the Nash Club (nashcarclub.org) which also includes Jeffrerys; they'll have all the correct info, as well as dos and don'ts about opening it up. You might also want to post this to the Nash forum here, too. Good luck.
  7. Generally speaking, many say the place to start for obsolete Cont'l parts/advice/sympathy is Garrad (Jerry/Gerry) Moon at Montes Eqpmt in Chicago, obsolete Cont'l dealers garradmoon@montes@flash.net or montesequipment.com P A Ross Machinery in Dallas has been mentioned as helpful with old Cont'ls--parossmachinery.com All that being said, two sources for NLA gaskets are olsonsgaskets.com, Port Orchard, WA, very highly spoken of, and gasketstogo.com, a sponsor on the smokstak old engine site. Valves I have no particular source for, but they are usually easily fabbed out of blanks; a number of places advertise this service, with at least one a sponsor on the smokstak site I can't recall (click on sponsors at the top of the smokstak page and scroll down thru the sponsors cards)...HTH
  8. Roland: Sent a reply to your PM thru the system, but it failed to send copy to my "sent" folder, so I'm not sure it even sent the reply. If nothing came thru please post here. Bud
  9. Just noticed your want (haven't been getting into the site much lately)... Other places you might try: aths.org---(American Truck Hist Society)--heavily into more modern stuff but a good place to try;; antiquetruckclubofamerica.com---a smaller site, but it's free; the two AU sites--Tomm.com.au and the hcvc? (Hist Comm'l Veh Club?)...haven't been into those for some time, so don't know if you're already on them; As you've probably found out by now, lots of people are looking for these; there're a couple of people on smokstak in the UK that're highly knowledgeable about what's lying around there and on the Continent---Peter, who posts as ListerDiesel on that site, comes to mind---as well as some members on the Continent (I'm sure shipping costs would be frightening, or is the Eurozone actually closer than here?)---who may be able to recommend UK/Euro sites to post on; I'd also consider posting on const eqpmt sites like hcea.org (Hist Const Eqpmt Assn) and even Cat sites like acmoc and antiquecaterpillar, on the reasoning those people haunt places where old eqpmt, parts and pieces are lying around, and you never know what'll turn up...with sympathy, Bud
  10. In the time I took to type up a polite way of saying no one in their right mind would try that, 6 replies cam on, and probably another 6 by the time I finish this. Legalize yourself in each state you're going thru or your adventure could beconme a nightmare.
  11. In the course of digging around on a Sterling 4cyl---Sterling, a highly successful marine/industrial engine builder, apparently only made peripheral penetration of the car etc market--I wondered if any of the assembled car builders who passed off engines as their own actually used Sterlings... Eyeballing a couple old catalogs and my notes from my edition of the Std Cat and Mroz's truck book I find models of the Brill Rlwy Car, the apparently non-existant Haseltine car, the Howard, Monroe, Scripps-Booth and Standard cars, and models of Coleman and Stewart trucks listed with Sterlings. I'm eyeballing other catalogs, and more names may show up. Does anyone here, just off the top of your collective heads, know of any other car/truck/tractor etc vehicles using Sterling engines, whether openly or passed off as someone else's engine, or of any online fairly comprehensive Sterling engine history??? Any comments appreciated!! Many thxx!! Bud
  12. Running down something on Sterling engines, I find an entry in my 1930 McCord catalog, under a Sterling 4cyl inline, noting the engine was used in Grant and Haseltine cars. The Grant mentioned was apparently the Detroit Mich 1913, Findlay Ohio 1913-15 and Cleveland 1916-22 Grant, but I found nothing on Haseltine. On the verge of assuming it was Canadian, I checked Auto Qtly's 5000 Marques and found an entry that meant the car had been included in earlier makes lists erroneously, but no details. This book has a list of cars proposed but never produced, as far as they could tell, but Haseltine is not on that list. Does anyone here remember reading anything about a Haseltine that apparently was at least mentioned by someone somewhere sometime?? My edition of Std cat has no mention whatsoever, which is unusual; I don't know where McCord got their information as to which cars, trucks, tractors the engines they listed were used in, but I assume from the engine mfrs. Sterling was already a successful marine and industrial engine builder, with only peripheral penetration of the car/truck/etc market, unless Sterlings were passed off as "own" by some assembled builders, a not unusual tactc. Any comments appreciated!! Many thxx!! Bud
