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TROUBLESHOOTING THE GAS ENGINE

By Stan Read

Star Rte. 2, Gunnison, Colorado 81230

As I mentioned in the Jan-Feb GEM, Ron Magnuson, Good Hope Ill., pointed out that Alamo and Rock Island Plow Co. engines had a common manufacturer. Now word comes from Carl O. H. Neitzel of Port Orchard, Wash, that he has a 31/2 HP. 400 RPM Empire engine No. 55806 sold by Empire Cream Separator Co. of Bloomfield, New Jersey that is practically identical to his 21/2 HP. 500 RPM Alamo Blue Line Type A No. 104783, except in size. His Alamo uses a Wico EK mag.

Robert J. B redlow, Ontario, Wise., writes that his 2 HP. 580 RPM Rock Island Engine No. 88985 uses a Webster mag. I have a 4 HP, 1911, 385 RPM Alamo Blue Line Type A No. 83045 using the Webster mag. (See picture) and a 31/2 HP 400 RPM Empire No. 28629 using the Wico EK Mag.

Now to put all this together and frost the cake, Walter C. Hale of Belton, Mo. writes ...

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