ihc hit or miss?

[Todd Heck]

I just bought this engine today and picking it up tonight. After reading on here I am not sure if it is a hit or miss. The serial is LA15720. As you can see it is painted green. A few question, did it come in the color or did someone want to make it a deere? It has a broken rocker arm (which broke this summer). HE has all the parts and no time to fix it. I might have over paid but I wanted to add the type to my ihc collection. Please help me with what you see and if 140.00 was to much.Also a same creak in the head which he fixed.

Thanks

Todd



 

[Jim Voyles]

Todd, this is a throttle governed engine, not hit or miss. Could have been green, but not sure on that.
 

[Ande]

Should be a model "LA",and think they were Harvestor Red.
I bet you can find someone on the net too that makes the gas tank for it too.
I have had a "LA" for 40 years,its red
 

[Bob Harvey]

I've got an 'LB',only difference is the tappet oiler. Google Hitnmiss Ent. for info, parts etc. Very helpful folks. HTH
 

[huntingreen2day]

You can buy a gas tank from Hit Miss Enterprises. Go to their web site and look under the IHC McCormick LA LB engines and see what other parts you may need.
 

[toddheck]

I was looking at it tonight. It has a small gas tank in the front. I think it was for kersoine
 

[Bob Harvey]

If it is a kero unit, it will have a small gas 'can' at the air intake/choke. Start on gas then run on kero. HTH
 

[JT]

That is an LA engine, is throttle governed, depending on the serial number, 1935-1936-1937? I am guessing on the year would been gray the later ones were red. They all ran on gasoline, I have never seen or heard of a Kero fuel LA/LB series engine. The M engine was a Kero engine, started on gas, then ran on kerosene.
Ed at Hit n Miss enterprises has excellant supply of parts, but do NOT be in a hurry, they are very slow about shipping stuff, even simple things like gaskets and such, but their quality is very good
 

[Bob Harvey]

Manual from Hit n Miss - just to clarify