Continental F162 engine compatibility with SA-200 welder

Gentlemen,

I urgently need your collective opinions and advice.

In order to get my broken '56 shorthood SA200 welder back on the road I took a "spare" engine to a machine shop for rebuilding.

The spare engine, although a Continental F162, did not come from a Lincoln welder. It came from a stationary engine which probably was used to power an irrigation pump or something similar.

As it turns out, the "spare" engine, although an F162, has a distributor that mounts in the head. The machine shop called me about this today. They are concerned that the distributor may interfere with the shroud or the tank.

Do any of y'all know if this is an issue? Stated another way, has anybody ever seen an SA200 welder that had a distributor mounted above the cylinder head?

It's now the moment of truth. I need to ask 'em to proceed to rebuild it or I need to ask 'em to stand down and issue a bill for their inspection work.

Thanks! Vernon

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Vernon
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The head mounted distributor was common on the Continental F series engines but I do not know about its use on the SA200. There are low profile distributor caps where the wires come out the side. If the original engine was magneto equipped it was probably driven from the timing case. You should be able to use the original timing case and magneto with the other engine. As far as I know all F162 engines used the same block.

Don Young

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Don,

Thanks for your reply.

Until the machine shop guy educated me this afternoon I thought that it was precisely the existence of a distributor that defined an engine as an F163. I.e., if it had a distributor it was an F163. If not, it was an F162. But apparently, it ain't so.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. I presume that "it" refers to the magneto? But I'm not sure what the "timing case" is.

I have two shorthood welders. I aspire to getting 'em both going again and to have a third engine "waiting in the wings". Alternatively, this third engine may re-power an Allis Chalmers forklift that currently has a dead F163 engine. However, it's beginning to sink in that these engines were made in a large number of configurations. Therefore, I'm worried I'll incur the expense of rebuilding the engine now at the machine shop, only to learn that it's not useable in either welder or the forklift, either.

Life is so contemplated. The only easy choice is "Coke or Pepsi?".

Vernon

D> > Gentlemen,

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The F163 is a later version of the F162. I do not know which parts will interchange.

The timing case is the part of the engine, opposite the flywheel, which contains the gearing connecting the crankshaft to the camshaft. On forklifts the drive for the hydraulic pump is also generally from these gears, as well as the drive for the governor.

Although there were many different configurations, I believe you will find that the basic engine block with its internals will all interchange on your three engines. The timing case and accessories will likely be different but fairly easily switched from one engine to another. Pay particular attention to the water pump as there are lots of different ones and the shaft distance from the crankshaft varies.

Don Young

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Don,

Thank you for that very useful information.

Vern> > Don,

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