[SEL] Engine Parts - The Gig on the Dig
bgrimley at bellsouth.net
bgrimley at bellsouth.net
Fri Jun 13 10:09:49 PDT 2008
Sounds like Tom Sawyer has been reincarnated, but has graduated from painting picket fences to excavating
junk piles - and in the middle of July! . Around here scrap iron brings $15 US per 100 lbs - can you take all of it to junk yard? Any rare bottles in there?
Bill in NC.
-------------- Original message from Judge Tommy Turner <lcjudge at scrtc.com>: --------------
> Anybody game to hunt for some engine parts? Here's the "gig on the dig".
>
> I acquired a 4 HP Springfield Type B that is missing parts. Here's some
> background and how this story is believed to have come about. A man
> named Hannebaum, from Missouri, worked in the Ohio works of the
> Springfield Gas Engine shop in the 1890's. He was quite the engineer
> and its very possible the Type B Springfield was his design. He moved
> back to Missouri, near Springfield, and either brought the patterns with
> him or possibly engine castings. A few of the Type B Springfield style
> engines were built, tagged with the Hannebaum name. One was a 4 (or
> believed to be a 4) HP that was installed in a grain elevator in
> Billings, MO.
>
> It ran until 1945 when it was removed from service. It was purchased
> and taken to a farm a few miles from town when the engine was dismantled
> and a wedge bolted on the piston to make a woodsplitter. After being
> used a few years the engine was set in the fence row where it remained
> until a few years ago. One of the family members, now in his 90's.
> stated that he knew all the parts for the engine were still there on the
> farm and knows close proximity to where they are located. I have
> visited the site and believe him as its sort of like walking back in time.
>
> Where he believes the parts are located has a large amount of scrap
> iron, junk, growth, etc and will require some work to pick through, dig,
> etc.
>
> The parts possible there include the intake and exhaust valve cage, the
> cross slide mechanism, the ignitor, governor, gas valve and other small
> parts. This will be a bit like digging for gold.
>
> Now the question is, are there any folks out there game to make a
> digging excursion with me? I have a friend who can bring in a skid
> steer and he'll spray to kill all the vegetation a couple weeks before
> the dig could begin. I think the project, with 5 or 6 folks working,
> could be completed in a day and a half. I've got shovels, picks, etc
> but I would need to access a metal detector to do the job right.
>
> I'd provide the meals, hotel room, and all the fire water needed. We
> could gather at my place and then I'd transport everyone down to the
> site, which is about an 8 hour drive.
>
> Just something to think about. I'll probably try to do this excursion
> in mid July.
>
> Tommy Turner
>
>
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