So I did a thing on Saturday. There was a farm equipment auction locally and someone dropped off a lot of small stationary engines. The largest of them was this 5 horsepower Galloway 'Frostproof' engine. There is not a complete Galloway serial number list, but I suspect this is a later production engine; possibly as 'new' as the early 1920's. So it's right at 100 years old. This is a hit/miss engine that uses governor weights to hold the exhaust valve open when the engine is spinning above a predetermined RPM and when the RPMs slow enough it releases a catch that lets the exhaust valve close and trips an ignitor on the power stroke... then back to freewheeling until it slows down again. That is not an original Galloway truck it is sitting on. The engine alone weighs about 900+ pounds.
Rule 1:
At 5hp, this certainly didn't run a washing machine or dishwasher when it was new. It was better suited for a large mill, a pump, a sawmill, feed mixer... or any other task around the farm that required such a significant investment:
I'll document as I get it running again. If you are so overcome with jealousy that you have to have your own Galloway - you can build a 1/3 scale running engine for yourself.... much assembly required.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Hit-and-Miss-Model-Engine-Gas-Powered-1-3-Scale-Galloway-Casting-Kit/293698822088?hash=item4461d05fc8:g:iX4AAOSwn01fPqn3
Rule 1:
At 5hp, this certainly didn't run a washing machine or dishwasher when it was new. It was better suited for a large mill, a pump, a sawmill, feed mixer... or any other task around the farm that required such a significant investment:
I'll document as I get it running again. If you are so overcome with jealousy that you have to have your own Galloway - you can build a 1/3 scale running engine for yourself.... much assembly required.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Hit-and-Miss-Model-Engine-Gas-Powered-1-3-Scale-Galloway-Casting-Kit/293698822088?hash=item4461d05fc8:g:iX4AAOSwn01fPqn3