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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. |
WESTERN GAS ENGINEAn Early 7 HP Western Gets a Deserving RestorationBy Mike TylerThe Western Gas Engine Company of Los Angeles, Calif., was formed in 1905 from what was previously named the Western Iron Works. This original company had roots going back to 1887, and as early as 1900 the company introduced the reversible-style gas engine model. This model was also referred to in the literature as an eccentric model. It apparently had no timing gears, nor did it have any semblance of a governor or timing devices for ignition and valve opening. How it actually worked is somewhat of a mystery, as no known examples or detailed descriptions are available. In 1905 the geared model was introduced. The single-cylinder, early-style 1905 engines were built in sizes ranging from 7 HP to 100 HP. The hoist models ranged from 7 HP to 60 HP1, and all of them were of hit-and-miss design. This design... 816 of 5256 characters shown.
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