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OSHKOSH ENGINE

By "Mike" Moyers

37301 28th Avenue South #31, Federal Way, Washington 98003

This is a photo of my Oshkosh engine. I have read the articles about "beating the bush" and looking in old barns to find gas engines, but I was spared all that effort in finding this engine. The engine was about two miles from home, near a large shopping mall between Seattle and Tacoma. Luckily all the parts were there (in a basket).

Lucky for me, the seller had disassembled the engine and had the cylinder bored and sleeved. Also, there was a new set of piston rings.

I don't know who built this engine or when.

The manufacturers apparently built engines other than Oshkosh. I know of one identical to mine, except it has Alpco in raised letters on the water hopper.

Also, in the March 1993 GEM, page 15, photo RW-1 shows an identical engine without any lette...

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