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 Topic: Kohler Generator - AC engine?
Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 7:04am |
I just saw this old Kohler generator for sale on Ebay. After looking at the picture (mostly the shape of the radiator shroud), I was wondering if this might be an AC engine?
Edited by WF owner - 18 Jun 2021 at 7:05am
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john(MI)
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Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 12:09pm |
We had one at work. It had a John Deere engine. I think it was an I6.
I should have looked at the picture before commenting. That is an old National Weather Service generator. I can identify it by how the building is built and the location of that power box. They are changing them at all of the Doppler Radar sites. The company that is doing them is located on the east coast. They are saying that when they empty the fuel tanks the bottom is black fuel, and that is how they all have been. I was curios what would cause that. There are two 500 gallon tanks against the wall behind where the picture was taken from.
Edited by john(MI) - 18 Jun 2021 at 12:23pm
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 12:13pm |
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 12:26pm |
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I guess that isn't one of the NWS ones, all of them are diesel.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 2:31pm |
It is being sold on Ebay by NYS Office of General Services, who buys and sells the majority of NY State owned larger property.
It is at SUNY Morrisville, so it was used by the college. I thought the grill looked like it might be an AC engine.
It sold for $305 earlier today.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 5:42pm |
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looks like too many things are in the wrong place, to be AC. Might be a continental, they had similar sheet metal...
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Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 7:48pm |
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FORD and CHEVY always bolt the valve cover on with small bolts around the edge... 6 studs on top is "probably" a tractor engine.. cant say who...... Sheetmetal does look like ALLIS, but the motor dont ?
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 3:14am |
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motor looks like an old GM engine. my '54 Chevy has an engine that looks just like it.
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Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 3:24am |
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Fairly certain is a Continental as well.
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Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 9:44am |
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Has a mag VS points distributor...makes sense on emergency equipment.
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