Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Dmott9(at)aol.com
Hey Gents, I was perusing the aviation section this evening on E-Bay, and cameacross this carburetor. Don't know this stuff like you guys, but itmight be worth looking into!Stromberg NA R9 B 19 Carb 985 Pratt & Whitneyhttp://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item1709072503Doug/Elizabeth BlackburnArrowBear Lake Ca.Inland Slope Rebels, Riverside Ca. http://inlandsloperebels.com________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Michael Conkling"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: What are sources for Ford Model A enginesIn a message dated 3/1/02 9:33:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, Doug413(at)aol.com writes:>Early on in my search, someone told me that a Model "B" could be used. These were used in alot of the older combines, can be found readily througout the midwest in farm machinery junk yards. How true is this ? and are they actually a usable engine to start with ?________________________________________________________________________________

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I have an ex-combine engine for my Piet project -- found it thru a guy inHutchinson, KS -- although not a "B", it has some good traits being the"last of the breed". They were late '32 production with better webbing &support around the flywheel end bearing (late blocks have a oval mountingpad with(2) threaded holes above the timing gear -- on the "car front end"of the block) -- they have exhaust seat inserts -- also look for a "diamond"shaped casting mark on the valve cover side of the block, right next to thetiming gear cover. Some of them weren't serial numbered -- but there arealso a bunch that had a number put on them when the were put in cars! I gotall this good info from walking around at Brodhead on a 1 hour "lesson" withTerry Oberst (the St. Louis Model "A" guru!) -- he was at the '98rodhead -- we only looked at about a dozen different engines in Piets &Model "A" cars! ;-)As for the machinery salvage route, I would think all the combines arepretty well gone -- the guy I got my engine from said that a lot were pickedup by the car restorers over the years.Mike C.Pretty Prairie, KS----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Fisherman Caye
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: What are sources for Ford Model A enginesIn a message dated 3/1/02 8:14:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, Dmott9(at)aol.com writes:> of > mouth'. They are easy to find around here. I have recently acquired the > equipment ability to pour and align bore the babbitt. There are two other > good rebuilders here also. The model A is pretty impressive to actually fly > > behind. Hope you pay a visit to the planes here in Wichita and to our > fly-in > at Benton in the fall. The planes are at Benton. Doug Bryant> >>> > Early on in my search, someone told me that a Model "B" could be used. > These > were used in alot of the older combines, can be found readily througout the > > midwest in farm machinery junk yards. How true is this ? and are they > actually a usable engine to start with ?> > > Yes, the combine engine is a model 'A' engine with an add on governor and some other things for stationary use. I have one on my first Piet. I am told the combine engines saw a more harsh working environment than the cars, so the engines can be caked be full of mud. Doug Bryant ________________________________________________________________________________Date: 2 Mar 2002 08:00:15 -0800