[SEL] unknown engine

[Paul Anderson]

It could be a half-breed. You used to be able to buy conversion kits. Keep the flywheels, crankshaft, bed plate, etc.  attach a new cylinder and piston. Then you convert the steam engine to a gas or diesel. It is the source of a number of weird looking engines. 

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On 2012-03-08, at 1:12 PM, Tom Winland <gasenginetom at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> steam engines wouldn't have a hopper so that rules out steam
> 
> 
>> From: bakermonitor1932 at hotmail.com
>> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 12:31:27 -0500
>> Subject: [SEL] unknown engine
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>> 
>> That looks like a steam engine conversion.
>> 
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>>> I recently was given an old photo of an engine that was in my wife's 
>>> family. Sitting in front of it is my wife's grandfather and a child who we are 
>>> not sure of yet. The engine has an Olds type hopper top. The two 
>>> flywheels appear to be mismatched. The near one looks round rather than flat on 
>>> edge. The other is flat. The spokes do not appear to line up from one wheel 
>>> to the other. Any thoughts?
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>>> _http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/old%20engine%20reduced.jpg_
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>>> (http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/old%20engine%20reduced.jpg) 
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>>> Thanks,
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>>> Tom Schmutz
>>> Concord, Va. 
>>> germoamer at aol.com
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