  13. Your AH-F must be one with A Wauk engine??? (Is that single ign or twin, with two dist's???) P&D Ign catalog T-63 shows: Ah-F using 6cyl 12V Wauk 140GK, 140GZ, 145GZ/GZB using that dist, along with some 145GBs... Available C-600-C 46-52 w/Wauk 145GK same dist Dart 150 45-47 w/Wauk 145GK used 1111775 and 1110098 (swapable??); 150 48-49 w/Wauk `140GK and 145GK--1111775 100, 150, 456 50-59 w/same two W#auks used it All 1111775's in that catalog listed for Wauk 140/145s, except the Walter below; another shows just one Oshkosh listing: 1962-64, no model shown, w/"146GZ" engine, dist 1111775 (there's no Wauk 146; I'm sure it's a misprint for 140/145 etc). That listing shows "original number" as 1111775, and "new number" as 1111775, the same. Looks like an 1986 catalog. (It doesn't list the Available truck). Those were Wauk truck engines primarily; if Jason can't fix you up you might try posting again mentioning it seems to be a Wauk 140/145 dist, that may be used (per a Walter listing) on a Wauk 6WAK as well. A Ward-LaF listing showed a "FD-4K NYC (Wrecker) 1954-56 Wauk 145GKB" with 1111775, 1112298 ("Tach drive") and 1112299 (tach drive")---swapable??
  14. Traffic (1918-29) was one of the "assembled" trucks (built from vendor components--Buda, Cont'l engines, Fuller transmissions Columbia and Clark axles etc). Both Mroz's and Georgano's truck books (the big Georgano, not the little one) have thumbnails, and one or both should be in your pub lib. Models ran from 1 ton to 5ton; don't have any ads at hand but might have some in the files.
  15. Justoldtrucks is a fairly new site (not brand new--time flies), a kind of spin off by people who used to be on the aths site; good people, always friendly and helpful.
  16. 1929 Rusco clutch facing and clutch plate catalog, 81/2x11, 73 pages, has makes and numerical listings, Sept 29 one page price list for clutch facings. Covers soiled, all int pgs good. 1936 Republic Gear catalog, 81/2x11, 132 pgs, Ring gears, pinions, Diff cases and internal parts, Trans gears and parts "for all cars and trucks" (well, not really). Covers ugly, it's been used, but all int pgs mostly good, free of thumbprints altho some do appear, but all info perfectly legible. Includes 11 pgs net/list prices. Price $5 each plus media mail mailing, BUT PREFER to trade one or both and maybe cash for late 20s/early 30/s engine parts catalog that has makes, models and ID of engines used including at least some orphan trucks (like f'rinstance--Hug 1923-25 HA, H-4...Buda WTU). NOT interested in mainline trucks: Chev, Dodge, Ford, GMC, White). Bud Tierney 503-281-8576 Portland OR. If message machine comes on pls leave email as we have no LD conn.
  17. Picking up something like this (unknowns in poor cond) is always a gamble or a labor of love (just trying to salvage without making any money, and actually being lucky not to spend too much time and effort, etc)... Wood wheels are not my thing, but don't limit yourself to a bus or truck--several large cars of 27-28 or so period either had 700x20 (old 32x6.75 per Burness) or very close 20" tires, and the wood wheels (we called them "artillery wheels) were often an option to wires... There's also the possibility the 700s were not the original size; when older tires became dificult to find, we stuck on whatever we could find that fit the rim... Try taking more measurements and posting them, and the brand name and anything else on the tires, which could jog someones memory... You need to find an old grey-haired tire man who might recognize them...
  18. If still available, you might generate more interest if you knew and could post which Reo engine it was...none of my catalogs that list Reo in 48 show "Speed Wagon", just factory model numbers and the original engine fitted (which is not always the same engine fitted when it's junked)!! With sympathy, Bud
  19. A suggestion on the motor: Kaiser used a Continental 226, which was a very popular Continental engine in all kinds of comm'l, industrial, Ag eqpmt uses for years. Under Cont'l usage of the time the "automotive" (truck, etc) version was F6226; the ind'l/comm'l/ag version was F226, and the stand-alone power unit version was PF226 or P-some other letter 226... You'll have to talk to Kaiser-Fraser club members to find out if any of these would be a drop-in fit, if off-the shelf F6226/F226 etc parts will fit (one had timing gears, the other a timing chain--I can never remember which is which), or whether Kaiser made particular modifications for its normal or blown engines... If I recall, Kaiser bought a Cont'l plant to build it's engines... Kaiser/Fraser club members: please feel free to correct or enlighten me on this engine point..
