Guess what I bought!

[Gregor 4,846]

Hope you're sitting down. I don't know anything about it. Just thought it looked cool, and I ought to have it. My wife asked me what that green thing was. "I've had that for a long time. I just brought it up from downstairs" She called me a liar. Of all the nerve.....

Guess I will have to start doing some more research.

[Maxwell-8 4,277]

Looks cool, very interesting looking

 

A metal pcv pipe, you know you got quality

Edited January 14, 2021 by Maxwell-8

[wallfish 17,017]

That's cool!

How about some pics of the other side?

Hopefully the timing is good to go!

[ebinmaine 67,697]

@pfrederi this one looks just like the one I have here but purrdierr

[Gregor 4,846]

4 minutes ago, wallfish said:

 

Hopefully the timing is good to go!

That's not funny at ALL! LOL  But if it should need timing, I have 4 or 5 prototype timing tools around here that just might work.

This is what I would call the bottom. No way to mount anything there.

This is the PTO side.I guess if you are going to mount it, this is where you do it.

All kinds of weird looking things on this motor.This is the top, ( I guess ) Now THATS what I call a spark plug wire!

[pfrederi 17,741]

Mil spec 1.5 hp 1 cylinder engine

 

 

 

TM-9-2805-256-14 Single Gas Engine repair.pdf TM-9-2805-256-24P.pdf

[WHX?? 48,834]

Just way cool Gregor and what a conversation piece . I just perused Paul's downloads a little bit but didn't see what they were used for? Yours looks to be NOS. 

[pfrederi 17,741]

Pumps and some strange signal corp generators (not something really usable for us)..  The two cylinder version of the engine ran the1.5Kw generators.  Parts are easy to find 

Edited January 15, 2021 by pfrederi

[71_Bronco 1,072]

Wow, thats really cool. Mount that in a mini WH like an RJ. Definitely a conversation starter.

 

Either way, thats super cool.

[Handy Don 12,247]

2 hours ago, Gregor said:

Hope you're sitting down. I don't know anything about it. Just thought it looked cool, and I ought to have it. My wife asked me what that green thing was. "I've had that for a long time. I just brought it up from downstairs" She called me a liar. Of all the nerve.....

Guess I will have to start doing some more research.

 

Has the overbuilt, "I can work anywhere", U.S. Army look about it.

The thumbscrew lock on the throttle and the taper at the end of the driveshaft say "generator" to me.

[WHX?? 48,834]

14 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

 taper at the end of the driveshaft say "generator" to me.

That's what I first thought but then not much of a taper. @Achto

[Handy Don 12,247]

1 minute ago, WHX24 said:

That's what I first thought but then not much of a taper. @Achto

That the mounting holes and the hole at the end of the shaft appear plugged is odd, too. Generators and pumps normally need a tight, straight connection to the motor.

[ebinmaine 67,697]

22 minutes ago, 71_Bronco said:

Wow, thats really cool. Mount that in a mini WH like an RJ. Definitely a conversation starter.

 

Either way, thats super cool.

The one we have is destined for an 856 chassis. 

[WHX?? 48,834]

I wanna take it apart to see what makes it go..... sry

[ebinmaine 67,697]

Just now, WHX24 said:

I wanna take it apart to see what makes it go..... sry

Yeah me too....

But not mine....

[DennisThornton 4,769]

1 hour ago, pfrederi said:

Mil spec 1.5 hp 1 cylinder engine

 

 

 

TM-9-2805-256-14 Single Gas Engine repair.pdf 2.19 MB · 7 downloads TM-9-2805-256-24P.pdf 708.04 kB · 4 downloads

You've got to be kidding!  Took over an hour to recognize, find and post a manual for it?  What took you so long?

[Gregor 4,846]

Thanks pfrederi. I have been looking for something like that.

The PTO shaft end is threaded. 5-16, fine thread, as are the mounting holes.

The seller said he believed the motor to be new and unused, but wasn't sure. The plastic plug is still in the fuel pump inlet.

[Achto 27,622]

37 minutes ago, WHX24 said:

That's what I first thought but then not much of a taper. @Achto

 

The taper looks right for a genny or pump

[Gregor 4,846]

11 minutes ago, Achto said:

 

The taper looks right for a genny or pump

Your telling me I spent 8k on a house generator for nothing?

[Gregor 4,846]

 

Where would a guy begin to look for parts? Like a muffler, for instance. And maybe a kid to pull the rope !

[ebinmaine 67,697]

Just now, Gregor said:

 

Where would a guy begin to look for parts? Like a muffler, for instance. And maybe a kid to pull the rope !

Kids are very expensive. 

 

Muffler. Old cherry bomb?

[Gregor 4,846]

Thrush  I like the woodpecker. At least I think it's a woodpecker. Maybe it's a road runner.

[Handy Don 12,247]

8 minutes ago, Gregor said:

Your telling me I spent 8k on a house generator for nothing?

Yes, if you also have the generator that goes with this and your house can operate on about 1000 watts (this thing is only 1.5hp)!

[pfrederi 17,741]

The only generators i have ever seen were old signal corps stuff strange voltages to run radios and ratt rigs..  Could also have been a pump.  i think mine was made by Chrysler marine...

 

Parts no problem...  just one source search under 1A08.  (1 cylinder 8 cubic inches ) 2A016 two cylinder 16ci.  or my Mule 4A032 4 cylinder 32 ci.

 

 

[Stepney 2,325]

Good old Chrysler/Continental 1A0x series engine. I have a 1958 Continental version, EB has a Chrysler I think. 

Ton of neat little trinkets on them.. coating the float in model airplane dope before you destroy it with modern fuel is a good idea.. incidentally, a brass float from some early Evinrude motors, and Homelite's real early chainsaws, also work fine. I did that with mine.