SmilinSam Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 Friend of a friend wanted him to get rid of a gas engine he had sitting in his garage. Last ran a couple of years ago. My friend didn't want it so his fried suggested to give it to me, as I might find a use for it, or could take it in with the next load of scrap iron.... Tonight he brought over a cute little 4 cylinder water cooled Continental gas engine. Very interesting8D
Mowingman Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 we have one of those... problem is, once you get it hot and turn it off, you've got a 15% chance of getting it started within the next hour.
SmilinSam Posted February 19, 2005 Author Posted February 19, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Mowingman we have one of those... problem is, once you get it hot and turn it off, you've got a 15% chance of getting it started within the next hour. Sounds just like wisconsin engines I've had before...
SmilinSam Posted February 19, 2005 Author Posted February 19, 2005 quote:Originally posted by AC808 Pics Sam..PICS! I'll have top get em tomorrow when I get some more Ebay stuff pictured.
Ronald Hribar Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 I had not heard of this problem with water cooled motors. Yes i had that problem with my big air cooled wisconsins
john-holcomb Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 You should check it out because it may be a oliver or cletrack engine and if so it may have some serious value. And many of the early water cooled engines had no water pump and were only thermosiphon so they could get hot and just shut off.
Ronald Hribar Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 I know single cylinder models did not have water pumps, but this must be a fairly new motor Late 1950 early 1960 i would think
Tom45 Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 The Massey Harris Pony tractors in the early 50's used a 4 cylinder Continetal, I think about 62 cubic inch and 13 horsepower. They ran good in those. There was no water pump but the radiator was large enough to do fine.
Ronald Hribar Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 My Massey 444 was a 276 cubic in 4cylinder continental had water pump It had 55 draaft horses with kit in motor
Agricola Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 I have worked on 4 cylinder continentals for years but that was 20 years ago. They have been used in various fork lift trucks. There was a small unit, I think 140 ci or even smaller. Quite cute but a good machine. It did have a water pump.
SmilinSam Posted February 20, 2005 Author Posted February 20, 2005 Here's a quick shot of the critter.... [img]http://a9.cpimg.com/image/AD/91/45311149-6405-015C0116-.jpg[/img] Havn't looked at it much really. Havn't even looked for any numbers. It does have a Generator on the back , albeit in pieces. Previous owner had this in a garden tractor for a while I guess and had the Generator removed completely for that. Its pretty small in size dimensionwise anyhow. The bucket you see in the background full of Ford power steering parts is a standard Gallon Ice cream bucket oif that tells you anything for scale.
comet66 Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 That's pretty neat. What's the over all length and width of that thing any way?
TomMaryland Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Thats pretty cool, Sam. Any plans for it?
johnmonkey Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Could it be from an early (1947-1952) Allis Chalmers model G tractor? A friend up the street has a G and the motor looks similar. JH
Tacey Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 I once owned a car with a Continental engine. It was a 6 cyl installed in a 1964 Checker. In the 2 years I owned the car, the engine never once failed to start, and used no oil whatsoever. Also, it was very stout in the low-end torque department. Continental = quality. Tacey
Ronald Hribar Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Now that You mentioned it. I think I had a flat head Continental in my 1953 Willy's Aero. Was a passenger car similiar to Henry J
SmilinSam Posted February 21, 2005 Author Posted February 21, 2005 quote:Originally posted by TomMaryland Thats pretty cool, Sam. Any plans for it? For now it will just sit and wait for opportunity to come along I guess..
docs Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 What was the Continental engines that they use to use in the Gravely GMT 9000 Compact Tractors, I believe that was a 4cyl liquid cooled Continental. Docs
fredwood Posted February 26, 2005 Posted February 26, 2005 Farmall cub tractors also used a continental engine I believe. Fred Wood
Salthart Posted February 26, 2005 Posted February 26, 2005 The state used a large number of these and the small Fords in the Toro grounds front cut mowers ( About like the 935 Deere ) And I never had an engine failure.. Not once. Not points not plugs and for sure no tear downs. They ran 40+ hours a week at WOT and not a miss. I doubt the Diesels in the Deeres will make the same mark. Only time will tell. P.S. To those who have restart trouble with these engines. Gas will boil at temps far below water and this can cause all linds of trouble from starving ( And or vapor locking ) to flooding. And the biggest part of the time, trouble with hot restarts is a fuel problem. WIth the Wisco engines and much more so with the "V" engines that have the carb in the valley, this could be a big problem because they were air cooled and unlike the water cooled engines with all that water to sink the heat, once you shut down the engine the engine compartment temp could climb quite a ways. So the Temp is always a good place to start looking on hot restart problems..
KohlerMan Posted February 26, 2005 Posted February 26, 2005 Hey, now thats looking good! Are you sure its not a kohler??? ....Just cheking 'cause my brother has one that is almost identical, and its a kohler, it also has a water pump. KohlerMan
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