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10-27-2023, 12:05 AM | #1 |
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Model A Delco Accessory
Just bought a spare engine and it has an additional item on the passenger side. It looks like a second generator or maybe a clutch. Not sure what it is. It has a DELCO name plate on it which I thought is usually GM
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10-27-2023, 04:41 AM | #2 |
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Re: Model A Delco Accessory
Kind of looks like a generator. Does it have brushes or a commutator where those slots in the body are at the drive end?
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10-27-2023, 04:49 AM | #3 |
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Re: Model A Delco Accessory
Could be a home made governor. I seem to remember an article about how to modify an old generator to turn it into a governor. From the photos it looks like the lever moves back and forth. Can you see something inside that looks like flyball weights?
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10-27-2023, 06:17 AM | #4 |
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Re: Model A Delco Accessory
Seconded on a governor. I had a T engine that had the same looking thing installed, and it was used as a log splitter.
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10-27-2023, 10:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: Model A Delco Accessory
Could be a welder generator. When I was a kid my dad had a similar looking generator on an old engine that he used to electric weld with. I always thought it was an airplane generator. It wasn't a very good set up.
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10-27-2023, 11:26 AM | #6 |
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10-31-2023, 01:09 PM | #7 |
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Re: Model A Delco Accessory
I don't remember ever seeing one, but as a kid in the 50's I remember hearing of Delco generator sets that people used for indoor lighting before public power systems began. I think they may have used the old hit/miss well pump type motors. The lever could be a disengage to reduce the load on the engine for starting.
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10-31-2023, 04:32 PM | #8 | |
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Re: Model A Delco Accessory
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That lever....hmmm. |
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