[SEL] The McVickerish Engine

David Rotigel rotigel at me.com
Mon Mar 22 18:20:23 PDT 2010


Hi Jim, Neither the exhaust nor the intake valve on a MAYTAG operate  
either!
	Dave

On Mar 22, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Kangas, James G. wrote:

> Thank you Arnie and Patrick but I'm still a little puzzled. If  
> neither the exhaust nor intake valve is opened at any time while the  
> engine is missing wouldn't that be like a Diesel using it's Jacob  
> brake? The compression without firing will stop the engine very  
> quickly if it was not for the vehicle's momentum forcing the engine  
> to keep turning over.
>  Jim  K
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> Crossley kerosene engines govern on not opening the fuel valve which  
> means
> no valves are open when they are missing.  My Bartram also works on  
> not
> opening the intake valve.
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Arnie Fero <fero_ah at city-net.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> There's a lot of hit & miss engines that don't hold a valve open.
>> The Lorenz is one.  The only time the engine fires is when the  
>> intake valve
>> is
>> opened to admit a fuel charge.  They run beautifully.
>>
>> See ya,  Arnie
>>
>> On Mon, March 22, 2010 3:46 pm, Kangas, James G. wrote:
>>> How can this engine be a hit and miss when it sounds like the  
>>> engine must
>> hit in
>>> order to operate the exhaust valve?It would seem if the engine  
>>> doesn't
>> fire and no
>>> valve is being held open the engine would quickly slow to a stop.
>>
>>
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