Henry Ford Engine

[cam081]

i am just starting to build one i am going to play around with it abit i want to make it look as close to fords engine as i can but i want to water cool it and have it goverened so i dont have to baby it. cam

 

[Mitchg07261995]

thanks Tin

 

[gabby]

It'll never work, as the exhaust Valve is mounted backwards (he he), What a great looking engine, I must get A into G and build one myself.
Cheers.

 

[Herbiev]

where can i find the plans for this engine?

Leon Ridenour
4610 Sunflower Rd
Knoxville, TN 37909
865-584-9759
He throws in a couple of hard to get parts and is very helpful. Cost around $44

 

[Herbiev]

where can i find the plans for this engine?

Leon Ridenour
4610 Sunflower Rd
Knoxville, TN 37909
865-584-9759
He throws in a couple of hard to get parts and is very helpful. Cost around $44

 

[Mitchg07261995]

thanks a bunch for that! Ill contact him when I have the $$$

 

[vascon2196]

New Flywheel with some color...

 

[cam081]

hi mate it looks great. cam

 

[vascon2196]

Thanks Cam....finally got to use our new sand blaster.

 

[gabby]

Woo Hoo, now don't that look sexy, Dammit I gotta build one!

 

[atwatterkent]

I found a flywheel that very closely matches the original ford engine. It came mounted on an 1800's post mounted Buffalo Foundry Co drill press. I just received a set of plans and found the flywheel at the Portland Ind swap meet last week. I ordered an extra piston ring to help with compression. Construction starts shortly. The same 5 spokes as the original, 13" dia and 16 1/4 lbs. I went to the Ford museum last week and found the engine in Greenfield Village in Fords original garage workshop on the workbench. I took several photos to help me.

 

[vascon2196]

Great find!

It must be nice to be close to the museum...someday I will go there.

Have fun with this build.

 

[atwatterkent]

Close? I'm 250 miles away but I attend the NAMES show every year and had another reason for visiting the museum which is only about 5 miles from there. Photographing this engine was a convenient afterthought as I only decided to pursue this build after seeing two of them at the show and talking to the builders. Anyway, I was asked to publish the photos. Another difference you will notice in the photos is that Ford used a 1/2" sq bar for the piston connecting rod. I met and talked to Mr Ridenour, who has built about 50 of these engines, in Portland Indiana an the Tri-city gas engine swap meet last week.

 

[hilij]

atwatterkent thank you very much for the photos of the Henry ford engine it is the first time that I have seen them. I live in Malta thousands of miles away so I have no chance of ever seeing the original engine!! I bought plans for building the engine from Leon Ridenour and I am nearly finished, but seeing your photos I think I have to redesign my engine as I want it to be as faithful as possible to the original. In the drawings supplied by Mr Ridenour the con rod is shown to be a pipe whilst the original has a half inch square bar and the crank has a counterweight which the original doesn't have, I will have a chat with Mr Ridenour) Will keep you informed.

 

[vascon2196]

Thank for posting those pictures...great stuff.

 

[vascon2196]

Finally....here are pictures I took today of the completed engine. This is my second Henry Ford engine with some minor modifications to make assembly and repairs easier.


Showing the push rod sub-assembly detached from the base. I put 3 pieces of threaded rod in the base and just place the sub assembly over them and secure with hex nuts.


Here is the sub assembly in place.

 

[Lakc]

Looks real good!

 

[hilij]

Nice engine you got there, I have built the engine myself and just dismantled it as a friend of mine from USA sent me some close up photos of the original engine at the Ford museum and I found out that the original engine had the conrod made from 1/2 square bar and not from a pipe and the crank did not have a counterweight, it did not have notches cut in the cylinder for the conrod to pass. I am trying to make the engine as faithful as possible so I have started making the necessary alterations!!

 

[jwcnc1911]

Very nice!

Does a set of drawings for this engine exist or do you just have to wing it?

 

[vascon2196]

You can purchase a set of drawings from Leon Ridenour. His phone number is 865-584-9759. He is located in Knoxville, TN.