Name/Title
Engine, StationaryEntry/Object ID
X2007.610Description
Red stationary engine.
Stationary engines of this type were produced from the 1880s up into the early 20th century, but this looks like an early one. It has almost no identification; the nameplate says only "Gasoline Engine" and gives a number, 83383. It is a horizonally-firing cingle-cylinder, with an exposed crankshaft and two flywheels. On the outside of one flywheel is a beltwheel. Oddly, this motor looks to be a four-cycle; though the carburetor is missing, the intake seems to be directly into the head. The timing is controlled by an eccentric collar cast into the inside of the timing gear, which acts on a push-rod, which is currently stuck. There is an odd mechanism on this motor that I cannot identify: A smaller secondary timing gear rides upon the first. It is connected to a shaft, on the end of which are two flyballs. As the engine, and therefore the gear, spins faster, these flyballs act on armatures that push the gear over; a range of movement of maybe ¼ inch. Not enough to cause the gear to slip off, but enough for the gear to act upon a rocker-arm that, if pushed far enough, touches the end of a thin metal lever that can be adjusted by the operator. Adjusting this lever changes how far the gear has to move (i.e. how fast the engine has to run) before the contact is made. My first thought was that is could be an adjustable kill-switch, but the armature does not appear to be at all electrically isolated from the lever. Perhaps there are missing pieces.
This is an interesting item, though it has no direct application to boats. It would have been used in a woodshop, or to power a water pump, or any belt-driven application. Worth keeping. EVS 2007Collection
Inboard EnginesAcquisition
Accession
X2007.610Source or Donor
FICAcquisition Method
GiftLocation
* Untyped Location
Row CWall
Rack HBuilding
*Don Doebler Collections Storage Facility
