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Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they?

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ZANE

01-25-2000 05:35:28

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I have an LUC power unit that I have hooked to a Meadows grist mill and mounted on a trailer. I have taken it to a few shows and no one has ever seen another one like it. Was wondering just how rare it is. I got it from a friend who let it sit out in the weather for at least 20 years and it was pretty well rusted together in the engine but I finally got it all freed up and running after a few weeks of tender loving care and a lot of elbow grease and lubricants of different persuations.
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Rob

01-26-2000 20:08:23

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Re: Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they? in reply to ZANE, 01-25-2000 05:35:28

I have a 1941 LUH power unit off a 12A combine. Mine looks like the front end of an LA tractor with the curved hood. I have been told the difference between them was an LUH [horizontal or "straight" mounting] was inline with the tongue and powered the pto shaft and an LUC [crossways mounting] sat at a 90 degree angle to the tongue and ran a V-belt. Mine has a 540 rpm pto stubshaft out the back, but a friends LUC [square top like in the picture]had a V-belt pulley on the back and a gearbox and sprocket under the radiator [to run the unloading auger]. My friend also has a complete 12A combine with an LUH engine on it in his barn waiting to be restored. I'd like to talk to anyone with more info on these engines, too.

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Howard Salan

12-09-2000 16:02:56

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Re: Re: Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they? in reply to Rob, 01-26-2000 20:08:23

I just bought an LUC today at auction. They made 10,300 of these power units in 1945/46. Mine is mounted on a trailer and the output shaft connects via u-joint to a hydraulic pump and runs a very nice log splitter. Mine is crank start but I'm missing the shroud that covers the radiator.

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Howard Salan

12-09-2000 15:56:07

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Re: Re: Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they? in reply to Rob, 01-26-2000 20:08:23

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Dan

01-26-2000 09:40:54

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Re: Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they? in reply to ZANE, 01-25-2000 05:35:28

I have an LUC that I bought a year ago and it is on a trailer with a 24" wood saw. I was raised with 2 Cyl. John Deere tractors and a whole line of John Deere combines and equipment, but it was the first LUC I'd seen. The person I bought it from wnted to keep the crank so I went back to the farm to look for one on the iron pile. I located one, but it was shorter than I desired as I have to raise the radiator screen to crank it. I then asked an old farmer neighbor about the LUC's and then he took me to his barn and showed me another one! As the other e-mail responses said, they came on or were sold to upgrade 1940 vintage harvest equipment. But as you know, they could be used to run pumps, saws, grinders,and any number of devices needing 15 or so hp. Apparently, they weren't nearly as common as the "A" tractor, but there were many around.

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DeereEngineer

01-25-2000 15:26:32

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Re: Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they? in reply to ZANE, 01-25-2000 05:35:28

I've never heard of an LUS, but the LUC engine was built at the John Deere Dubuque Works (where I work) and was also known as the 300 Series engine. I do not know how rare a stationary power unit would be, but they built quite a few of these engines.

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Doofus

01-25-2000 07:44:44

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Re: Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they? in reply to ZANE, 01-25-2000 05:35:28

You have an LUS instead of an LUC. LUC's were used primarily on pull type combines. LUS's were the basic same engine as a LUC, but with a different transmission made to do belt work. There were alot of these engines produced. However most were LUC and alot fewer LUS configurations.

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Lyn Jones

01-25-2000 11:16:03

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Re: Re: Anybody have an LUC power unit and how rare are they? in reply to Doofus, 01-25-2000 07:44:44

I have a similar power unit here in the UK. It is in good running order, painted yellow, and is missing all of the tinwork. How do you tell an LUS from an LUC?. I had never seen or heard of them before this enquiry.
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