Hi Erik;
Wow.
Before, I thought the USA Appalachian mountains had the most
unique antiques still in service.
The Fowler engine may have been a forerunner of the
John Deer single cylinder tractor. They to were hand cranked.
As I remember, they were powered by gasoline.
Diesel wasn't readily available in the mountains until decades later.
Thanks you for that.
Don
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Erik Christiansen
<[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 12:04:51AM -0500, Dave wrote:
> > A farm diesel is a great idea for a slow speed diesel.
> > Ahh.. a Case. I was just out plowing out the driveway again with my
> > 1955 Case 400 wide front equipped with an 8 ft blade on the back.. :-)
> > It is a gas model, but I really like it. It pulls like crazy, has a
> > max engine speed of about 1500 rpm and is built like a tank.
>
> Sadly we sold it a couple of months ago, but the old Fowler bulldozer,
> which did some good work on the farm, had a 6 or 7" bore and about a
> foot stroke. It idled around 70 RPM, and worked well around 120 RPM,
> pushing a 10 foot blade.
>
> Starting was with a 12 gauge cartridge, after setting the flywheel on
> a mark, or by hand cranking. That involved unscrewing a plug in the
> cylinder head, fitting a rolled-up 2" square of blotting paper
> impregnated with potassium nitrate, lighting it, and hand-cranking with
> that fizzing in the combustion chamber. The valve lifter had a small
> wheel, running in about 5 turns of thread on the outside of the 2 ft
> diameter flywheel. By the time that fell off, it was possible to have
> some revs up, if you were fit.
>
> When the paper wasn't to hand, we used a couple of matches, or a short
> stick of manuka (local brushwood).
>
> Erik
>
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>
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