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nater
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Username: nater
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2017
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 04:53 pm: | 
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Looking for any information about pre-1915 Norfolk Navy Yard 2 cylinder engines. Pictures, drawings, manuals, parts etc.
Trying to restore/reconstruct a 2-cylinder 4-1/2" bore motor.
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richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 4088
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 01:15 am: |
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Could you post some photos of the engine ?
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scott_n
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Username: scott_n
Post Number: 302
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 08:49 am: |
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The engine is taking apart in a crate we will try to hang it all together and post some pictures |
richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 4090
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 09:52 am: |
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Scott this is only Navy engine photos I have, this eng was at Calvert show many yrs ago.
Navy didn't advertise their engines as far as I know so no help there !
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robert
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Username: robert
Post Number: 932
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 11:50 am: |
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Never seen that placement of a priming cup before. Detroit lubricator by the look of it, but something has happened to the grip on the filler plug...could the Navy have polished most of it off?! 
Does anyone recognize the magneto? |
richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 4091
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 01:32 pm: |
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Bosch DU ?
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richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 4092
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 05:13 pm: |
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1919
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scott_n
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Username: scott_n
Post Number: 303
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2018 - 02:38 pm: |
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Richard Thanks I have bin looking for these Pictures for about a year I new I saw them on ome But could not remember were they were ours is a two cylinder and missing the heads. |
nater
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Username: nater
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2017
| | Posted on Friday, February 02, 2018 - 08:52 am: |
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Here are a couple of pictures of the engine as we have it today. From looking at the posted pictures, we think ours is a very early version. The lower side covers have a riveted wood block to take up space in the crankcase. From Richard's pictures, we see that the new side covers have a casting with a built-in indent.
As Scott said, we are missing both heads. We also are missing 2 of the lower side covers. Any additional photos would be much appreciated.  |
robert
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Username: robert
Post Number: 935
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 02, 2018 - 10:31 am: |
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Thanks for that clipping Richard! Surprising, at least today, that the USN would think it had to build its own engines, rather than contract out the job, but presumably they had the manufacturing facilities and wanted to keep them busy? The choice of jump-spark over make and break surprises me since the former was considered much less reliable was it not? |
