[SEL] Anyone out there

[Eric Walter]

All is well in Central Nebraska. It would be better if the wind would quit 
blowing though!! 5 days of 30-45 mph winds with gusts to 65 and today is 
supposed to be worse-- 40-60 with gusts reaching 75mph. Looks like the dust 
bowl around here with all the dirt and debris from harvest activity in the 
bean fields.

An update on my quest for information on my Spark plug fired John Deere 
1.5HP Type E........ It isn't.
I went to an auction last month with the intention of taking pictures of a 
Spark Plug fired Type E engine that was listed on the sale bill. While 
watching  the engines and engine parts being sold off I noticed a guy that 
was bidding on only John Deere pieces. So while there was a gap in engine 
colors I introduced myself and asked him if he knew anything about the Spark 
Plug fired engines like the one down the row. I explained my quandry and he 
went on to show me quite a bit about the engines and how to tell a true plug 
fired model from a fake. (I guess there is a guy in MI that sells conversion 
kits to turn an igniter type to a spark plug type) The one at the auction 
was a true plug fired model and in our discussion he mentioned that he has a 
couple others and this one would be his by the end of the day.......Whatever 
the cost!! I asked him what was so special about this one and he said. "I'm 
all about original, I've got an original battery box with a repro lid on one 
and a repro battery box and lid on the other and that one right there is an 
original battery box and an original lid. And I want that box and lid!"
When the bidding started he nodded each time it came back to him without 
batting an eye. Every one but one other bidder dropped when it passed 
$900.00 the other guy started slowing down at $1100.00 but kept going.That 
battery box and lid ended up selling for $1400.00 plus he got another engine 
with it to boot!!

Back to my project. After a quick discussion it was obvious that my spark 
plug version wasn't original so it was back to the drawing board and sales 
to find the parts to convert it back to an igniter/mag fired engine. I just 
received the igniter yesterday and I think I have everything else so it's 
time to get to work!! If I had been smart I would have been tearing it down 
while waiting and restoring it but Jacob and I have been very busy with our 
tractors so I will just get it running for now then do a teardown some other 
time.

Eric Walter








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Livingstone" <patrick.livingstone at gmail.com>
To: "ATIS" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; "Oldengine" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:16 PM
Subject: [SEL] Anyone out there


> Any life out there? I have not seen any mail from the lists for several
> days.
> Patrick
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> Earlwood NSW
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