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sfsorrow
Member Username: sfsorrow
Post Number: 8 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 07:17 pm: |
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anybody have info on Fairbanks engines? |
robert
Senior Member Username: robert
Post Number: 198 Registered: 07-2003
| Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 03:40 am: |
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What type, model, general description? |
sfsorrow
Member Username: sfsorrow
Post Number: 9 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 02:01 pm: |
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1910 One lung E |
rbprice
Senior Member Username: rbprice
Post Number: 223 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 05:29 pm: |
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Hi - I have some Fairbanks catalogs that go back to 1907. Can you provide some additional info? Bob Price |
holcomb Visitor
| Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 10:55 pm: |
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bob.... did you ever get a mold and cast up some atwater kent distributor caps and does anyone have information on how they dealt with 1 cylinder was it the same type as a k or h or was it just the breakers thanks bob... |
rbprice
Senior Member Username: rbprice
Post Number: 224 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:13 am: |
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Hello Bob - no I solved my problem by finding another A-K distributor cap. Of course, I still have the CAD 3D models so if there is a perceived need for some I could work on it some more. As for how they dealt with one cylinder engines I haven't a clue. My CADY is a two cylinder and used a four cylinder cap which is what I was lucky enuf to find. |
robert
Senior Member Username: robert
Post Number: 201 Registered: 07-2003
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:38 am: |
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There was definitely a company making replacement AK caps in the 30s and 40s. They may have got hold of the original AK molds, as I recently saw an AK radio part on ePay that claimed to have been made in the original molds - it certainly looked perfect. Someone in the AK radio field might know who this was, though it is doubtful much would have survived till now. |