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Ernie
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Username: ernie

Post Number: 544
Registered: 01-2002


Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 05:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here are before pics of my new YT 1. Yes I actually took before pics this time.
This engine was bought used from Palmer in about 1959. It is actually a 1947. It is complete original to include the owners manual and pics of the boat it was in. It was used in the Oyster Bay, NY area.
It needs a cylinder, so... the YT 1 I have now will become a parts engine. It is actually the back half of a YT 2 so that being the case I don't mind taking it apart. I'm quite sure it is going to loose it's cylinder and head to the new one.
I'm lucky to have this one as I know most of it's history.
Thanks Tony!




The boat it was in.

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J.B. Castagnos
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Post Number: 225
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 09:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nice find Ernie, looks complete. Wasn't the YT2 rear head reversed?
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Ernie
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Username: ernie

Post Number: 545
Registered: 01-2002


Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 07:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think so. I was actually refering to the front/rear bearing/camshaft housing on my old one being from a YT2. It has no boss for an oiler, only a 1/8 npt hole where the oil line would have gone.
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Richard A. Day Jr.
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Username: richardday

Post Number: 459
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 08:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The YT-2 aft head is a mirror image of the forward head. The cylinders are not. Ernie should have a nice engine when he get done. The serial no. of Ernie's YT- is 121 up from my
YT-1. 3260847 vice 3248747 YT-1 production ended in 1947 but a few were assembled from parts in 1948. Some of the YT parts were used in the first production run of the 1949 BH. This didn't work out as the needle bearing rusted out on the crankshaft due to leaking seals. A new Palmer designed crankshaft was produced and Timken Roller bearings with lip seals were installed. This Model was called the BHT and came out in 1950. No furter problems with the crankshaft and seals was encountered.
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Ernie
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Post Number: 547
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Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 02:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

More pics. I made some skids so it is sort of portable. Note the water jacket or lack there of. The head is good so I just need a cylinder. Coil box is back together just needs stain and varnish and the brass polished. Coil also reconditioned. This engine is a 1947 and was purchased used from Palmer in the late 50s. I wonder if they made it from used and new parts? The cylinder is obviously junk, but the head is like new. Also the carb is wrong. The 1947 engine should have had a Zenith carb with backfire trap not the Meyer carb that is on it. Dick am I correct on this?





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Ernie
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Post Number: 548
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Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 03:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here is the rest of the water jacket and fittings
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Richard A. Day Jr.
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Post Number: 463
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 10:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Interesting.That style brass intake manifold went out about 1937 if I understood Ray Bolling. By the mid 1930s responible boat people were putting marine carburetors and backfire traps on their engines even if they didn't come from the factory. The days of the copper or brass pan with the brass mesh screen to catch the carburetor drip from side and updraft carburetors were coming to an end. In 1937 Palmer Bros. switched to the Zenith 61 style marine carburetor. This carburetor was identical to the industrial version widely used on air cooled gas engines except for the slant intake air throat with pick up tube in the bottom to pick up fuel left from choking to start and it was fitted with a backfire trap. The brass intake manifold is similar to the one on your engine except the bolt holes in the SAE style flange on the carburetor end are farther apart to meet the 61 mounting cap screws. I have found the brass intake manifold like yours with the carburetor flange slotted so the 61 carburetor will mount up with the intake manifold. In one case I needed one for a Mayer carburetor so I just filled in the brass with braze and milled it up to clean it up and I was back in business. I believe the Mayer carburetor came out with the 1914 Buick automobile. The clicking of the 1937 crankcase breather valve will drive you nuts. It makes more noise that the exhaust. The old brass version are essentially dead quiet. They also bolt right up to the same bolt spacing as the 1937 version. The 1940 Safe Boating act required backfire traps etc. but by that time all boat builders and engine makers were dealing with that serious fire problem probably because they didn't want to get sued.
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Ernie
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Post Number: 608
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Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 02:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Didn't have any luck finding a cylinder. So I decided to fix this one. I am quite sure it will be ok for a show engine. If I ever want to use it in a boat I will use the cylinder from my other YT1. The repairs were done with JB weld and PC 7 Epoxy. I didn't want to go to the trouble of putting a cylinder drain back in it. So I just drilled and tapped the water inlet elbow. The area where the cylinder drain was located was completly gone. The only reason I repaired this one was due to the fact that all of the hard rust cleaned out very easily. With the whole bottom of the cylinder off it was actually real easy. Note the hole in the back of the intake runner. I inserted a piece of copper tubing and sealed it with epoxy like the rest of the repairs. In the bottom picture you can just see the casting ID. IT says YT.








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Doug Kimball
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Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 07:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jeekers Ernie,
You're scary!
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Richard A. Day Jr.
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Username: richardday

Post Number: 471
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 08:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very nice work Ernie.
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J.B. Castagnos
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Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 08:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's more of a resurection than a repair. Good work.
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Ernie
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 12:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jeekers??? Thanks guys
I think fixing one one like this is related to how it rusted. Every once in a while one shows up that the rust isn't that black hard kind. All the rust crumbles and just about turns to loose granules. Also there isn't any of the little rust colored droplets on the surface of the rust inside the water jacket. In fact this is the 3rd one I have done. Bob Longs Lathrop 3 HP, A BH Palmer and this YT. The lathrop was just as bad as the YT if not worse. All 3 of these engines were in salt water. The Lathrop somewhere in CT, The BH was on Nantucket IS, MA and the YT was in Oyster Bay, NY off Long Island Sound. When I am done I also fill the water jacket with real zinc chromate paint that has been thinned to the consistancy of water. Shake it around and then let it drain out. Bob's Lathrop has been done for about 10 years now and still looks perfect.
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Ernie
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Post Number: 616
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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 08:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It runs!
Now I need to rebuild the carb. Then clean the rest of it for paint. I saw no need to take it apart as it was very clean inside. Appeared to have a coat of red paint in the crankcase.

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Ernie
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Post Number: 617
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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 08:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here is the coil
Stained decaled and varnished


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Richard A. Day Jr.
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Post Number: 484
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 06:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ernie,It was customary for many years to coat the crankcase inside with red lead. This sealed the pores in the cast iron which would trap very fine silica sand from the molding process that no amount of tumbling/flushing would remove. Not having any more red lead I use epoxy paint which works just fine.
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Ernie
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 09:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The carb needs to be painted black. It runs real good and starts easily.

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Ernie
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Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 06:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Done till it gets warm. When I get it outside I will clean the rest of it for paint.

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Ernie
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Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 05:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


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Ernie
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Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ran it for about 2 hours tonight. Epoxy is sure great stuff! No leaks in the water jacket and nice even temp all over.
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Billy Joe Groom
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Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 09:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm restoring an old 1929 palmer YT-1, I am looking to purchase a cylinder head. Can anyone help me, also If Richard Day could contact me I would greatly appreciate it. my shop phone is four one zero, eight six seven, seven seven eight eight. the email I'm providing is my sons, but he will forward the responses to me. I'm located in Southern Anne Arundel County Maryland

Billy Groom
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Richard A. Day Jr.
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Post Number: 506
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Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 05:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Billy and I made contact after about a 30 year lapse this morning. We had a great discussion and if JB suceeds with his YT head project Billy's YT head problem can be solved.

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