[SEL] two questions about hit n miss engines

[Alan]

Hi Dave,

"Hitting every time" means,,,,  Hitting on every compression stroke.

Only engine guys that don't know how to file points and clean them
have problems making a Maytag engine run.

OR,,,  They DO know HOW to make them run,,,,
They just HATE that loud smoking single so much that they
claim they never run.  8>)))))

I took that stupid Shotgun Maytag to Buckley this year and folks 
loved it.  Well,,, Everyone except me.

I sure hope at least one of my three Maytag washing machines will 
accept a twin engine.  
I refuse to put a loud, smokey, single on a washer and take it to a show.

Alan

--- On Thu, 9/11/08, David Rotigel <rotigel at alltel.net> wrote:

> From: David Rotigel <rotigel at alltel.net>
> Subject: Re: [SEL] two questions about hit n miss engines
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 6:14 PM
> Hi Jim and Alan,
> 	While it's almost true that a hit and miss governed
> engine should not  
> hit "every time", it's only ALMOST true.
> Several things must be  
> considered.
> 		1.) The great majority of hit and miss engines are 4
> cycle. Four  
> cycle engines "hit" only every other time.
> 		2.) Hit and miss engines that were used in various
> applications  
> would "hit" every other time while under load for
> a SHORT time.  
> (Consider, please, a buzz saw rig, or a lift [as when 	
> 			elevating a boat up to dry dock, or a load of bricks to
> the top of  
> a structure being built.]) In such cases the engine would
> hit" every  
> other time for, say, 5-10 seconds and then 				return to
> "hitting"  
> only once in a while.
> 		3.) On other (most???) applications Alan is correct--if
> the engine  
> is "hitting" every other time over (most of the
> time) you should get a  
> bigger engine.
> 	Dave
> PS, Yes, I know about 2 cycle engines! The MAYTAG single is
> the most  
> common, but no one has ever seen one running, so that does
> not count!
> PPS, Ask any real engine collector "Do you own any
> MAYTAG MOTORS." If  
> he/she/it responds "No" you can rest assured that
> he/she/it is a LIER  
> and CAN NOT be trusted!
> PPPS, How was that last PS for being politically correct?
> 
> --------
> David Rotigel
> rotigel at alltel.net
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 10, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Alan wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > If you load a hit n miss engine until it is hitting
> every time you  
> > are working it too hard.
> >
> > Alan in Michigan
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 9/10/08, Kangas, James G.
> <james.kangas at timken.com> wrote:
> > From: Kangas, James G. <james.kangas at timken.com>
> > Subject: Re: [SEL] two questions about hit n miss
> engines
> > To: "The SEL email discussion list"
> <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 8:00 PM
> >
> > "* In my experience hit and miss run cooler and
> the hoppers don't  
> > boil dry nearly as fast as throttle-governed. "
> >
> > I didn't think of that and it would made scense if
> the engine only  
> > fired once in a while. If the engine is working under
> load does it  
> > still miss or do they fire constantly?    Jim
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