[SEL] unknown engine

[Mark Shulaw]

I was not aware that they made half breeds that small. Thats like a 
1.5 hp size. maybe 2 at most. But if so yah learn something new every day. Mark



At 01:56 PM 3/8/2012, you wrote:
>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.
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>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
> >>
> >>
> >> That looks like a steam engine conversion.
> >>
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> >>> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:14:54 -0500 (EST)
> >>> From: Germoamer at aol.com
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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_
> >>>
> >>> 
> (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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Mark Shulaw
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