[SEL] 7 HP Economy Hit and Miss Kerosene engine

Keith Kinney kkinney at herculesengines.com
Fri Mar 19 20:15:41 PDT 2010


I don't think the previous owner ever ran the engine. I don't plan to run it on kerosene.  It would have to be under a load to get warm enough.  Gasoline will be just fine. 
Keith


On Mar 19, 2010, at 12:44 PM, curt at rustyiron.com wrote:

>> 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.
> 
> For running at a show, not working the engine, do you run it without water
> in the hopper? Or did the p/o even run kero in it? They make beautiful
> smoke rings on kero, but are messy.
> Tried kero in my 6HP long ago and the smoke rings were entertaining. Yes,
> this was prior to the paint job :-) Too much trouble to clean!
> Curt
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