[SEL] New FM at Vista Ca.

[Jim Kirkes]

Hi Bruce,

I am part of the team that will be getting it running.  We 
have a lot to do before it becomes functional.  some of the 
things are;

Remove all of the grout from the leveling screw holes and 
clean out the threads.
Level the engine with respect to the generator, this will 
take a while as both units total about 50 tons.
Grout the engine and the generator mounts.
Remake all of the nuts that go through the flange that 
connect the engine to the generator.  These were torched off 
by the riggers that moved the machine.  They also damaged 
the bolts these nuts go onto.  Repairing these will be a big 
job.
Make a new cooling system from scratch as Edison threw away 
the old one years ago.
Plumb this up to air system. The existing air system nay 
need additional reservoir capacity in addition to what is 
already there.

Probably be some other things that have not surfaced yet.  I 
think it will take at least year of weekends to get the 
engine running and that may be optomistic.

Jim

Jim and Diane Kirkes
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Younger" <sluggo54 at hotmail.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:43 AM
Subject: [SEL] New FM at Vista Ca.



Wait 'til you hear that sweetie run, Ron.  They are so 
quiet - well, except for the stack music.  If you have any 
influence in the matter, try to get them to start it up once 
before the exhaust system is hooked up!

This gaggle of engines is in Lathrop, MO, salvaged from the 
old Pattonsburg, MO powerhouse.  The old town of Pattonsburg 
was abandoned after the floods of '93, and moved to higher 
ground.  Read the story in this GEM article of how the 
engines came to be where they are.  No sweeter music 
anywhere.

http://gasengine.farmcollector.com/gas-engines/Salute-to-a-Dream.aspx

Bruce Younger

05G HHC 313 RR Bn 3/67-4/68

Madison, SD

sluggo54 at hotmail.com



"There is no hunting like the hunting of a man and those 
that have hunted
armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything 
else thereafter."

E. Hemingway




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