Good running engine, has a VERY HOT, pretty much brand new magneto. Engine starts with the flick of the flywheels on a rotary style magneto that has no impulse, so that should tell you how hot it is. These engines normally have to be started with a crank, which isn’t all that fun. Engine has great compression, and spins very smoothly – the flywheels will bounce back and forth 4 or more times after it stops from the compression. I believe this is a low hours engine. Starting chamber needle valve is not the correct needle valve. I sprayed it down with WD-40 to clean off dust, cobwebs and to be able to look them over. It won’t be all wet & shiney when they arrive. Please watch video below of the engine being started cold. It is being started with the starting chamber on the left – this was used back in the day to start on gasoline and then turn on the main needle to the fuel tank to run kerosene after the engine was warmed up. That was because Kerosene used to be cheaper then Gasoline, now its quite the opposite! Now days the starting chamber is rarely used. Notice how easy it starts, and how it runs – keep in mind its not warm (35 degrees outside) and will run better, and also the smoke will clear up when warm. ALSO, the needle valve on the starting chamber is not correct as mentioned above so the engine is running rich or lean in this clip. Once it is running off the original fuel tank or needle valve it should run like a clock. I just don’t have the time to fix the fuel tank. Fairbanks Morse Model ZC 3 HP – Cold Start on Starting Chamber – YouTube. THEY WILL CALL YOU UPON ARRIVAL. The item “Fairbanks Morse Model Z Style C 3 HP ZC Hit Miss Throttle Governed Engine Runs” is in sale since Tuesday, March 12, 2019. This item is in the category “Business & Industrial\Light Equipment & Tools\Stationary Engines\Engines”. The seller is “vintagefarmtoolsandmore” and is located in Portland, Oregon. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Model: ZC 3 H.P.
- MPN: Z
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Brand: Fairbanks Morse
- Powered By: Gas
- Type: Throttle Governed