603 Fremont Street, Middleville, Michigan 49333.
Ottawa Log Saw was abandoned in a woods lot for 25 years. It
represents six months of spare time work to put it in A-1 running
condition. Acquired the cord wood attachment for this
machine-Serial No. TE26266, 5-H. P., 550 Speed.
For those of you who live on farms, here is something that may
prove helpful: A very good and effective single wire fence
stretcher can be made from an automotive bumper jack. I don’t
believe any directions are necessary for this. It’s also very
handy as a belt tightened, when needed, as well as a hoist for
lifting heavy objects.
I’ve worked on some engines (grinding valves, etc.) where it
was almost impossible to unscrew the exhaust pipe and remove it
from the cylinder head. A bit of graphite mixed with oil would have
made removal much easier, if applied originally.
Some owners of McCormick-Deering Type M Engines operated them
for some time before finding out that the ex tension on the
crankshaft was a grease cup for lubrication of the connecting rod
bearing. This was threaded left hand, so it could be screwed up
while the engine was running. These engines had a removable
cylinder sleeve, which apparently some are not aware of.
An I. H. C. famous engine was ready for the scrap heap when
found; has been restored and is now in A-1 running condition.
Serial No. LA24995, 3-H. P., Speed 360.
A squirt of oil on the fuel pump plunger and packing will
greatly pro long its life. In timing engines of this type, the
exhaust valve should have just closed when EXH on flywheel is
straight down. Turn nearly one revolution then till IGN is straight
down when spark should occur.
Always oil the governor collar (next to the flywheel) on these
engines, other wise it may set up shearing off the pin which keeps
it from turning, which is difficult to replace.
While attempting to test the high tension magneto, I’ve
found it nearly impossible to hold the spark plug wire steady close
to the terminal while cranking the engine. I made a little gadget,
which I found to be very handy, as shown in the drawing.
Make two of these and put a Neon Blub (NE-2) on the other
instead of the spark gap, for testing low tension ignition system.
Connect from igniter terminal to grounded metal part of engine.
When igniter is properly synchronized with magneto, NE-2 will flash
brightly. If using battery and low tension coil for ignition, it
will flash providing igniter points are not shorted. NE-2 will not
flash on less than 65 volts. However, due to the sudden collapse of
the field in the coil, the voltage across the igniter points is
much higher than that of the battery alone.
Pictured is an Oliver 70 waiting to be restored. I wonder how
many of the readers have seen a wide front Oliver 70? I found this
tractor after looking for three years. I am still looking for a
wide front John Deere A or B.
Appearing above is an unusual Cushman upright. It is a 6 HP with
a Wico mag, rotary. It belongs to Bob Wood fall, Box 423,
Charleston, Illinois. Does anyone know when they made this
type?
Shown is my latest gas engine waiting to be restored. It is a
1932 model John Deere, 6 HP. This engine completes my set of John
Deeres.
Bill and John Tichenor of Charleston, Illinois owned this 8 HP
Galloway Engine. They bought it from an Amish man who first wanted
$800 for it. Bill and John own several fine engines and gas
tractors.
Frank Samson Tolono, Illinois, showed his nicely restored
Monitor, 6-HP engine at Pontiac, Illinois, last fall. Frank also
has a smaller double fly wheeled Monitor.
Pictured is my family–wife, Doris; daughter, Michelle Lee; son,
John Robert-viewing my latest addition to my collection. The engine
is a Hercules, 5-HP, sitting on an original truck that used to have
a buzz saw wagon.
I also have an Economy, 7-HP, on a truck with a buzz saw.
30-60 Rumely Oil pull in the Thresh-Contest–steam against gas,
taken at Saskatoon some time in early 1960s.
Thick and Thin Lumber Mill–we run our mill with an old Rumely,
mostly for fun–life needs a lot of fun. (Nice looking family,–Bob
contributes some interesting articles to our magazines and has some
more about ready–just needs some more of the item called lime Anna
Mae).
Our 6 HP Galloway Engine that we are restoring. It was made into
a tractor some fifty years ago. It had been standing outside for
forty-five years without running. The engine was manufactured in
Waterloo, Iowa. It has an old Reo car two-speed planetary
transmission. Engine was used on two-hole Sandwich corn
shelter.
An F-30 tractor I had 24 years ago. This was a good tractor and
would always start.
At the Road Builder’s Show in Chicago in 1948–an I. H, C.
made of wood for advertising.
Sanderson, 2-cylinder tank-cooled Tractor, 10-20 H. P. Made in
England, 1917. At rear 12-24 HP Waterloo Boy at Saskatoon Pion-era
1965.
Lanz German, 1-cylinder, 2-cycle hot bulb Diesel Oil
Tractor.
This snapshot shows our Dempster 8HP Engine, built at Beatrice,
Nebraska. Engine runs very well. In the background is a
’22’ McCormick-Deering threshing machine.
Two Tom Thumbs about to get some tender loving care. If you look
real close back of the muffler of the engine on the left, you will
see one of Ole Evinrude’s first outboard motors which is almost
all brass, except for the head.
I have restored quite a few engines and about the time I get
them all painted and running, along comes some guy with a long face
that doesn’t have any engines and of course, I commit the
cardinal sin amongst engine collectors and sell him one. Oh, well I
can’t take them with me and if I did, I’m afraid they might
start running the middle of night, or worse yet, right in the
middle of an organ solo-WOW!
I have a Taylor Vacuum with a serial No. 9800 which would make
it a very early engine as the Taylor engine was the second engine
to appear in the Farm Journal on file here at the N. W. Library in
Madison and the first publication was 1856.
I also have a Fuller-Johnson NB which I have incorporated into a
quarter scale cord wood saw. I’m interested in obtaining a V2
HP New Holland. Courtesy of OlafJ. Venden, 7029 Hubbard Avenue,
Middleton, Wisconsin 53562.