Don;t fret over this engine, you'll make a killing off of the next one.
The large single cylinder farm engine is an EK Hercules that I aquired from a farm clean up summer before last. Yea I was thinking the same thing a keeper.
When the engine was removed from service they removed the oiler that goes through the water tank into the cylinder to lubricate the piston, piston was at bottom dead center and water got into the cylinder then froze, the block was cracked severely.
By disassembling the engine then listing all the parts on ebay I got way more money than had I sod the engine complete. I particularly remember the skids sold for a tad over $200.00 going to Europe, everything sold with the exception of the block
The huge radio below was a dump find, weighed a ton, and much too heavy to ship, so it came apart listing everything on auction, it was an incredible auction, the tuner knobs sold in the $200.00 range, even the leaky oil capacitors sold. Heres what I learned on the capacitors, some ebayer tells me they contain PCB's so I cancel the capacitor auction only to have several people email me begging to purchase the caps. Here's what they do, gut the oil caps then install newer model capacitors inside the oil cans the reassemble giving the illusion your looking at original capacitors.
If it' looks old alway check it out before scrapping, the older stuff usually does not have a bunch of plastic on it or stamped made in China.
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