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billschaller
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Username: billschaller

Post Number: 141
Registered: 12-2003


Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 08:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

this is not mine, but looks nice.

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miro
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Username: miro

Post Number: 297
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 04:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The drip oiler in the intake pipe looks to be factory installed .
miro
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bartropr
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Post Number: 26
Registered: 06-2006
Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 04:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What year do you think this engine is and what hp might it be? Is it unusal not to have a makers plate?
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searcher
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Post Number: 211
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 05:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

At the risk of sounding picky, that crankshaft sticks out an awful long ways and the flywheel looks much thinner than the typical flywheel on a marine engine. Are both of those features characteristic of the Detroit family?
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ernie
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Post Number: 767
Registered: 01-2002


Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks normal to me.
A twin doesn't need as much flywheel as a single
A lot of the Detroits didn't have tags
My 2 cents worth, most likely half a cent worth
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searcher
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Post Number: 213
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 07:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You are probably right. I don't think I've ever seen a two cylinder engine of the Detroit family so I have no first hand knowledge of them.

The long crankshaft just looked awkward to me. I wouldn't have noticed had it not been for some recent experience with a Knox and a Gray/Dubrie that also had oddly long crankshafts. It wasn't until I got a real close look that I realized both engines had been apart at some point and then reassembled with the cranks reversed. The giveaway was the baffle on the piston, it was reversed in relation to the port.
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johnny
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Post Number: 128
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 12:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My guess would be that if it is a engine built by Detroit Engine Works then it is a very early one. Because it has to many differences from the twin Detroit's built from about 1909 & up.
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ernie
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Username: ernie

Post Number: 768
Registered: 01-2002


Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 03:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

From looking at the pics again the timer says It's a Gile.
In fact I just found this;
http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/1/96230.html
and this
http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/1/104688.html
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sfsorrow
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 04-2006
Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 07:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

is this a detroit?
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johnny
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Username: johnny

Post Number: 140
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 09:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here are a few pic's of twin cylinder marine engines manufactured by Detroit Engine Works around the 1909-1910 time period. What do you think? There were a lot of different companies that used this style wet exhaust manifold and some of the companies were not even from the Detroit area or state of Michigan. I say it is not a Detroit Engine Works or related engine but thats just my opinion and we all know about opinions.









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johnny
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Username: johnny

Post Number: 142
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 09:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does anyone have any literature for the Planhard carburetor thats on this twin? Apparently the carb was used on Detroit's. I would like to post the literature on my website for other collector to see.

John

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