Gotto love some old machines

old · Mar 27, 2013

I have an old Lincoln weld with a 2 cylinder Onan engine on it. I have not started it in 4 plus years since have had no need for the portable welder. Well a friend called today and said hey I need you to come over to my place and do some welding for me. I told him shoot its been years since have started it up. Well I went out and uncovered it and check how well it would turn over. Poured a little gas in the carb and pulled the rope 3 or 4 times and it fired up and ran a minute or 2. So guess it will not take much to make it run well. Just wish I could figure out a electric start for it

60 acre hillside · Mar 27, 2013

The one I had did not have a starting motor but used the generator windings to start. It required two 12v batteries but started easy. It was a good machine.

old · Mar 27, 2013

This one is old enough it dated back to before an electric start on most any machine. It pulls over hard enough I am likely to be able to pull it more then say 5 or 6 times before I have to take a break

Billy NY · Mar 28, 2013

What about an electric motor and belt? It probably would not take much of "Rich's" engineering given the impression I get that you have likely something around the place that might work. Would be slick if you had an idler/spring to tension the belt to grab, and release when it starts. I would imagine that 2 cylinder and pull starting it under full compression is not too easy, and or risky in regards to your back.

Would be great if you figured out something, then at least you could run it once in awhile, so many of those end up sitting and seizing up, my neighbor had a good running lincoln with the wisconsin V4, but let it sit so long without running, ended up in the scrap heap.

I'm a fine one to talk, my miller NT 251 is right outside my garage door, has not run since Sept, 2011 ! Need to clean the carb, and should, clean the carbon out of the heads, adjust the valves, ran well, just loves gasoline though.

old · Mar 28, 2013

Ya it is all I can do to pull it threw one compression stroke. But it does start real easy and if it is going to start that is all it takes. I would love to rig a kick start to it but that is beyond me. But I might could take an old starter from say a MH and put a pulley in place of the bendex and do that which I have done before on big single cylinder engines

Mike M · Mar 28, 2013

My Army generator dates 1945 and uses the windings to act as a starter.

old · Mar 28, 2013

Ya I have a Koler gen set that is 65KW that is the same way but this old Lincoln has only the arm strong start and that is the only way this one was ever built

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