REFLECTIONS

By C. H. Wendel
Published on January 1, 1999
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34/1/20 Vaughan Motor Works Q. Can anyone
provide information on the following drag saw:

LIGHT WEIGHT TYPE D SERIAL NO. 18878 VAUGHAN MOTOR WORKS,
PORTLAND, OREGON

The saw uses a single-cylinder, two-cycle engine. Any help would
be appreciated. Verne Sullivan, PO Box 704, Mead, WA 99021.

34/1/21 Unidentified Engine Q. See the photo of
an unidentified engine. It is a four-cylinder horizontally opposed
air cooled four-cycle engine. It is started either with a rope
around the front pulley or with an electric starter motor. The
carburetor is a Tillotson, and the charging system is from R. S.
Phelan Co., Longmeadow, Mass. It uses a Fairbanks Morse magneto.
The engine is about 1000cc, and was originally on a generator I
believe. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Stephen
Coppin, 1 Moorland Gardens, Poulton-le-Fylde, Blackpool,
Lancashire, FY6 7HD England.

34/1/22 Delco Engine Q. See the photos of an
engine from Delco Light Company, Dayton, Ohio, s/n 200155 and what
appears to be the date of 1-30. The only other number I can find is
7S. The engine is four-cylinder air-cooled. Can anyone supply
further information on this engine? Any help would be appreciated.
David Mozol, 213 Mozol Lane, Oden, AR 71961.

34/1/23 Fairbanks-Morse Q. When was a
Fairbanks-Morse engine built, s/n 702907? John Hamilton, 461
Algonquin Pl, Webster Groves, MO 63119.

A. Your engine was built in 1928.

34/1/24 Fairbanks-Morse Q. What is the age and
proper color for a F-M dishpan 1? HP engine, s/n 592576? Also
advise how to remove the flywheels from the crankshaft. The
crankshaft has to be rebuilt because the journals are pitted.
Darryl E. Hassell, 14721 Brightview Ct., Baton Rouge, LA 70819.
email:dhassell@demco.net

A. Your engine was built in 1924- The dishpan
model is red, similar to DuPont RS910.

How bad are the journals ? Given the fact that the engine runs
at a relatively slow speed, and probably not with a load, it may be
possible to spend an hour or so with some emery tape polishing the
rust and crud from the crankshaft to give a relatively smooth
finish that won’t tear up the babbitt bearings. If you have
access to a fair-sized lathe, it may also be possible to set the
crankshaft up, flywheels and all, and use a lathe file to polish up
the journals. In other words, it may be worth a try, rather than
having to take off the wheels. I’d try this first, and if it
works, then you’ve saved yourself a lot of time and expense.
Besides, you might be surprised at how many engines have had this
treatment with no trouble at all. If the flywheels must come off,
try pulling the keys–they have to come out before anything else.
This can be a problem sometimes, and may even require that they be
drilled out and removed in little pieces. Once the keys are out, it
is relatively easy to get the flywheels loose and remove them. If
there is enough key to work with, I have had fairly good luck in
welding a piece of rod say a foot and a half long to the key and
using a chunk of steel over the rod as a slide hammer. New gib keys
are available, so I don’t worry much about saving the keys.

34/1/25 Endgate Seeder Etc. Q. See photos 25 A
and 25B of an endgate seeder from Joliet Strowbridge Company,
Joliet, Illinois. Note that there is only one spreader fan. Note
also the heart-shaped openings in the drive gear. A few parts are
missing, but otherwise it is in good condition. Any information on
this seeder would be appreciated. See also my recent restoration of
a Galloway Handy Andy 1? HP engine in photo 25C. Raymond Wickham,
Box 402, Dumont, IA 50625.

34/1/26 IHC Type M, 10 HP Q. We have a 10 HP
IHC Type M, s/n DW 152. In all the serial number list, the numbers
start with DW157, so could anyone give us any information on this
serial number? Any help would be appreciated. Lawrence Hacker, 150
Jackson St., Jackson, MN 56143. E-mail: 1hacker@animalhouse.com

Q. The DW prefix is for the 10 HP with the Wico
EK magneto, and you are correct; the first number we have is 157.
Perhaps someone can explain this; does someone have a list showing
DW152?

34/1/27 A. W. Stevens Grist Mill Q. See the
photo of a grist mill made by A. W. Stevens & Son, Auburn, New
York, Size 20. I may be missing a couple of small parts. Any help
would be appreciated. David Babcock, 3491 E. Deckerville, Cass
City, MI 48726.

34/1/28 Farm Craft Tractor Q. Do you have any
information on the Farm Craft tractor made in Cleveland, Ohio? I
advertised for help in a GEM ad and never received a single
response. I am interested only in the transmission and final drive
which is one unit. Any help would be appreciated. Don Greiner, 5586
N. 108th Ave., Hart, MI 49420.

A. The 1957 issue of the Tractor Field Book
shows several models of the Farm Craft garden tractors, but beyond
that we have no other information.

34/1/29 Earthmaster Tractor Q. I have an
Earthmaster Model C tractor, s/n C-5136. It has no brake mechanism
or linkage on the left side (connected to the clutch). Can anyone
help me find parts for this, or does anyone know of a source for
parts? Also, could someone send me photos of the battery cover? My
tractor has orange paint under red paint; does anyone know the
original color? Bob Adams, 28300 Alpine Way, Shingletown, CA 96088.
E-mail: bob gayle@concentric.net

A Closing Word

Since this is the last copy of GEM you’ll receive before
Christmas, may we take this opportunity to wish everyone a Joyous
Christmas Season, and All Best Wishes for 1999! We’re not sure
where the year has gone, but there’s no doubt that a new year
is knocking at the door.

During the winter months, we’ll be plugging away at our
Standard Catalog of American Farm Tractors. Hopefully,
we’ll finally have this project completed in time for the fall
shows of 1999. Our Encyclopedia of American Farm Tractors
made its first appearance twenty years ago, and we thought at the
time, there wouldn’t be a whole lot more to add. Were we ever
wrong about that one! Due to the mass of material we’ve found
over the last two decades, the new book will include tractors into
the 1950s and 1960s; later ones will have to wait their turn for
another edition.

As we’ve noted previously, much of the new book is using
digital imaging; that is to say, the images are not recorded on
film, but on computer disks! We have no idea of how all this works,
and we’re not sure we want to know. What we’ve found is
that these methods save us immense amounts of time over the
traditional darkroom methods we’ve been using for over thirty
years.

 We haven’t heard much from the modelmakers lately, but
hope to see some new items before long. Ye olde Reflector would
like to do some model work–we have a couple casting sets on the
shelf that are begging for attention. Perhaps we’ll find some
free time, once the new tractor book is completed! That’s all
for this month.


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