February - March 2021

Gas Engine Magazine

Where yesterday’s farm engines come to life

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Hit-and-Miss Enjoy The Journey
Since you are reading this, I feel it’s fair to assume you have an appreciation for items from the past. The engine enthusiast community is a group of treasure hunters and restorers, and a group that firmly believes in the saying that one person’s tr
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Christine Stoner Editor Landon Hall Group Editor, Collectibles Richard Backus Contributing Editor Shelly Bryant Art Director Jenifer Davidson Advertising Sales Coordinator CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Bill Uhler Publisher Cherilyn Olmsted Circulation & Mar
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Flywheel Forum
I stumbled upon your Gas Engine Magazine in a cigar, smoke and tobacco shop in downtown Portland and bought it because I like old machinery and grew up around some that would now be old farm equipment. I found it interesting and enjoyed reading it. T
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Expert Pa
Are you knowledgeable about a specific company or engine? Help keep our old engines running by sharing your knowledge. Send an email to editor@gasenginemagazine.com to add your expertise and contact information to the list. Updated regularly, you can
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Decades OF Creations
What a great article by Dick Russ about his homemade wooden car! (See Gas Engine Magazine, October/November 2020 issue.) I also made three of them. The neighborhood grocer would let me have the wooden crates that apples, peaches, melons, and other fr
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Coolspring Spotlight
Company Miller Improved Gas Engine Co. Springfield, Ohio Year 1917 Serial Number 1706 Horsepower 50 Bore 13in Stroke 20in Weight 70,000lb Ignition Dual spark plug with magneto and battery and coil Governing Owner Throttle Reid and Ellis Wellman Found
Gas Engine Magazine17 min readPhysics
ANOTHER BAD CONDENSER: Understanding The High-Tension Ignition System
Recently, a friend’s 1952 Clinton engine wouldn’t start. After some analysis, we narrowed the cause to spark. The component values may vary, but all high-tension ignitions are schematically identical. That made it easy to quickly determine that the c
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Joe Moore and Gordon Blaser Results
Near Columbus, Nebraska — October 3, 2020 “We had a great day! Large crowd with bidders from Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Wisconsin. We want to thank the Moore and the Blaser families for giving
Gas Engine Magazine1 min readTechnology & Engineering
Museum Quality Gas Engine Auction
Winning bid €209,000 (approx. $244,760) – 57 bids A true survivor, this four-stroke engine exhibits an incredible patina that tells its story. This is an unique example of an 1880-1885 Moteur Lenoir gas engine in very complete and unprecedented condi
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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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