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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. |
Stationary EngineBelting IssuesBy Helen FrenchLast month, I mentioned the last sale of the season. And guess what? My collection has increased by one! The new one's a vertical Crossley VOE, a hot-bulb, single-cylinder engine that looks to be about a 6 HP, but is in fact an 11 HP, achieved by a pleasingly complicated air-scavenging system. Originally someone else's restoration project, this Crossley came to me in do-it-yourself assembly form - one large chunk of cast iron and several large containers of assorted parts. Thanks to the Internet, we had no trouble finding a complete manual to download and print out, which proved invaluable in putting the jigsaw back together. I know I've covered the subject of flat belts before, but it's the thing I get more "please help" e-mails about than any other topic. I looked up the last time I mentioned belts, and it was ... 800 of 6480 characters shown.
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