Guest Hartparr Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Anybody know what this engine is out of?. 2 cylinder air cooled 4.500 bore x 4.500 stroke ..atmospheric intake valves..(home made intake and exh manifolds) Thanks Ed:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Popadak Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 When I see all the cooling fins on a two cylinder, my first guess is a railroad inspection car engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim_Edwards Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 May be an engine for a compressor or generator. Needless to say the geared inertia wheel makes it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Call Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I don't think the manifolds are homemade. Guessing the age to be in the late teens I'd say they are factory plumbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbk Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 This looks like a Davis engine that was made in Waterloo Iowa.It is mentioned in the book "Engines of Iowa"It was used in industrial applications and also in some 1906-1914 cars such as the "Economy Motor Buggy" and the "Success" from St.Louis.I have some pictures of an Davis engine from Brady Mann Peoria Illinois ,who restored a 1909Economy built in the building that I own in Joliet Illinois.The engines are not identical but close.The flywheel with the cooling fan built in is the same and the general layout.I can email you some of these if you give me your Email address.I do not know how to attach the to this post.Robert Kapteyn.studebaker@mac.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim_Edwards Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 After a bit of research, it may be a variation of the Maytag Twin-Cylinder Multi-Motor with a missing pedal kick start, but it looks way to large for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 What ever it is you should get it running. I like it.............Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Call Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I agree with Jim, it looks to large for a Maytag. I'm guseeing that the manifolds are one inch or one and quarter inch pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hartparr Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Robert..Thanks here is my email Hartparr@aol.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 The keyed output shaft doesn't look very automotive to me, maybe marine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim_Edwards Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 The keyed output shaft doesn't look very automotive to me, maybe marine?Doubtful if it's either automotive or marine. More like industrial stationary. It just hit me we can see spark plugs but nothing going to them. Wonder if there should be a magneto on that shaft with the large wheel on the other side intended to handle a belt. The carburetor on that thing looks much like something one would expect to find on a Briggs-Stratton engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The carb looks like Model T Ford. The timer looks like a two cylinder version of a T timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hartparr Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Yes it has a Model T carb..Don't think that original... look above the crank shaft there is a timmer...so it was a Batt. and coil ignition...the reason I don't think its a stationary is there is no governor or a place for one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 One valve per cylinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hartparr Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 two valves per cylinder...the intake valves are atmospheric, but in the same chamber as the exh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PONTIAC1953 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 May be an engine for a compressor or generator. Needless to say the geared inertia wheel makes it interesting.geared inertia wheel ?, another word for flywheel, jim, what you're seeing is the timing gears for the crank to run the camshaft. charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PONTIAC1953 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 two valves per cylinder...the intake valves are atmospheric, but in the same chamber as the exh.yes, the vacuum created by the down stroke of the piston overcomes the small spring holding the intake valve closed. and when the power stroke of combustion happens, the valve is kept closed because of no vacuum then. charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Sure looks like an air compressor to me. Is the flywheel grooved for belts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Nah, ya can see the two little spark plug pegs on the timer. It looks a little like a Model T timer but with only two plug nubs. I know what you mean about it looking like an air compressor, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hey, restorer might have something there, Perhaps it was last used as an air compressor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldenguy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 An air compressor, with a carburetor? I know they made compressors out of Ts and As, but two ran and two pumped. But one running and one pumping, I question the capabilities. --Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The manifolds and carb do not appear original to the engine. Keyed shaft out both sides is strange also. The "timer" does not look as if it belongs either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hartparr Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Here's a few more photos..The Flywheel is 17"...I can tell you it was never a air compressor.....Thanks for all who have responded...I'm sure we all would like to know what it came from...Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Take your word for that, HartParr, but the possiblilty of such an arrangement is real. I havea tire filling apparatus for a model A Ford which simply screws in a sparkplug hole. It seemsthe atmospheric valves would be ideal for such an application. Interesting Post for sure, but I notice it still is not well settled, as many say 1910ish, and others see the technology as closer to 1920s. Could have powered a plethora of industrial devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Schucks, more questions! Would this not have been one loud mother with no muffler?Also, what is the stem for in the middle of the carb? I am not familiar with model T carbs, butdid not know they had that? Bhigdogs right...you should put a couple spark plugs on it and get it running! Wear earplugs, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The "stem" is to adjust the main jet. There was a rod that went through the dash on a "T" so you could adjust on the fly. The carb feeds both cylinders and both cylinders have spark plugs. As already noted, it has a timer with two terminals. The exhaust joins together into one outlet. Ergo, it is not, nor was it ever, a compressor. It is a gasoline engine. Could have come from a Henway or a Rolls Kennardly for all else that I know;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 To my eye it just looks more industrial than automotive, especially the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddyshack Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Try posting on smokstak.com , They have solved many interesting mystery engine I.D.'s. They have sections on industrial, agricultural, boat, auto, and even foreign manufactured engines.Just a thought. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Similar to the IHC air Cooled Highwheeler design. I know it is not from an IHC Highwheeler, but I would say it was in a similar type vehicle or light truck. I also agree it is not a stationary engine. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xprefix28truck Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 It looks to me like an early railroad inspection car engine. Air cooled 2 cylinder. Very utilitarian. Maybe post pictures to the NARCOA website?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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