Running pony motor removed from parts tractor

General means it belongs on a military vehicle, such as my 212 grader that is ex army. Better send that pony to me, I'll make good use of it. 😛 lol

That's interesting, I'll look for traces of O.D. Green when I clean it up. I call this a "running" engine but actually it's just "jogging" or "walking very briskly". It has some endplay in the crank bearings and the crank seal leaks, but it should work until I can rebuild of my other ponies (gotta find .020" over pistons & rings for that).

Thanks, Rich.

I was joking about the "General". Figured it was military rank and therefore, military. It was my feeble attempt at getting a free pony. lol. I have found od and marine corps green paint on my grader. Wish that machine could talk. or at least the guy could find the military data plate he removed.

u can bolt a couple 2x3's and bench run it. i done it on a couple rebuilds, wayeasy dailing stuff in, before putting on tractor.

Invisabledog, Yeah I kinda figured you were just trying to trick me out of a pony motor. I'm still curious about that name "General". I have two more pony motors with that same part number cast onto the block and they don't have the name GENERAL on them. ...Hey, maybe that means it was built by General Motors? I'll take it over to my local Chevy dealer to get those .020" over pistons I need!😆

Ag-mike, I bought one pony that was mounted on a base made from a couple 2 X 10's sandwiched together that were notched to let the gear hang down. However, I don't like running a water cooled engine dry so I ran this pony on the parts tractor with the coolant still in it. Wish the pinion clutch was working on the parts tractor, would have been nice to adjust my rebuilt carb under load.

one of my pony engines also has "general" under the cast number so i am curious to!
i also have one with a "W" under the cast number but not like the numeral code the W is a lot bigger, anyone a idea?

Thanks Niels

Maybe "General Foundry"
San Leandro, Ca.
Since 1946