Here is our initial view from the bayou. |
This is the tag on the cylinder. |
Front quarter view. It looks like many parts are missing. |
Where is the ignition? What is the ball in the front? Hot tube??? |
Note that the head is loose, leaving a gap to expose the cylinder to the elements. |
Strange box at the bottom center. What is the hole at the top rear of the cylinder? |
Governor and some type of cam. |
Damn big governor springs. |
Rear view. |
Date on the concrete. Wendel says that Muncie changed its name to Muncie Oil Engine in 1913 and quit production in 1924. |
Some type of cam operated mechanism at the rear. Oil pump for lubricators? |
Tag from assumed oil pump. |
Unknown mechanism on base on pulley side. |
Inside rear shot of governor. |
Drive pulley and flywheel. |
Fairly complicated drive mechanism. |
Front view of drive pulleys. Pulley halves on the ground. |
Is that the exhaust pipe going into the ground? |
That pipe is about six inches in diameter. |
Closeup of the pulley halves. |
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Here is a view of the drive pulley and the pump in the background. |
A closer shot of the pump and piping. |
Is the clutch for the little pulley, the big one, or both? |
Identificaton on the engine cylinder. |
Mixer of some type? |
What is this on the top? |
Another shot of the assumed oil pump. |
A closer shot of the water pump. |
The water pump. |
Pulley on the water pump. |
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Ruth & Cheryl for size reference. The engine is a little over 1 ruth high, about 2 ruths long, and about 1.5 ruths wide. I will not even guess how many ruths it weighs. |
