4 cylinder flathead

[Anonymous-0]

How about a picture of the engine? No other casting numbers on the block? That is odd for an American built engine.

 

[noncompos]

If you post pix, and if the engine's just by itself, include something in the pix to show scale. If you can't post pix: is it smallish, medium, big? does it look old, middling, modern? carb updraft or down? Dist or mag, and where? tag on dist/mag, gen or strtr? what plugs are in it? (assume it's a vertical inline 4) block one piece, smooth sides, or shows rounded areas for cylinders? water pump or thermo-siphon? water pump, gen belt driven? If belt driven, V or flat? oil pan usual light metall or heavy cast piece? If fan there, looks old, middling, modern? Anything known/rumored about what it was in or used for or where it came from? Stuff like that. Fascinating!

 

[Anonymous-0]

Has anyone heard of a ASKE pat. pending flathead engine?Its stamped on the head.Its the only letters I could find on the head or engine.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I checked a book called" The American gasoline engine" Has engine names from A-Z, No ASKE brand listed.

 

[Anonymous-0]

It is about the size of a 8n engine.It has a updraft carb,horz mounted dist.I took a wire brush and found these No.2473492 over 1X3E.It has a starter,no name on it.Belt driven water pump.with V belt.thanks

 

[noncompos]

Brush the 1 some more and see if it"s an I: Herc built an IX3, a 4cyl. The IX series (per 49 bearing catalog) seems to"ve ranged from 21/2x4 to 31/4x4. John S is the expert, and can almost certainly positively ID it for you; the v-belt driven water pump sound fairly modern ("old" to me is teens-early 20"s, "middling" is mid 20"s-mid 30"s; everything else is "modern"!!-I"m showing my age). If John verifies your engine I"ll eyeball some of my stuff for uses.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I sent you an e-mail It is a Hercules, long number is engine serial number. The numbers should have been stamped in the block on the side opposite the manifold side toward top of the block. J.