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Chris Palmer
New member
Username: chrisinestes
Post Number: 1
Registered: 09-2011
| | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 - 05:40 pm: | 
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I bought this Ferro this past weekend at an antique car & engine show. It's not all original and not all there, but I couldn't pass up the deal. There is compression, but I think it needs rings. I'm pretty sure the carb isn't original, and the throttle mechanism is really loose, so I need to work on that, too. The bearings feel good. I'm guessing it was some sort of pump engine.
My main questions right now are: What is it? what's it from? What year is it? Where can I get parts for it?
Thanks!
Chris
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Roger DiRuscio
Senior Member
Username: solarrog
Post Number: 494
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 - 05:58 pm: |
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This looks like a converted outboard motor to me |
Scott Noseworthy
Senior Member
Username: scott_n
Post Number: 202
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 08:04 am: |
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It look's the same as the engine two threads down in the ferro secession I have restored one four the museum |
Chris Palmer
New member
Username: chrisinestes
Post Number: 2
Registered: 09-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 01:24 pm: |
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I think you're both right. It does look like that. I did notice that the head where the fuel tank mounts is a little different. I've posted a pick and circled the area where it is not the same as mine. Mine is flat in that area... no extended bosses.
I'll built a little wooden boat for it and use it as an inboard. How about a place for original parts? I'd like to get it as close to stock as possible.
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Scott Noseworthy
Senior Member
Username: scott_n
Post Number: 203
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 08:45 am: |
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I think it is moor like this one
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Scott Noseworthy
Senior Member
Username: scott_n
Post Number: 204
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 08:45 am: |
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I think it is moor like this one
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Chris Palmer
New member
Username: chrisinestes
Post Number: 3
Registered: 09-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 01:29 pm: |
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Yeah, I did see that in those pictures. I was just making sure I had my thinking straight.
Thanks, Scott!
Chris |
J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 623
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 08:58 pm: |
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That's the magneto mount you have circled in the first picture. Your motor doen't have a magneto, it uses a timer lever and a buzz coil ignition. |
Chris Palmer
Member
Username: chrisinestes
Post Number: 4
Registered: 09-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 11:15 am: |
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Ah yes, J.B., You're right. I missed that. I'm fairly new to the antique engine world. I have a Stover hit & miss with mag, and an IHC/McCormick Deering throttle governed with a mag.
I'm gathering parts to make a buzz coil for the Ferro. I want to build a small 'putt putt' boat and use it as an inboard. Where would I look for parts to build an outdrive for it? Any ideas?
Thanks!
Chris |
Chris Palmer
Member
Username: chrisinestes
Post Number: 7
Registered: 09-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2013 - 04:21 pm: |
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So... I'm getting back to getting this thing running. What Spark Plug(s) should I be running in it? Right now there's a Champion 31 that's in a threaded adaptor. I'm guessing this wasn't stick for this motor. (Pic Posted Below)
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Chris |
Christopher Scratch
Member
Username: outboardguy44
Post Number: 4
Registered: 01-2011
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2014 - 09:15 am: |
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Chris, its the right style plug for the Ferro. It may not exactly be the "right" number, but the plug itself would work all day in that particular motor. It's two-piece plug with a 1/2 inch pipe-thread, which was commonly used at that time. Most plugs from that era were two-piece take-aparts to enable easier cleaning of carbon deposits and swapping out the insulator if it became oil-fouled.
Hope this helps.
Best,
Chris S |
