December - January 2019

Gas Engine Magazine

Where yesterday’s farm engines come to life

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New Collectors
One of the biggest issues facing the future of the old iron hobby is the simple question, “Who is going to carry the torch?” In the earliest days of the hobby, almost everyone came from a rural or farm background. Further, almost everyone had a direc
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17 Hp Fairbanks-Morse Z, Unidentified 2-stroke And Ironwood Engine Drawings
Reader Cristy Miller, Nappanee, Indiana, has come into possession of a very interesting 17 hp Fairbanks-Morse Z, and he’s hoping to learn more about it as it’s not an engine Fairbanks-Morse ever cataloged, nor does it appear in any available literatu
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The Engines Of Mt. Pleasant
It had been a few years since I’d taken in the Old Threshers Reunion at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, so I was glad for the opportunity to attend 2018’s 69th annual reunion, held as always over the Labor Day weekend. In addition to the expected horde of steam
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HALF-SCALE GARDNER: Building a half-scale Gardner Model 0 engine, Part 1 of 2
In 1868, Lawrence Gardner founded a business working out of the common basement of four row houses in the Stretford area of Manchester, England. The business started trading as Machinists and General Engineers, but before long started to develop a ra
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The 2-stroke Cycle A Look At The Development Of The 2-stroke Engine
We all know what a 2-cycle engine is, right? It’s that little buzzy-sounding engine powering your weed eater or chain saw! They have been around as long as we can remember, and we don’t give them much thought. Just mix some oil into the gas and they
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A REALLY BIG 1931 15 hp Fairbanks-Morse Z
A few words from Dale Rieppel’s father, Erich, led Dale into a lifetime career working with big equipment. “Hey, you took it apart,” Dale’s father said to him once after Dale had disassembled a piece of equipment. “Now you can just put it all back to
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Restoring A Vilter Steam Engine
More than 20 years ago, members of the Jordan, Minnesota, Scott-Carver Threshers’ Assoc. decided to restore a huge 150-ton, 1917 Vilter steam engine, one of three that had been used in the Armour & Co. meatpacking plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, the la

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