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My Summer of Engine Activity

By A. L. McGowan

Scout Troop Visit on April 27, 1974 - the scouts are posed around the 1926 Fairbanks-Morse 80 HP, 300 rpm.

Courtesy of A. L. McGowen, Route 4, Box 379, Easley, South Carolina 29640

Down here in South Carolina around the last of March and the first of April, spring really begins to blossom. This is also the time an old engine enthusiast begins to start getting the fever to attend an engine show and display the engines he has restored during the winter and also renew acquaintance with old friends.

My summer of engine activity usually starts with dewinterization of the large Fairbanks-Morse diesels, by draining all the sumps where water has collected due to condensation, and refilling the cooling systems. Almost any day after the weather turns warm I can expect someone to stop by for a visit, and his first interest is to see the large F....

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