Got..........................Piston?

[DEMON44]

Meet Mr. Piston, my new trinket. No its not a photo chop, yes it really is in the back of my truck right now. Not sure what I'm going to do with it............but its cast and weights about 200 lbs. maybe a base for the bench grinder.............

Buts its going to be living with me in the garage

 

[4X4HIGH]

What the hell is that out of? My guess is a locamotive engine. At any rate it would make a nice trash can for the garage. I don't think emptying it would be fun though.

 

[big dan]

build a table out of it and then get some of the rods that go with it to build some bar stools for it.

that thing is pretty sweet. I know a guy thats got one about like that and he used it for his mail box stand.

 

[DEMON44]

Its much bigger than a locomotive piston................theres a part number cast into it, but I haven't researched it yet as I just got it tonight.

It has to out of some sort of OLD Fairbanks-Morse or White Superior

 

[midnitewarya]

I'd put it on the deck and use it as an ashtray if I had it. When I throw a shindig here, it seems I'm always emptying ashtrays, I don't think that would have a prob holding a couple hundred butts.

 

[mxfireman]

Mount a bench grinder or a vice on it. I would be sleeping in the garage if I brought that home too.

 

[Jimbo*]

Natural gas pump engine most likely. You're too far from the coast to find LARGE ship engine parts.
Jimbo

 

[cbbr]

Perfect base for a BBQ pit.

 

[MaxPF]

Natural gas pump engine most likely. You're too far from the coast to find LARGE ship engine parts.
Jimbo

That piston would be from a "medium size" ship engine. Small ship engines would be like a 3616 Caterpillar, while large ship engines use pistons mounted on crossheads and are truly huge: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

 

[DEMON44]

ya I' have to agree, marine grade.

an EMD out of a locomotive runs about 8.5" bore. 3600 series Cat run an 11" bore..........this is a 15.25" diameter piston, pin boss is 6"...........I cannot lift it off the ground on my own without busting an o-ring.....and I can lift some heavy ****

 

[4X4HIGH]

The locamotive engines i seen at a museum had four 15" + bore with something like a 36" stroke. That's why i said locamotive engine.

 

[DEMON44]

holy dyna! the loco EMDs that I've seen around are a V16 with an 8.5" bore.

 

[4X4HIGH]

Here is the place i went and seen these awesome railroads. http://www.csrmf.org/default.asp

 

[blowedupmotor87]

That is a very sweet new garage addition! I think it's really cool to see stuff like that, a familiar thing but way way bigger!

 

[4X4HIGH]

I'll have to post a pic of a valve i have at work.

 

[DEMON44]

I'll have to post a pic of a valve i have at work.

what kinda?

 

[4X4HIGH]

I have no idea, a customer thought i might like it so he brought it to me.

 

[DEMON44]

OK pics are in order then.

 

[Tabb]

That looks alot like the pistons I use to see back in my Coast Guard days on a 110' Medium Endurance Cutter. It had twin 16cyl Alco diesel engines with pistons aboot that size.