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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. |
Photo AlbumIt is a vertical "Ideal" gasoline engine Courtesy of Lyle A. Opperman, 801 Park Street, Barahoo, Wisonsin, 53913 Pictured is a vertical "Ideal" gasoline engine from my collection. The brass name tag states "Ideal Gas Engine" manufactured by the "Original Gas Engine Company, Lansing, Michigan", but cast into each flywheel are the words "Ideal Gas Engine Company, Lansing, Michigan." The "Ideal" is a 1-1/2 H.P., type C, serial #7336, with a 3-1/4" bore and a 4-1/2" stroke. The gas tank is in the base, and above that is the crankcase which holds over 1/2 pint of oil to lube the rod bearing. The ignition is make and break, fired by a hot shot battery. The fuel pump is mechanical and runs off the cam gear, pumping gas to the brass overflow carburetor. To grind the valves, one has to go down thru the water hopper by taking out two 1-1/2&quo... 815 of 1604 characters shown.
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