My New Project

[n7gxz]

Here's a link to my web page with some pictures of my new project, a Satlley/Montgomery Ward 2hp stationary engine (sometimes refered to as a hit n' miss engine).



Sattley/Montgromery Ward 2hp engine



Kevin

 

[rkressg]

Cool, I will be curious to see how it turns out. Looks like a lot of work.

-Rich

 

[KBennett]

That is way cool! I love small engines and that one is neat.

I don't see a carburetor. How does it get fuel and what kind of fuel does it take?

 

[n7gxz]

That is way cool! I love small engines and that one is neat.

I don't see a carburetor. How does it get fuel and what kind of fuel does it take?

The carb is at the six o'clock position in this picture under the head, it does not look like a carb you're used to. This one runs on gas but some ran on kerosene.



Kevin



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[CWebster]

I love them old engines! I have been recently devouring a stack of Gas Engine Magazines given to me by a friend. They have a lot of write-ups on hit and miss engines. Good luck with your restore!



http://www.gasenginemagazine.com/links/



"In the days before rural electrification and modern tractors, the one-cylinder gas

engines were used to power everything from well pumps to threshing machines. Rich's

gas engines were used to power corn huskers, saw mills, apple paring and coring

machines, and even household washing machines. The engines and the various

appliances they powered were sold through the Sears Roebuck and the Montgomery

Ward catalogs.



They were called hit-and-miss engines because they only fired when the engine's

flywheel slowed to a point where another power stroke was required. The resulting

exhaust sound was irregular, sounding like backfiring-spaced far apart when the engine

was coasting, and spaced close together when the engine was under load. The

flywheel powered a best that drove the tool or appliance. " --copied from http://www.irm.org/news/briefs/archive/09029902.txt