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JunkMaster83
08-30-2001 11:10:05
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Information on a Domestic 1 1/2 Hp Engine Needed in reply to baggsy, 08-30-2001 07:24:29
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My father has tons of old junk, and he worked for International harvester from the time he got out of high school, untill they went out of business. He also farmed, and he deals in old equipment, but he has never seen old one cylinder engines from where we are in Central Jersey. He told me to buy the engine, since he had never in his lifetime seen an old engine like my domestic. Recently, a buddy of mine dug a very old engine out of the ground. It has to be around one to two horsepower, and its air-cooled. The same guy has an old Delaval engine, and a sad looking International LBA engine, which i'm trying to buy. I know of one old timer that has a 6 horsepower wisconsin engine, and he says its from 1905. I have tried to buy it off of him, but he refuses to sell it. Thats pretty much all of the old engines that I have seen around here, there are not many farms around here, development has swallowed them up. I plan to call on the machine shop as soon as I get home from college. I also have another engine, a generator. It is made by Consolidated Diesel, and it has the same engine as a TD-14 Bulldozer, made by International Harvester. It is massive, but it only has 125 hours on it, and it is World War Two surplus. A family friend told me about two monarch tracklayers not far from here. I have been trying to get him to take me to where they are, but due to conflicting schedueles, I have not been able to go. This person supposedly has a steam-powered donkey engine which he tried to give away to the guy that informed me about these jewels. One supposedly was free, and somewhat running fifteen years ago, and the exhaust is supposedly covered. I guess there is alot of big equipment out in Wyoming, most of it here has been already bought up or junked. I'm not a fan of Case, but my favorites are John Deere, they just keep on going. John Deere A's are great tractors, I have been thinking about selling my Oliver, and buying another John Deere. Our farm is only a hobby farm know, but my dad has three John Deere A's one JD La, Massey Ferguson 135's, and a 90, Ford 800's and a 2000, some Allis Chalmers, and a bunch of IH Bulldozers. I forgot one engine that I know about, a freind took me to a place close by where a man had Cat 10's Cat 60's, a Holt Tiller steer, a WW1, yes World War One armored bulldozer made by Holt, and a ton of other stuff. In one shed was a very large stationary engine on massive trucks with a drivers seat, and a horse hitch. It had an odd cooling system, it looked like the water was cooled by some device made out of wire fencing. It still had the original paint, but it was covered in junk. I'm saving that for when I get out of college. Good luck on the John Deere's, what years are they? I have never seen any case tractors anywhere around here in NJ. I guess there weren't any dealers. My dad is kind of limiting the amount of junk that I drag home, because alot of it is going real cheap around here. I recently bought three Allis Chalmers, a B, and two CA's for 200 dollars. One CA looks good, but the other one has water in the oil, so it is destined for parts. I'm also looking at a Cletrac EHG-68 with a stuck motor, but it has a very good undercarriage. One fact that intrigues me is the amount that IH Cubs bring. People pay three thousand and more for a Cub, while you can buy a 8n, or 9n Ford for much less. I think they are totally useless, they are only good for cultivating. I drove one a few months ago, and it seemed like it could tip over very easily. I usually cannot talk to anyone about old tractors here in NJ, so I guess the world wide web is a great resource for tractor collectors. Prices for engines are getting to be pretty hot, you cannot find a running one for under two thousand dollars, that is even if you find one for sale. They are pretty convinent to take to shows, unlike tractors, and they are hardly ever for sale. This weekend, I have to disk with an old JD A, I cannot wait. Goodluck with the tractor hobby, I bet there is alot of unique stuff out in Wyoming. Thanks for the help.
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