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J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1315
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 10:04 pm: | 
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I haven't had a lot of time for the engine hobby lately, working hard to get my 1961 Corvette project finished for Cruisin' the Coast this October. I did squeeze in a timer rebuild for a man from Arkansas.
I didn't see the engine but judging from the wear in the timer it had plenty of time on the water. The timer was missing the pivot post, fiber ring, and points. I have a jig to form the points and another to drill and tap the fiber ring, also a reverse countersink to drill the spring pockets inside the ring, saves a lot of time. 
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J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1316
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 10:14 pm: |
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The stationary points are stainless screws with tungsten silver soldered to them, the point arms will get tungsten contacts also. The contact brush in the base had worn the hole to a slot, it also plowed a groove under the timer body. The detent hole in the handle was worn tto a slot also, I replace the detent with a ball catch, easier than trying to fill the hole and it works nice, there's one in the picture.
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Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 889
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 01:25 pm: |
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Very impressive, but where ever did you find the original drawing from 1920? |
J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1317
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 01:49 pm: |
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Nadler Foundry near here bought the rights and patterns for the L-A marine engines from OMC, they produced the inboards until the early 50's. The outboards that were replacing inboards across the country were too fragile for the Louisiana swamps, Nadler was an L-A dealer and saw a demand for the motors. When I got into the hobby I went and talked to them looking for parts, Mr. Nadler told me there were no parts available, I would have to make them. He took me through the pattern shop, the foundry, and the machine shop, then to his office where he pulled out a stack of drawings. He was very protective of them, let me look through them but stayed with me the entire time. I got to be friends with them, found out he didn't have a Nadler motor. I put one together out of parts and swapped for the copies of the drawings, not a complete set but many of them are helpful. |
Richard Alcock
Senior Member
Username: raa
Post Number: 152
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 04:54 pm: |
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interesting story JB
thanks
Dick |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 891
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 11:17 pm: |
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Yes, thanks for that info. In the end I suppose they went bust and it was all tossed out? |
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