[SEL] Joining the smokers

[maytagtwin at aol.com]

Hi George,

First, I wish to commend you for having the good sense to bring this poor orphan Maytag Engine into your shop.  You have a physical reminder of an important stage of development of our nation's quality of life.  Prior to the advent of the Maytag Engine many folks who even bothered to wash their clothing, would do it by stirring the clothes with a stick in a pot of boiling water, with lye soap used to reduce surface tension.  Since birth control was not yet freely available from the government, the children in the family would resemble stairsteps and would number from 9 on up to who knows how many.  Children being in constant need of amusement and essentially cruel in their treatment of each other, some of the littler ones were bound to be pushed into the pot from time to time.   Arnie and Evil Dave were lucky to have avoided such a fate.  Given their disdain for the wonderful Maytag Engine their clothes probably weren't all that clean, either.

But, I digress.  Second, ignore those gas/oil ratios  offered up from Evil Dave and Arnie.  Go back to the traditional formula, 16 parts gasoline to one part 30 wt. non-detergent motor oil.  You can reduce the smoke considerable by running the engine under load.  The single cylinder model 92 has hit and miss governing with constant fuel supply.  Under no load it may fire only every 15 or 20 revolutions so you can see considerable gas/oil mix is pumping through the engine creating a smoky exhaust.

So, do be kind to your fine little Maytag Engine.

Regards,
Ron Carroll
Clearmont, MO    




-----Original Message-----
From: Arnie Fero <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 5:13 pm
Subject: Re: [SEL] Joining the smokers


George,
The most important advice is to not overdo the oil
odern two-stroke oils are so much better than what
as available back when Maytags were introduced.
A perfectly suitable gas/oil mixture is 50,000:1.
BTW, you're located close to the ocean; so you probably
ave a boat.  You don't say if the Maytag is a single or
 twin.  While either make a superb boat anchor, the
win is preferred due to the mud-grabbing geometry.
Hope that helps...
See ya,  Arnie
On Tue, September 4, 2012 1:40 pm, Best, George wrote:
 On Saturday I was at my mother-in-laws place to look at some of the stuff
 my sister-in-law and her husband had taken out of my deceased
 father-in-law's shed.  He had a shed packed full of Model A Ford parts,
 along with other assorted car parts and other miscellaneous stuff he had
 packed away.

 To my surprise I spotted a Maytag engine that actually looks to be
 complete and in decent condition.  Next trip down in a couple of weeks I
 plan on bringing the Maytag back home with me.  I've never had a Maytag
 before, so it will be something different to play around with.  Although
 if it doesn't start with a  little tinkering, it will quickly just end up
 on a shelf never to be touched again until more interesting projects are
 finished.

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