[SEL] New Iron Find

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi Francis,
         My Club uses a ZC to pull our 1905 apple cider press. We press 
about 6,000 gal of cider each fall. The engine has always performed well 
and needs little (or no) attention. Having said that I consider the ZC to 
be a "utility" engine and not a show engine. As a show piece I consider it 
to be in the class with MAYTAGS! It's your nickel, but if it were me I'd 
say "Thanks, but no thanks!"
         Dave
PS, Thank goD we don't all like the same thing!

At 07:39 PM 2/12/2005, you wrote:
>While at the Ag Expo in Tulare, I met a friend who told me that he  knew
>where I could get a couple of engines.  Of course, I had to go 
>see  them.  One is
>a Fairbanks Morse Type Z, Style C, 2½ HP.  The other is  also a Fairbanks
>Morse.  This latter one came from the Taft oil fields  several years 
>ago.  From
>looking at Wendel's, this engine appears to be a  Type ZC which has an 
>enclosed
>crankcase and a place to install a radiator and  fan (these items are
>missing).  I would estimate the HP to be in the 7 - 10  HP range.  This 
>engine also
>has a clutch vee belt four  sheaves pulley.  On the inside of the left 
>flywheel
>(looking forward  from the rear) there is a vee belt pulley.  I think is the
>pulley that  was used to turn the fan.  The carburetor is missing but, the
>seller  tells me that LPG carburetor is available with purchase of the 
>engine.
>Both engines are free and the mags are on the engines.
>The question is how desirable is the Model ZC?  Remember I  have to have a
>good reason to convince the wife.
>
>Francis Maciel
>Santa Maria, CA
>
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