 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Home | About GEM | Classifieds | Books and Products | Links | Subscribe |  |
|
 |
Jun/Jul 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
The HubbardBy Ernest C. MillsR. R. 1, 185 Hysert Road, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada L3M 4E7; e-mail: jamesmi@interlynx.net It's real easy to start the Hubbard now. I crank it over a couple of times with the switch off to bring the air/fuel mixture up into the combustion chamber. Then I turn the switch on, bring the flywheel around to 11 o'clock where the points break contact, and away she goes. I use a 32:1 gas/oil fuel mixture, as well as an oil lubricator for direct lubrication of the wrist pin and rings. The oil lubricator is set at about four to five drops per minute. The main bearings and connecting rod bearings are lubricated with grease cups containing an extreme pressure water resistant farm/industrial grease. Spark is obtained from a 12-volt garden tractor battery through a low voltage coil. This old Hubbard can also be run on diesel fuel or kerosene, whichever was more avai... 819 of 1546 characters shown.
To access the full article you must have Gas Engine Magazine: The Complete Archives on compact disk. Learn how you can own the complete Gas Engine Magazine archives.
|
 |
|
|
|
||||
 |
Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved | Ogden Publications, Inc., 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka, Kansas 66609-1265 Natural Home Magazine • Farm Collector • Gas Engine Magazine • Steam Traction • Herb Companion • Herbs for Health Grit Magazine • Capper's Magazine • Good Things to Eat • Brave Hearts • Mother Earth Organic Coffee and Tea Motorcycle Classics Magazine • Mother Earth News • Utne Reader • Ogden Publications • EarthMoment Privacy Policy | Career Opportunities | XHTML | CSS | phpThumb | smarty | ADOdb | Generated in 0.086 seconds |
 |
||
