This is my little hit & miss engine I restored. It's been my first one. I thought I'd take a break from restoring tractors and give one of these a shot. I would like to restore a large one someday.
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I was walking around through a place that my great-grandfather used to dump old farm equipment at, and found a hit and miss engine. It's completely rusted, as it's probably been there for sixty years or more. As best I can tell, it's brand is called Economy. I don't know much about it, as I'm a deere person. The serial number plate is damaged, so I can't really tell anything about it.
There doesn't appear to be much as far as casting numbers, either. Any help on the identification would be appreciated.Thanks,KyleThis post was edited by kylew01 at 16:21:48 10/19/14 3 times. Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeThanks! The only thing left on the tag (I think you can see it if you look closely) is the 1/2. So, I'm guessing it's a 1 1/2.I haven't gotten the piston freed yet, but I'm working on it.
It will take time, I'm sure. The one valve was completely gone, and the cylinder was full of rust mud (from the valve, I'm sure). The cylinder walls look just fine, as does the top of the piston. I have it with the piston pointing up, and I keep putting penetrating oil in it. I dump it out every now and then, which is very rusty, and pour in some new. It will probably take a while, but I'm hoping that eventually it'll work its way down far enough to let it start to free up.
Time will tell. Everything else is rusted pretty tight.
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It took a long time to get to the way it is, I'm sure it'll take a while to get it back, too.Thanks!
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