this aint no chainsaw motor but what is it?

[dieseldod]

what does this bad boy come from ? 2 stroke. it has a ribbed pulley in centre for turning a wheel perhaps?

 

[Chevboy0167]

Vintage fire pump engine?????

 

[heimannm]

I don't know about that one, but I have one McCulloch built and sold primarily to/through AMF for their early mopeds.



The friction wheel to drive the moped tire is basically like an abrasive grindstone.







Mark

 

[Del_]

what does this bad boy come from ? 2 stroke. it has a ribbed pulley in centre for turning a wheel perhaps?

My guess is it is a type of rope pulling device maybe even an early gas powered ascender.

I have a Wraptor:

 

[SteveSr]

looks to drive a bicycle tire?

 

[Chainsaw Pete]

My vote is for a moped engine. There does not seem to be a cover for the drive wheel its similar to @heimannm's picture

 

[Del_]

looks to drive a bicycle tire?

It does but the head would be towards the ground and lower than the crankcase.

 

[Chevboy0167]

AMF or Vespa maybe???

 

[dieseldod]

i have it now , thanks for all replies guys

 

[dieseldod]

thanks for all replies guys real interesting items you have there and as new as well. its called a power pak 49cc

 

[dieseldod]

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[Tomos770]

Similar solution to French Solex...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VéloSoleX&wprov=rarw1

 

[HansFranz]

I'm with Del ... something about it just looks like a winch, come-along or windlass gypsy thingamabob to me.

 

[jeagan]

i have it now , thanks for all replies guys

Wow, I want the engine/drive part.

 

[HansFranz]

Wow, I want the engine/drive part.

You can still buy very similar units, they're all over ebay, etc. I considered getting one once, but found out my state has pretty onerous restrictions on them. (49cc max and 25mph max I think?)

 

[JR Hill]

I think I was 12 or 13 years old but I spent a summer with a steel worker who had a tree removal business on the side. He was one hard core, crude guy. But in his basement workshop was this motor. It was a Mercury 2 cylinder 2 cycle engine from a 2 man saw. It looked like it had a blower intake on top of it. I had to have it. I worked for a long time to earn it and used it on a homemade go-cart.

There are all kinds of engines around and what can be done with them. And a mentoring neighbor. That was the start to my career at that age. My parents hated it but couldn't stop me because I worked for my projects. It taught me to never shut my kids' projects down if all they needed was a little help and they stayed with it.... You just never know what can happen.