Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Fairbanks-Morse, Throttle Governed, Open Crankcase
One of the engines shown at Boonville in July. This Fairbanks is a forerunner of the later engines used in oilfields all over the U. S. The oilfield engines had a closed crankcase, and tapered roller bearings for the mains, plus a condensing radiator on top. This one sounds about the same as the oilfield engines due to the throttle governing.
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