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5 March 2013, 03:22 PM
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Help with Engine Idenification
Can anyone help identify this engine? There are no markings on it apart from "Bosch" on the magneto cover.
  
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5 March 2013, 03:45 PM
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That's either the original prewar Austro Daimler engine with push-pull rod valve activation or its British licensed equivalent, the Beardmore. If its magnetos are of Bosch manufacture I suppose it's the former. Ransom
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5 March 2013, 03:59 PM
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Wow! That was quick! Thanks.
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5 March 2013, 06:19 PM
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Thanks for the images - where were these taken (Omaka or someone else in NZ)?
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5 March 2013, 08:02 PM
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Where else BUT Omaka?!
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7 March 2013, 02:45 AM
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So, is it really an Austro-Daimler or Beardmore ?
Up to WW1 british engines almost entirely used german magnetoes, so Bosch on a pre-war Beardmore would be perfectly ok of course (if it is all original ..) Thanks and greetings, Catfish |
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7 March 2013, 05:00 AM
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Hi
I would say it is a Beardmore 120hp engine made 1914. So magnetos would fit. It is highly unlikely it is a orginal Austro-Daimler.  AD Engines had markings, especially the early ones. Thomas |
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7 March 2013, 05:26 PM
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I can't say I know much about the Beardmore 120hp other than that they were basically license-built copies of the Daimler 6.
However, Eric's pics show a five cylinder inline while the Beardmore was a 6 cylinder engine. And the crankcases are quite different. So I am confused as to why we think it's a Beardmore 120hp. They seem similar yes, but that five cylinder engine appears to be an earlier (and presumably lower HP) version. |
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7 March 2013, 06:43 PM
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6th cylinder is damaged as well as that part of the crankcase - you can see the piston hanging loose.
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7 March 2013, 07:02 PM
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Thanks guys, I guess it's a Beardmore then!
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