[SEL] A heavy hunk of iron

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Wayne,
    Believe it or not, it found me.  A long time friend called me and 
said he found it and wanted to know if I wanted it since it was made in 
Kentucky.  A great friend indeed!

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



Wayne Thackery wrote:

>Tommy, very nice find.....or did it find you? Looks too be nice and original
>with a little different igniter and very simple governor weights. You lucky
>dog!
>
>Wayne A Thackery
>Keizer, Oregon
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
>[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Judge Tommy
>Turner
>Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:00 AM
>To: The SEL email discussion list
>Subject: [SEL] A heavy hunk of iron
>
>I just got this put in the shed last night.  Thus far, its the only one 
>like this that I can come up with.  Its a Dean Engine built in Covington 
>(or Newport), KY.  This baby is HEAVY for its HP.  Its got an 8 1/2 inch 
>bore and the flywheel rims have a 5 inch face (they're not crowned so 
>they aren't electric lighting wheels).  The engine is all original and I 
>think it probably has the original oiler and compression release as if 
>you go to Wendel's BYB (or BRB as the case may be) on page 121 in the 
>upper right you'll see the engine from an old advertisement.  It has a 
>lobe on it where it looks like there might have been a fuel pump but if 
>so, it hasn't been on the engine for many years as the grease is caked 
>on in that area.  Also, in the BYB you can't see a fuel pump but I can 
>see the lobe.  It might have been an option.  Go to this website and you 
>can look at some additional photos (I removed the 1 gallon gas tank that 
>was on it). After you open, just go up to the arrow in the upper right 
>corner and click it and you'll go to the next photo:
>
>http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30367497&p=75851485
>
>Tommy Turner
>Magnolia, KY
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