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ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1560
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2012 - 04:31 pm: | 
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This landed in my shop today.
Thanks Debbie and Randy
Timer is very nicly fabricated and uses a set of car points that close for just an instant so the car coil works good. The button on the top of the timer is a kill switch.
It looks like it had an exhaust box muffler at one time.
Note the 3 bolt water pump flange and it doesn't use the traditional Detroit water pump strap.
It had a fabricated check valve and a carb from an outboard. However the carb wasn't any good so I replaced it with a check valve James Compact carb.
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ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1561
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2012 - 04:58 pm: |
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john_archibald
Senior Member
Username: john_archibald
Post Number: 182
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2012 - 05:25 pm: |
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We don't get meteorites like that around here, but I wish we did.
Archibald
Northfield, Minesota |
jb_castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 721
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2012 - 06:16 pm: |
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Ernie, Jamie has a motor with a pump mount like this, if he see's this I'm sure he'll ID it. |
richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2892
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2012 - 08:46 pm: |
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The engine is a Gile Boat & Engine Co.of Ludington,Michigan !
1904-05 William L. Gile patented a marine engine
and invented reversible propellers and carburetors, in 1907 he sold his Co. and all its tooling To C.T.Wright in Greenville, Michigan and was plant superintendant,Gile left the company in 1908 and opened a new enterprise in 1909 the Gile Boat & Engine Co. in Ludington, his engine mfgring rights stayed with C.T.Wright so the new company bought Detroit Marine engines and made some changes such as the water/pump and mount !Gile sold his interests again in 1916 to Stearns Motor Mfging Co. I don't know if Stearns actually continued supplying the basic Detroit two cycle engines- if so I haven't seen one yet ?
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richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2893
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2012 - 08:58 pm: |
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ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1562
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - 07:59 am: |
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Thanks Richard |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1563
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - 06:40 pm: |
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Cooling system even works
Ran it for over an hour today
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richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2894
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2012 - 12:17 am: |
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"Beguiled" by a "Gile"
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