  20. Well, if you want a coincidence ??? my little Shurhit catalog shows Cadillac 1932-33 V12 with DR 4092 and 4110 distributors... My 46 Motor does list AL 1GM 4002/4003 distributors but no usage list, so the number looks valid... Are you sure it's a 12 and not a dual ign for a higher-output 6?? Some 6cyl Hercs in White trucks used AL 1 GW 4110A and C.. Sorry I couldn't be of any real help... (Sigh) I can just see someone tweeting: Al, I've got 1 GM 4110 distributor...(Sorry; couldn't resist!)...
  21. Interesting your boxes apparently say S36L and S36R... That 36 King catalog, under ES-36, lists: Chrysler 34-35, CA, CB, Airstream C6, 6cyl; CZ 8cyl; DeSoto 35 SF, Airstream; Dodge 34 DR, DS (lefthand) Plymouth 34 PE, PF (lefthand). The 41 McQ-N has no numerical index, but under the above four Mopars shows: Chrysler 34-35 CA, CB, Airstream 6, 6cyl; Airstream CZ 8cyl, (lefthand) DeSoto 35 SF, Airstream (lefthand); Dodge and Plymouth listings are the same as in the 36 catalog... On those that specified ES36 as lefthand, the righthand was ES35... Can't help on the other things... With sympathy, Bud (fmly noncompos)
  22. Your post would probably receive more helpful replies if posted in the Maxwell forum below; Benj Briscoe was involved with the Maxwell before building the Briscoe and all, and there is a Maxwell club and a Maxwell-Briscoe owners group... Std Cat says Briscoe built own engines (possible, but I'd guess he contracted with established engine builders) and would've almost certainly used vendor ign, carbs etc...it did say that in 1916 he introduced an air cooled 4 cyl of 24 HP, and Std cat lists the 1919 Model B 4-24 as 24HP, that he offered small communities assembly rights to assemble his kits (Briscoe engines, almost certainly with US ign, carb etc), so if you car wasn't imported it may've been assembled there, locally... If nothing helpful shows up here or the Maxwell forum (if you post there) try Googling the clubs; as a last resort you'll probably have to Google up the antique ign and carb dealers to see what they have. If you do have the air cooled four, Std Cat says it was allegedly "created" in France by Briscoe and various engineers; here, again, if true, I'd guess it was an existing French design or a modification, and if so parts from the original French engine, if available, might work in yours. Good luck.
  23. While I'm not a Cont'l buff as such, I would guess that if there're not many whole engines usually available (I haven't Googled or checked EBay etc for whole motors) it's because they were heavily concentrated in the "orphan" cars and trucks, most of which went into the shredders and melters over the years, and that the engines are now carefully watched for and snapped up by collectors/restorers... As the orphan makes died off, most (all?) of the US m'f'r's left made their own engines; Cont'l remained in the industrial engine business (specialty vehicles, ag, comm'l and industrial eqpmt as the mentioned forklift etc, ag/ind'l power units, ad nauseum) as well as staying heavily in aircraft engines... The 226 in the Kaisers etc were an engine Cont'l designated as F6226 in their "automotive" version (actually trucks and all kinds of eqpmt) F226 in their "industrial" version which included ag, many uses of which overlapped the uses of the "automotive" version, and PF226 (and possibly other P-other letter-226 IDs) for the free-standing power unit version ( pump drivers, whatever). I would guess literally thousands are still in operation today.
  24. On the assumption you already follow the firetruck sites, a couple suggestions: Another gasket place might be gasketstogo.com; they're also a sponsor on smokstak, a popular old-engine old-iron site; (Olson's is highly regarded in these old engine forums)... The place to start for obsolete Cont'l engine hard parts, information, advice and/or sympathy (as the case my be) is often mentioned to be Garrad (Gerry/Jerry) Moon at Monte's in Chicago, obsolete Cont'l etc dealers; garradmoon@montes@flash.net, or montesequipment.com... Another place described as helpful with old Cont'ls is P A Ross Machinery, Dallas: parossmachinery.com
  25. Should've thought to add that if you're reduced to convassing the profe$$ional obsolete engine parts dealers there's a good list on the Parts and services section of aths.org...
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