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Gas Engine Magazine

Where yesterday’s farm engines come to life

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Hit-and-Miss
Longtime readers of Gas Engine Magazine might recognize the name at the end of this column. For those who don’t, I was the assistant editor of GEM from 2007 to 2011 before moving on to other positions within Ogden Publications. You’re reading my word
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Christian Williams Editorial Director Landon Hall Group Editor, Collectibles Richard Backus Contributing Editor Arthur Hur Associate Editor/Online Terry Price Art Director Kirsten Martinez Prepress Jenifer Davidson Advertising Sales Coordinator Brend
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Flywheel Forum
I have an engine that I have not been able to get any information on. There is no tag but "K Motor" is cast in the block. Engine weighs about 70 pounds, and it has a single cylinder and single flywheel. It probably is about 1/2hp with about a 3-inch
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Auction Block
Old iron brought big bucks at the first of two installments of the Kenny and Wendy Wolf Collection auction, Nov. 7-9, 2019. The online auction, hosted by Aumann Auctions Inc., featured more than 100 gas engines as well as portable steam engines and o
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The Humble Spark Plug
Given the spark plug’s critical role in the successful development and proliferation of the internal combustion engine, it’s interesting how little we appear to know about the details of precisely who invented the spark plug, and when. According to s
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Coolspring Spotlight
At 75 feet long with an 18-ton, 18-foot-diameter flywheel, the 1917 600hp Snow is one of the largest gas engines ever to be preserved in running condition. The overall weight of the engine is estimated to be about 140 tons! The Snow is housed in a bu
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Magneto Chargers
While a friend of mine had a magnet charger, I always felt a little uneasy about putting him to the trouble of ensuring that the battery that powered it was fully charged, and the fact he had to clear his work bench to make room to use it. Part of th
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For more than 25 years, the Coolspring Power Museum in Coolspring, Pa., has been recognized as housing the world’s finest collection of early and historically significant internal combustion engines. The museum boasts a collection of more than 250 en
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From start to finish, Peter Rooke’s newly revised, easy-to-follow narrative will impress and educate both new and experienced hobbyists with exhaustive coverage of the process. In 112 pages, Rooke meticulously leads you from stripping an engine throu

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