[SEL] Another Famous/Osborn question

John Hammink jg.hammink at quicknet.nl
Sat Apr 16 08:48:51 PDT 2005


Tommy,
   I already told him that, I did some searching in the parts book
and this type of pumps were only used in 1906-07 on the Port.
and Fam. outfits. Looking at the engine tag it has to be a R1xxx
serial # what means a 1906-07 Tank cooled engine not a Screen 
cooled because these came first in 1907. 
They had ( the 4 hp) a 8"x 1 5/16" drive pulley on the engine and
the same year the factory changed it in a 3"x 1 5/16" pulley.
The only water tank I could find for these early engine was a 30"x48"
tank of 114 gallons capt.
IMHO it's worth to buy it and own an early one Mike.

John H.



> Mike,
>     On the engines I have seen the water pump is mounted behing the 
> engine on the cart or skids.  I don't remember seeing any brackets of 
> special fixtures to mount them one, just screwed or bolted directly to a 
> cross member.
> 
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
> 
> 
> > Howdy all,
> >
> > Please take a look at the water pump for the Famous/Osborne that I'm 
> > still thinking about buying 
> > <http://homepage.mac.com/hmtucker/PhotoAlbum14.html >.  I guess that 
> > you would call this a centrifugal type water pump that is driven by a 
> > belt running off a small pulley on the crankshaft.  When Curt looked 
> > at the engine, he couldn't find a bracket for mounting it and he and 
> > the owner discussed but couldn't decide what it needed.  So, does this 
> > pump mount directly to the engine or does it mount to the cart/skids 
> > between the engine and the cooling screen?  Does it have a bracket or 
> > does it mount directly?  If it needs a bracket, is that something that 
> > will be an easy thing to find?
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> > Mike
> 
> 
> 
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