[TheForge] Re: Continental engine

[Mike Spencer]

Larry --

> Actually these old flat heads aren't that hard to work on.

This one isn't.  So far. :-)

> ...biggest draw back is if the valve guides are shot...

I have the head off.  I'll check them.

> ...look for extra pieces and piles of ground up parts.

Already found those!  In the oil filter and sump.  Disintegrated
wristpin bushing on one cylinder.  The small-end hole looks a bit
egg-ic but isn't hammered or totally thrashed.  A second one is
apparently about to go.  Guess I'll have to pull all the pistons and
check them.

> The hardest part is the magneto if the is one...

Spark coil & distributor. I think I might not have lugged it home if
it had had a mag.

> Updraft carb on it?

Yes.  Condition as yet unknown.  Has been stored under cover but
open to the damp in a sawmill.

Do you know if finding a head gasket and rod bearings is going to be
hard?  Under the one rod I've pulled, the bearing and journal are fair
to middling but I'd replace the rod bearings if I can get them.

> I had one of these engines in a 300 Lincoln welder for years with a
> 6 volt system and a hand crank. I used to disconnect the generator and
> start the starter with 12 volts in the winter.

Has a 12V coil, no generator. No markings on the starter.  I suspect
it's 6V and the previous owner used 12V to spin it.  I used to do that
with my 1947 IH pickup but it was hard on the starters.

Thanks for the pointers.
- Mike

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