. Railway age . Stover Twelve-Passenger Motor Car. wiring and intake and exhaust pipes removed. The cylinders are4V(; In. X 5 in., water The crank case Is of aluminum alloyand is in two castings, the upper half containing all of the engine is attached to the frame by supporting arms cast on theupper half of the crank ease, so that the lower half can be taken off1m order to get at the bearings without dls<-onnertlng any otherparts. The crankshaft is drop forged. Each cylinder Is eaat sepa-rately. The pistons have oil reees^e8 and are fitted with four ringswith square-cu
. Railway age . Stover Twelve-Passenger Motor Car. wiring and intake and exhaust pipes removed. The cylinders are4V(; In. X 5 in., water The crank case Is of aluminum alloyand is in two castings, the upper half containing all of the engine is attached to the frame by supporting arms cast on theupper half of the crank ease, so that the lower half can be taken off1m order to get at the bearings without dls<-onnertlng any otherparts. The crankshaft is drop forged. Each cylinder Is eaat sepa-rately. The pistons have oil reees^e8 and are fitted with four ringswith square-cut Joints. The piston rods are of large diameter andhardened. The connecting rods are drop forged, the bearings arephosphor-bronze end babbitt bronze, and the valves are drop forgedin one piece and are interchangeable. The valve lifters are hard-ened steel and bronze. The timing gears are drop forged steel: they. Engine of Stover Gasolene Motor Car. are completely endoscil lu the crank quickly re-moved by loosening four nuts. There are no gaskets in the jointsiH^tween pipes and cylinders. The water pipes are brass, and thepump Is the gear tyiH. made of bronze, except the bearing shaft,which Is steel. The commutator has hardened steel contacts, andtiie terminals are all proterted by a glass eover. The eyllnders andbearings are lubricated with a Hill Pre. Islon oiler. The ignition isjump .spark, operated onlinnrlly on a storage Imttery circuit, butthe makers will also wire the engine for a dry battery to be used Inemer^ndes. FEBHUAisr 28, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 293 The transmission is througli friction cones, instead of the usualI rains of gears. This mechanism is under the front seat. Two smallrones, mounted on the transmission shaft,
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