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Anyone do antique engines? And a few of mine

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JOCCO

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Figured a few of you fool with them. The stationary engine page on here is kind of dead. Well I just finished a Fairbanks ZD "salt block" Maytag twin and now working on an International LB. I was always fascinated by them, would like to hear your stories.
 
Jocco,

Post some pictures if you would. I only have two, both John Deere 1 1/2 HP's. I was fortunate in the first one the guy gave it to me as long as I restore it. It's all painted and machine work done just need to reassemble it. This past summer I found a 1932 which is the year my grandma was born so had been looking for one. Was a sale with 100+ engine so they listed it but no pictures. I went to the sale and it was all complete so I brought it home, will leave that one original. Both were stuck, so that was the fun of it too! I'm 32 so I'll keep them for along time.
 
Not set up too good for pictures, Mrs. Jocco would have to do that and she is down from surgery. I have a 11/2 JD E to finish also and want to get the LUC going again
 
I have a Maytag washer with the Maytag single, a Maytag twin, a Cushman Cub 3HP, a 1 1/2 Massey-Harris, and a 6 HP Massey-Harris, both throttle governed. Been awhile since they have been played with..
 
Not bad I like the old MH engines (there were several types) One of them was rebadged from Cushman, or Fuller can't remember now.
 
I have 2.
One is a McCormick Deering LB that FLOLDFORD gave me. I am hooking it to a corn sheller.
The other is a 1912 Fairbanks-Morse 1 HP Eclipse that a fellow gave me. I had to make some parts for it. It is a headless engine and is Hit and Miss.
Richard in NW SC

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I remember a rare one when I was young, in the 50's, it was in the neighbors shed where we used to play. It was air cooled, almost 3 feet long, horizontal, and cooling fans on both flywheels. Anyone ever see one like it?
 
There was IH and McCormick many types/models. These LA LB are an enclosed self oiling. The M type was popular. You should have fun with it. Usually the mag is the biggest issue unless you have a very uncommon engine. Lots of places sell parts for them.
 
We have a shed full of them. Mostly British slow speed diesels. Lister, Petter, Crossley, Blackstone, Bamford, Ruston Hornsby etc. Do have a few American engines, a full set of Mccormick type M engines, never couted all of them,, maybe 40 in all.
 
Just finishing an Associated Johnny Boy 1.5 horse. Needed a cart, mag, fuel tank, all the greasers, and oilers, muffler,valves, wrist pin, bushings and everything else rebuilt. It's been quite a project!
 
There are several that come to mind but hard to tell. In old engines there were rare and uncommon ones that could be harder to identify. Try searching on line you might find a picture look at aermotor and ideal.
 
I've had quite a few old engines over the years. Sold the last six a few years ago. And like Richard G said gave one to him. Ran out of room to store them and got tired of moving them around. Had fun with them over the years but decided it was time for them to go to new owners. Didn't lose any money when I sold them but didn't make any either.
 
Always interested in the little Maytags when I see one. I think of someone kicking it over to get the washing machine going. Strange that they would invite a gasoline engine into the house back in the day. Yes I know they vented the exhaust through the wall. Still strange.
 
A high school friend built a go-cart and powered with a Maytag. It wasn't the engine he hoped it would be! I don't know what became of it.
 
(quoted from post at 17:04:55 04/08/19) Around here they had them on a porch not
in the house.
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That makes sense. I remember going through one old house that was slated to be torn down. The washer was in a little room off the kitchen and the exhaust pipe was still there But no engine.
 
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