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abm
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Username: abm

Post Number: 17
Registered: 08-2004


Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 05:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi all. I have a 2 cylinder St. Lawrence, serial number 758 in my L.E. Fry long deck launch. The engine has a fly wheel with a large outer gear ring and a smaller inner gear that appears to be original. The previous owner has fitted a very usefull 12V electric starter. However, I am convinced the original had a dash crank. There is even a cutout in the dash that would seem to support that supposition. I wonder, does anyone have a St. Lawrence with dash crank that I could look at, get some photos and dimensions and then recreate the modern original? In fact it doesn't matter if it is a St. Lawrence as it would probably be similar in any case. Thanks for your help.
Dave Richardson
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jb_castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos

Post Number: 131
Registered: 07-2002
Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 09:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dave, Miro posted this a while back, an original brochure with a factory mounted starter. Here's the site. I haven't seen a dash crank.

http://www.disappearingpropellerboat.com/specifications.html
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bruce
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Post Number: 113
Registered: 07-2002
Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dave, I thought Everett Smith was working on a project with a dash crank start outfit??
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abm
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Username: abm

Post Number: 18
Registered: 08-2004


Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 07:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

JB, thanks very much for the Dispro Link. I have seen the other pages but somehow must have missed the electric starter. Flywheel still doesn't look like mine but it is very interesting.

Bruce, I will talk with Evertt tomorrow. I know he is working on a Morristown launch which probably had a Morristown engine originally. But last I heard he was putting in a Kermath. Thanks also on this lead.
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richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee

Post Number: 1129
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 04:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ABM

Is this the type of dash crank ? If so I can look for others !

B1

B2
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foxman
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Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 10:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Dave

I have the only surviving St Lawrence with a dash crank. Is is a 3 cylinder lightweight mostly aluminum engine rated at 12 hp. The crank device is complete. It is comprised of a 3/4" rod runnung through two mounts attached to the head bolts. At the flywheel end there is a bicycle like gear attached to a bike chain which attaches to a second gear mounted between the flywheel and the crankcase. This gear device has five flanges in each flange there a drilled shaft containing a steel bullet. Fitted into the said device is a second plate with what look like clock escapements cast in it, basiclly one sided teeth with a gradual lee side and a sharp side. IN THEORY when you turn the crank the bullets drop down and engage the escapement teeth and you can bounce the flywheel against compression and then the centrifugal force from the starting engine will pull the bullets back and not break your arm, face or knee. I can't say for sure what happens as I 've never tried the damn thing myself. I see the name "abm". Is this a Clayton boat museum project? I need a little more explanation about what you are trying to do. Type of engine (cylinders size_ type of boat etc.) If you like you can call at 613-774-6847.
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abm
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Post Number: 19
Registered: 08-2004


Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 03:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Foxman, thank you for the thoughtful reply. I will give you a call today. To answer the question - no it is not an ABM project. I am a trustee and volunteer at the Antique Boat Museum and spend a bunch of time working on their engines (most recently the Packard 4M2500 in Pardon Me) but this is my own project. The motor is in a 1909 L.E. Fry launch. The motor is a 2 cylinder St. Lawrence, serial number 758 10 or 12 HP.
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miro
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Username: miro

Post Number: 231
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Monday, June 05, 2006 - 04:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There is a dash crank mechanism that is actually a pull starter - used in DisPro's. I have seen it on 2 cylinder copper jacket engines and I see no reason why it wouldn't work for a st Lawrence.

miro
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rbprice
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Username: rbprice

Post Number: 201
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Monday, June 05, 2006 - 10:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Steve Fox's description is almost exactly like the crank starter for Stewart-Turner P55 engines. The crank, mounted to journals attached to the engine, turns a sprocket, via a small roller chain, mounted at the rear face of the flywheel. There is a sprag gear and a set of pawls mounted to the back of the flywheel and spring loaded into engagement with the sprag gear. Centrifugal force disengages the pawls when the engine starts.

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