Well, blew out the head gasket the other night (what do you expect from a 89 year old engine!) Made a new gasket at work, and while i was at it, made a new gasket for the ignitor. Both out of copper. Should help with thermal conductivity to the waer hopper and keep the head a little cooler, it is not water cooled at all!
Got it fired up and running great again, this old engine probably never saw ANY serious work in its life till now, compression is excellent.
Gave it another test run this evening.Hooked up another dischargeed battery. Even better results this time.....56 amps @ 14.4 volts!!!!!!! that pretty much maxed out the capabilities of this engine!!!! So, what i also aquired ws a 10 ohm 6 amp potentiometer, will wire it into the positve lead from the regulator to the alternator and dial it in so the engine runs more at 375-400 rpm, instead of about 275-300 rpm at the 56 amp load.
Ken had a good idea, Alcohol...... I think once i get the engine/alt. performance where I want it, i wil experiment with runnin the ol gal on alcohol or alcohol/gas mix....Gives me an excuse to get that still up and runnin, for fuel use only mind you!