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Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1891
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2014 - 06:04 pm: | 
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Here are some pics of an early Palmer B that I have been working for several years. It has the normal 6 spoke flywheel. No Serial Number so I really do not know the actual year. Guessing 1902 to 1905. Many things make it early but primarily the connecting rod style and port size. The later Model B engines had a rod that says Palmer Bros B, Q and U and was made of steel. This one says nothing and is brass. The ports on the later engines are about twice as big as the ones in this engine. Eventually it will be dark green with all the brass polished.
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miro forest
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 774
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 10, 2014 - 09:51 pm: |
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The head looks to be not cooled with water passages - was it a dual fuel motor?
And a priming cup into the lower part of the cylinder? Could that have been an oiler ?
With the dark green paint and shiny brass - it'll be nice.
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Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1892
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 09:37 am: |
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Most if not all of the Palmer B engines were hot head no matter what the intended fuel was. The top of the cylinder didn't have any water passages cast or drilled to go to the head. I have 5 of them here right now from an 1899 to a 1910 and all are hot head.
The fitting on the lower cylinder is original and is exactly that, an oiler. The con rod has a dipper and oil hole on the bottom of it and at least one early Palmer Model B document shows a dotted line across the cutaway view which I guess indicates oil level. |
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