So I told the wife I was buying a generator

[khryslerkid]

Cool video! (Caution, should take some Dramamine before watching)

 

[MarPar]

Nice score, Pete!!

 

[coronet340]

Okay, but I think the UPS charge is going be a little salty.

I'll come get it. No biggie.

 

[satman72]

I'm closer! I get dibs!!!!:boxing:

 

[62 Dart Convertible]

That is soooooo cool!!! It's yours do with what you please, but it seems too good to rip apart. What a great historic piece - I would love to restore it.....

 

[Pistol Pete]

Either way, unless you plan on lighting up your whole house, using it as a generator will be extremely inefficient compared to a properly sized generator, no matter the load.

Great find though, hopefully you got it for a great price.

That was the thought process after a bout with sobriety.

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Either way, unless you plan on lighting up your whole house, using it as a generator will be extremely inefficient compared to a properly sized generator, no matter the load.

Great find though, hopefully you got it for a great price.

I paid $1050 for it, of which I should recover $300 + from scrapping the radiator and generator if I go that route. I kind of hate to do it though, as it's pretty complete.

The hour meter has logged 156 hours on it and it's pretty darn clean under the valve covers.

 

[64BEL]

Hook it up to your house. Wife will like that when the power goes out.

 

[Gpuller]

That is pretty sweet. I worked in the engineering dept at Katolight during college and then full time after graduating, was there for 8 years.
They used lots of Chrysler industrial engines. Those small Hemi's, flat head six's, 318, 360 and 413's. I have some old brochures from Chrysler.
That genset should be governed at 1800 RPM, so those are pretty easy hours. I would bet the rad shroud says Chrysler under that Katolight emblem. I remember drawings of those nameplates.

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Katolight has been home based in Mankato MN for years until they sold to another company and changed their name to Onsite Energy....which is now owned by the German corporation MTU I believe.

I was there from '90-98, it was still a small family owned business with about 60 employees. Now its much bigger.

 

[Photon440]

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That genset should be governed at 1800 RPM, so those are pretty easy hours. >snip<
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Did those industrial engines have a cam optimized for such a low speed?

 

[Pistol Pete]

That is pretty sweet. I worked in the engineering dept at Katolight during college and then full time after graduating, was there for 8 years.
They used lots of Chrysler industrial engines. Those small Hemi's, flat head six's, 318, 360 and 413's. I have some old brochures from Chrysler.
That genset should be governed at 1800 RPM, so those are pretty easy hours. I would bet the rad shroud says Chrysler under that Katolight emblem. I remember drawings of those nameplates.

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I was there from '90-98, it was still a small family owned business with about 60 employees. Now its much bigger.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner !

 

[ws27]

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner !

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Awsome!

 

[Gpuller]

Did those industrial engines have a cam optimized for such a low speed?

Yes they were set up for genset duty. So my guess they would be camed for it.

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Awsome!

SWEET!!!
Don't be sending that to the scrap yard! That's a keeper.

Surprised to see that the engine is set up to run on gasoline. I guess it could have been modified sometime in its life. Most gas fueled gensets are LP or natural gas.

 

[62 Dart Convertible]

What is the engine capacity of this particular Hemi?

 

[Pistol Pete]

It's a 354.