[SEL] 7 HP Economy Hit and Miss Kerosene engine

[Keith Kinney]

Thanks Arnie, I'm very pleased with the engine.  They only made the Hit and Miss kerosene in 1914-16.  They were replaced with the throttle governed Kerosene engine for the Hercules brand in late 1915 and with the Thermoil engine for the Economy brand in 1917.   There are not to many around.  I don't think they were a very good runner on kerosene as they wouldn't run hot enough to vaporize the kerosene since they were hit an miss. The throttle governed kerosene engine was not offered by Sears/Economy until the late 20's.    Yes, Dave's 12HP Hercules was a throttle governed Kerosene.  By the way, my 9 HP Economy is also a hit and miss kerosene with the rolled top like 7 HP but it is a half base engine.  That is one reason I wanted this particular 7 HP.

Some day I hope to be able to afford a 12 HP Economy but it will be a while.  A full set of Sparta's would be nice but at this point if I try for another mile stone set it would be to have one of each model, I would need a Model D,G,H,N to complete that set.  As long as I don't go for the large engines that shouldn't be to0 hard or too expensive.  The model N will be the hardest to find/afford.   

Tommy, I'm not sure what I'm going to do as far as mounting the engine.  I'd like to put it on a cart but I've got more engines than carts right now and haven't decided which is going on a cart and which are going on skids.  You were right on assessing the condition of the engine.  You'd think you've looked at one or two engines in your life. :-)  Thanks again for your transportation assistance.  

Keith


On Mar 17, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Arnie Fero wrote:

> Keith,
> 
> That's sooo SWEET!  There aren't that many kero burners that are hit & miss.  Are
> all the Economy kero burners setup that way?  ISTR that Dave's 12 hp Herc kero
> burner was T/G.
> 
> So, you've got the full set of Hercs and just need a 12 hp Economy for a full set of
> those?  EXCELLENT.  What's next; a full set of Spartas?  8-))
> 
> See ya,  Arnie
> 
> On Wed, March 17, 2010 11:20 pm, Keith Kinney wrote:
>> Last October I purchased a 7 HP Economy Hit and Miss Kerosene engine in
>> Pennsylvania.  The seller arranged to have it delivered to the Fall Coolspring show
>> where Tommy Turner picked it up and hauled it back to KY for me.  A couple of weeks
>> ago I made a trip to Tommy's and retrieved the engine.  Last weekend we had a chance
>> to play with it and got her running.  It is a very early engine made in 1914 with
>> the rolled water hopper top, gasoline starting tank on the side of the block and
>> lunkenheimer 3 valve mixer.  I still need to mount the Elkhart magneto and decide
>> what to do about the paint job and cart.  Here is a video of it running last night
>> after a little more tinkering.
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIPfN3dSVB8
>> 
>> Now all I need is a 12 HP Economy to complete the set. :-)
>> 
>> Keith
> 
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Keith Kinney
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