Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines
Office of Steam ~GLOBAL POWER-UP~ virtual engine show => ENGINEERS HALL at Our First Global Power-Up => Topic started by: Junkologist on February 29, 2020, 08:51:29 am
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The IHC Mogul is a beast Mike. It looks like you have given it a lot of TLC. Looks brand new.
Do you run it regularly? Does it do any work on the farm these days?
I do run it regularly. I had to rebuild the fuel pump to get it going. The paint colors are all wrong and one day I’d like to strip it down to whatever original finish is left.
When I acquired this engine in 2009, I bought it from the old widow who used to farm this property and still lived next door. She wanted me to sell it for her to generate some funds. I could not pass up the opportunity to purchase it myself. She tried to talk me out of it by saying her son would be upset and might hurt me. I told her it would be better if I had the engine and it stayed here, rather than it go somewhere far away. She agreed. Little did I know what was coming next. Her son is devious person and not many people like him. Unfortunately, he is also one of my neighbors. I secretly removed the engine to a friends place for a while to avoid confrontation with the son. After a couple weeks, I brought it home. A few months later, I got a call from a detective saying the widow had no right to sell the engine and the son had paperwork proving it. I thought I was going to lose the engine and my money. A week later I got another call from the detective saying the sale of the engine to me was valid and the sons paperwork was fraudulent. The son did not get along with his parents and I have peace of mind knowing that the engine is right where his parents would like it to be.
Thanks for the color Mike!
Good triumphs evil. 🤠
Thanks for sharing your Mogul with us and thank you for the story that came with it.
Good stuff!
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Mike, even though I am illiterate when it comes to hit miss engines, I still enjoyed your videos
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That homemade TE is one of my favorites, simple and fun :)
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The IHC Mogul is a beast Mike. It looks like you have given it a lot of TLC. Looks brand new.
Do you run it regularly? Does it do any work on the farm these days?
I do run it regularly. I had to rebuild the fuel pump to get it going. The paint colors are all wrong and one day I’d like to strip it down to whatever original finish is left.
When I acquired this engine in 2009, I bought it from the old widow who used to farm this property and still lived next door. She wanted me to sell it for her to generate some funds. I could not pass up the opportunity to purchase it myself. She tried to talk me out of it by saying her son would be upset and might hurt me. I told her it would be better if I had the engine and it stayed here, rather than it go somewhere far away. She agreed. Little did I know what was coming next. Her son is devious person and not many people like him. Unfortunately, he is also one of my neighbors. I secretly removed the engine to a friends place for a while to avoid confrontation with the son. After a couple weeks, I brought it home. A few months later, I got a call from a detective saying the widow had no right to sell the engine and the son had paperwork proving it. I thought I was going to lose the engine and my money. A week later I got another call from the detective saying the sale of the engine to me was valid and the sons paperwork was fraudulent. The son did not get along with his parents and I have peace of mind knowing that the engine is right where his parents would like it to be.
Thanks for the color Mike!
Good triumphs evil. 🤠
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All very nice, the swash plate engine is especially interesting. the home built traction engine is a great runner too.
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The IHC Mogul is a beast Mike. It looks like you have given it a lot of TLC. Looks brand new.
Do you run it regularly? Does it do any work on the farm these days?
I do run it regularly. I had to rebuild the fuel pump to get it going. The paint colors are all wrong and one day I’d like to strip it down to whatever original finish is left.
When I acquired this engine in 2009, I bought it from the old widow who used to farm this property and still lived next door. She wanted me to sell it for her to generate some funds. I could not pass up the opportunity to purchase it myself. She tried to talk me out of it by saying her son would be upset and might hurt me. I told her it would be better if I had the engine and it stayed here, rather than it go somewhere far away. She agreed. Little did I know what was coming next. Her son is devious person and not many people like him. Unfortunately, he is also one of my neighbors. I secretly removed the engine to a friends place for a while to avoid confrontation with the son. After a couple weeks, I brought it home. A few months later, I got a call from a detective saying the widow had no right to sell the engine and the son had paperwork proving it. I thought I was going to lose the engine and my money. A week later I got another call from the detective saying the sale of the engine to me was valid and the sons paperwork was fraudulent. The son did not get along with his parents and I have peace of mind knowing that the engine is right where his parents would like it to be.
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The IHC Mogul is a beast Mike. It looks like you have given it a lot of TLC. Looks brand new.
Do you run it regularly? Does it do any work on the farm these days?
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Thanks, guys! I figured I’d show some things I don’t usually post around here.
This engine is a bit big for the table, so we’ll just pull it up to the side.
This 1916 6hp IHC Mogul has been on the property where I live since the 1930s when it was purchased secondhand. It was used mainly for pumping irrigation water with a Meyers Bulldozer pump.
https://youtu.be/E8DQIEAwdxw
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What a wonderfully eclectic assortment of very interesting and different examples to start off your table here Mike .... I like it!!!
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Steam, Gas and Hot Air. Some nice examples from your collection Mike. All very unique.
Thanks for participating in GPU 2020!
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Here’s a neat little axial piston two cylinder Stirling engine.
https://youtu.be/aG66lScxBnA
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Here’s a Duclos Topsy Turvy hit & miss engine.
https://youtu.be/-4Oi92cjYVc
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Welcome to the Junkologist’s table!
We’ll start off with this cute little homemade traction engine. It’s quite small. The rear wheels are Copenhagen snuff cans. The steering wheel and the ends of the boiler are 1930s savings tokens/coins from Portland, Oregon. It actually has a working belt clutch for the drive. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/-hDgzZjXeYM