[Milsurplus] PE-95-2 Generator Help

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 15 Jun 2006 at 13:02, POWERMWT at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/15/2006 8:39:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org writes:
> Think PE-95 used early Ford Jeep motor that powered civvy 10e tractor.
>  Was told this by guy who has both Actually Willys-Overland produced
> the factory installed engines for these generators. That is not to say
> they did not swap out and replace it with a Ford L-134 GPW engine
> sometime in its service life.

Or that Ford didn't buy engines from Willys-Overland for some of their 
early tractors either.

My understanding is that Willys, or some other company (Continental?) 
built "industrial" engines for many other companies.

For instance, my stock 1956 Jeep Sedan Delivery had a 6 cylinder 
"industrial" engine in it. When I went to find parts for the carburetor, it 
turned out to be a "Continental" "industrial" engine.

BTW, it got HORRIBLE gas mileage: about 9 MPG and only had a 10 
gallon gas tank. I changed the jets in the carb to smaller ones in an 
attempt to increase the gas mileage. A couple of months later, I had 
burned a hole in a piston, so yanked the engine and replaced it with a 
much later AMC 6, transmission and other bits from a Jeep pickup, and 
had a machinist friend make a 25 gallon gas tank for it.

THAT combo got over 25 mpg.

The rig sure made a nice mobile radio station.

Ken W7EKB