Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Mystery Engine - Maybe you can identify it?

  1. #1
    rv8bldr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Pakenham, Ontario
    Posts
    64

    Mystery Engine - Maybe you can identify it?

    Hey Folks

    I was at my local welding gas supplier this morning getting some Argon and i noticed something strange in the corner. I went and looked and it was some kind of aircraft engine that has been cut open for maintainer training. I asked the proprietor and he said he bought it from the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum for $50 and he only wanted the steel frame the engine was on. The only information he has on the engine was that it was used by the RCAF at some point.

    It looks Continental'ish to me, but I can't find anything on it definitive. I am suspecting it was used for powering something on the ground because of the odd PTO like thing on the rear crankcase. Speaking of the crankcase, it was manufactured by Bohnalite.

    Pictures attached.

    Any ideas?

    Name:  Mystery Engine 1.jpg
Views: 868
Size:  103.2 KB

    Mark
    Attached Images Attached Images  
    -------------------
    Mark
    EAA 367635
    President EAA 245

    1979 Maule M5-235C C-GJFK
    RV-8 C-GURV (Sold)
    Bearhawk #1078 C-GPFG (under construction)

  2. #2
    FlyingRon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    NC26 (Catawba, NC)
    Posts
    2,627
    I love the Romex electrical clamp in the top spark plug hole of the #1 cylinder. Definitely looks like a Continental of some sort. Just from eyeballing the sizes I'm guessing it's an old E-185 or 225.

  3. #3

    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Justin, Texas
    Posts
    218
    Your PTO looking fitting is actually the starter coupling.

  4. #4
    rv8bldr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Pakenham, Ontario
    Posts
    64
    Quote Originally Posted by CraigCantwell View Post
    Your PTO looking fitting is actually the starter coupling.
    Well, that makes sense. Thanks, Craig.
    -------------------
    Mark
    EAA 367635
    President EAA 245

    1979 Maule M5-235C C-GJFK
    RV-8 C-GURV (Sold)
    Bearhawk #1078 C-GPFG (under construction)

  5. #5
    Aviatrexx's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Location
    NC
    Posts
    30
    An awful lot of those engines ended up powering pumps and gen-sets, only to be replaced by small turbines.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •