These engines operate on a cycle which is completed by two strokes of the piston, or one revolution commonly called the two-cycle system.
The General Electric generator and slate switch panel are shown on a separate page. The exhaust port as shown above is the size of a 1# coffee can! It had many commercial applications including refrigeration, irrigation and oil line pumping, but this one produced electrical power to operate an induction motor driven line shaft as well as lighting in a machine shop. There is no need for wires, no spark plug, no points, no condensor, no battery, no switch, no valves and no gears. The shelf below the head holds a vertical kerosene blow torch that heats a hot tube protruding from the combustion chamber for starting ignition. The engine is a 15 horse power fuel injected Diesel and is water cooled from an external tank. Fairbanks Morse Antique Diesel Oil Engine Fairbanks Morse "Y" Oil Engine - Style "H" Fairbanks Morse Engine, General Electric Generator and Control Panel This 4000 pound engine was built by Fairbanks Morse on Januand shipped out from their factory on February 7, 1920.
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