“Hit-and-miss” engine fires in one cycle, and then clears the exhaust and draws in fresh fuel and air moisture on the second cycle.
Posted on 07/07/2019 9:31:26 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
Any knowledgeable FReepers about Wisconsin engine(s)? I have a 4 cylinder old engine that I need to sell or send to scrap. Runs but probably needs rebuilding. I think it is a model 4G4D. Don't want to scrap it if it is a useful thing to someone. Pour some gas into it and it runs - amazing since it hasn't been started in 10 years.
Ebay, Craigslist.
I’m positive someone will give you $$$ for it.
Thanks. Just don’t know the price point. Some newer ones on EBay are thousands of dollars.
So it's been running for 10 years? Or you mean it last ran 10 years ago? Things a buyer might want to know.
lol...hasn’t been running in 10 years(that I’ve had it) and I don’t know the history prior to that.
Don’t scrap it, those are becoming hens teeth. Put it out for $500.00 obo.
This engine was used in some old farm equipment.
ebay search results for 4g4d came up with 4h4d sold. One for $300 - one for $1500
I would stick it on ebay. If you can take a short video of it running to upload with the auction, it would help.
smokestak.com is all about old engines so someone there might be interested
Lift equipment. (Snorkelift)
Used in a lot of Wood chippers and shredders too.
Its probably worth $1500 to the right person.
$3000 rebuilt.
I worked for Dekalb sead corn as a summer job several years in the 70’s. This included driving a “High Boy” rig made by Hague that cut the tassels off of the female rows of corn. They used a Wisconsin V4 that was a very bulletproof engine. Someone told me that they have been modified for use in some dirt track racers also.
As a kid (think 1950-57) had a Wisconsin engine that powered the 32 volt generator to recharge a bank of batteries on the farm. Got REA in 58. The square hay baler also had a Wisconsin on it.
Just looked it up. That’s the one.
The owner of the Tallahassee auto museum buys and restores old and unusual machines. You might send them a photo.
Don’t scrap it, fairly easy to rebuild. I have had 2 of them. One on a stump grinder and the other on a chipper. Easy to work on and parts are available.
The Wisconsin air cooled four was a workhorse on the farms in the 50-60 time frame. They powered combines, balers, swathers, feed mills, whatever. The main thing I remember about them was my dad warned me to always use the thumb behind the crank handle method to crank the suckers because they were prone to kick on occasion. I loved the sound of that engine.
Thanks to all. Ebay it is.
Just a question... is this what is referred to as a “hit-and-miss” engine? I’ve heard of them but never seen one.
The hit and miss was usually a single cylinder engine that governed it’s speed by cutting out the ignition. The more load you put on it the more often the cylinder would fire. Intake valves were vacuum operated to prevent the engine from flooding out under light loads. Very simple, but inefficient.
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