| Author | Message | ||
     Just_ziptab |
Local farm auction this coming Saturday. Guy has some "hit and miss" engines I'm interested in. Found this on the web site for the auction. I don't have a clue,but some of it looks familiar.  | ||
| Reducati |
old bong  | ||
| Sycho |
Holy Crap! That's one of those Whatchimehcallits. | ||
| Brumbear |
an ether kit? | ||
| Trojan |
According to the box it is sitting on, it's a microwave oven! | ||
| Xdigitalx |
Could be a prototype of a Flux capacitor. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Ether that or something else. | ||
| Oldog |
simple.. MR Coffee, 1800 | ||
| Davegess |
Whatever it is it is cool. Buy it! | ||
| Xdigitalx |
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| Xdigitalx |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV7Qz640OeM | ||
| Sifo |
Nice find. It's hard to find those with both the right and left hand kenuter valves. | ||
| Hootowl |
If it ever runs out of string, I have a source I can hook you up with. | ||
| Danger_dave |
How long is it? | ||
| Bandm |
Automatic lubricator for injecting oil into the cylinder of a steam engine. | ||
| Fast1075 |
For sure the two valves with handles and screw caps are for lubing the main bearings on a hit and miss or steam engine. You fill the caps with grease and every so often you open the valve and screw the cap down a little to force grease into the bearing. The other item may be a drip luber for the cylinder/piston...but all of them I have seen have a glass view port so you can judge the drip rate. There used to be a collector that lived down the road from me when I was a kid..I pestered him to death...his specialty was collecting a particular brand of engine named "Stover"...he had a whole bunch of them.... | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Yes,they certainly look like greasers....but why are they in what appears to be a kitted box and not on the engine? The greasers I've seen don't have a valve in them. Looks like there is a threaded lens there too(center left). Well,I hope to find out tomorrow and hope to come home with an engine too. There are 40 of them listed...should be enuf to go around for everyone if the bidding doesn't go crazy. On line pictures here:http://www.schultzauction.com/2011_15_10.php | ||
| Bgbrd |
I think that is a steam engine recorder. It records the pressure events in a steam cylinder over the stroke of the piston. the info is marked on paper wrapped around the steel colored drum in the center of the picture. I saw an illustration in a steam locomotive training book. | ||
| Bandm |
Bgbrd got it, Steam Indicator.  http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Indicator/ Indicator1.htm | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Dayyum, this place is edumacational. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Yeah! It sold for $70.00. They did not know what it was.Guy that bought it sorta knew it was a steam engine tool...and he just likes old/odd stuff like that. I did come home with a Monmouth hit&miss engine.1&3/4 horse. All there and a little crusty.Still had antifreeze in the cooling hopper.Fifth wheel truck and all. Mag ignition. Shouldn't take a whole lot to get it running..but the clean up is going to be time consuming. I had to bid against a "flipper w.h.o.r.e"that bought 15 of the 40 engines. I hate those guys that don't give the little people a chance...but at least I know I paid LESS than what he was going to flip it for. | ||
| Bgbrd |
Do I get A prize?? for all you early internal combustion engine guys google up" Cool spring Power Museum". It's in central PA and has a great collection of early engines. Most run and many are absolutely freaki'n gihugeic like a 16 inch piston with 8 ft dia flywheel. They have running exibitions 3 or 4 times a year | ||
| Froggy |
You mean a XB with a fouled plug? | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Took all of ten minutes to get it running...both valves stuck....and probably hasn't run for at least 15 years. Running here on just shots of starting fluid. |
