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09-09-2009, 04:13 PM

wzenheimer wzenheimer is offline

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Can anyone tell me what engine this is?

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09-09-2009, 05:44 PM

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Based on the age, I'm guessing here...

Lycoming O-145 of 65 hp?

Scratch that, the O-145 had the lifter tubes on the bottom of the cylinders.

I could be an O-235 or O-290. The O-235 was first introduced in 1940 and the O-290 around 1942.

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09-09-2009, 11:19 PM

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O-235

-15 is an O-235. Case was cast in 1946.

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