[SEL] Fw: Need FM Dishpan engine advice

[paulmaples at sbcglobal.net]

WOOPS!!!!!!!!! I should have proof read my last message. The word in the 
last line should be pass and not the one it is.

Sorry about that.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 12:39 PM
Subject: [SEL] Need FM Dishpan engine advice


> Folks a stranger whom I have never met sent me an e-mail today and told me 
> he has one of the old Fairbanks Morse dishpan engines and it will not run. 
> He said it ran about three months ago but will not run now. I suggested he 
> make sure he was getting fire at the plug and if he was to check for stuck 
> check valve on the mixer pickup.
>
> He wrote back that he knew it was getting gas so it must be the fire that 
> is the problem. He tells me it has an old Model-T coil as part of the 
> ignition system.
>
> I don't know who he is or what the engine looks like but I would 
> appreciate any help and advice you folks me want to give me so I can ass 
> it on to him. Meanwhile I am going to try and see if he is a local.
>
> Paul
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