Detroit
Motor Car Supply Company
" SANDOW ENGINES "
The
photo's above were scanned from a original Sandow engine catalog dating
1914. The first photo is the DMCSC Factory that was located at the corner
of East Jefferson Ave. & Bellevue Ave. Detroit, Michigan. The second photo is the
engine assembly room. The third photo is of a machine that holds eight
cylinders to be machined and bored.
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NOTICE* Some
of the engines below may not be using the original engine parts per factory spec's such as carburetors, fuel
reservoirs/injectors, Exhaust, Etc...
Detroit Motor Car Supply Company
Sandow Stationary Tank Cooled Engines.
DMCSC Sandow 2.5 hp stationary
tank cool engine, S/N 1119
Owner: Stephen Upham from Whately,
Massachusetts. New owner: John Davis St. Cloud, Florida.
Engine is a 6 hp with a 4-1/2" stroke, 17" diameter flywheel.
Sandow 4hp, Serial # 3352
Owner: Loren Etter from Minnesota. Original equipment including
the paint and the clutch pulley option.
______________________________________________________________________________________ Serial # 2983 Mark McClenathan & his
son from Rockford, Illinois are the proud owners of this Sandow.
Engine appears to have all it's original equipment and paint. Probably a 2.5
or 3hp.
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Serial # 2189
DMCSC Sandow 8hp owned by Valan Vopat from Ellsworth, Kansas. This
engine was up for auction on Ebay September 20th 2008.
Serial number located on brass engine tag.
Serial # 2205 DMCSC Sandow 12hp twin
cylinder owner Greg Berry from Bedford Indiana.
As you can see Greg is in the middle of restoring the engine.
I look forward to seeing more photos as the restoration continues.
DMCSC Sandow 18hp twin
cylinder owner: Ed & Nick Rowland from New Washington Ohio.
Very nice 18hp twin with all the original linkage, oilers, etc..
DMCSC Sandow 18hp Twin
with a 5-1/4 bore by 5 inch stroke, 22 inch Diameter flywheels &
weighs in at 677 lbs. Restoration has started, The two fuel feeders have been completely
rebuilt including new cork floats. Water injectors have also been rebuilt even though I don't plan
on injecting water in to the cylinders. Engine had been hand painted red
with a brush.
Work done as of May 11th, 2008
Sand blasting done, Crank case has some porosity
& casting slag normal for these old engines. Crankshaft has been ground & new centrifugal lubrication ring disk
machined for lower con rod journals. All new Babbitt bearings poured for the mains & lower con rods.
Cylinders have been bored & new Clevite cast iron sleeves installed.
Pistons grooves faced & resized with new rings. New wrist pins &
bushings for piston & upper con rods. This engine had been worked
very hard in its time most everything was worn out. However
it will be better then new when my Dad and I get finished with it. More
photos to come soon.
Work done May 26, 2008
All the main parts of the engine have been rebuilt and assembled.
The engine turns over really smooth & easy. A lot of attention was
put into the alignment & machining of the main bearings also the
alignment & machining of the connecting rod bearings.
We are now working on the governor linkage for the air intake. New valve
guides were made for the air intake manifold and valve stems were trued.
The brass air intake valve lift regulator on top of the manifold had to
have the center hole bushed & the pin trued. A new brass governor
lever shoe had to be made the old one was worn out. Governor linkage
appears to have one incorrect clevis & a few worn out holes &
pins that need to be fixed also. The governor linkage & the
mechanical parts on the air intake manifold must all work smooth and
fairly easy in order for the engine to run correct.
Photos taken June 26, 2008
These photos were taken after we reworked
the air intake governor linkage. The tie rod type ball
joints are not original but they work excellent look
good and make the linkage work so much easier
Photos taken July 05, 2008
Before and after photos of the mechanical lubricator.
Manufactured by Detroit Lubricator Company.
Photos taken Feb 22, 2009
I just finished machining and reproducing the muffler for the Detroit 18hp twin. I would have liked to have had an original Detroit muffler but they are more difficult to find then the engines. This is pretty much an exact copy of the original Detroit muffler including all the internal baffles & parts.
Kenneth Fish from New York reproduced the galvanized sheet metal water tank & fuel tank. As you can see Ken does excellent work.
Photos taken July 26 & August 02, 2009
Photos taken August
09, 2009
Above are a few parts that I reproduced on my lathe and mill. Governor time collar with phenolic ring and contact. The old governor time collar had a cracked keyway and appeared to be broached on a angle. Brass part is the governor lever shoe. The old one was worn half into. I also reproduced the timer lever arm, the old lever was just a rod with a wooden handle someone put on it.
Owner Gary Conrad from Marengo
Iowa. Owner unknown
These two photos were taken by Peter
& Rita Forbes' Engine Webpagesat the 2007 Portland Show. The engines are missing there brass name tags. The only indication that
they might be DMCSC engines is the green paint. I'm fairly sure that the engine on the left is not a Middleditch engine.
Both engines have the early two peice Peterson Automatic fuel feeder
injectors manufactured Ben J. Middleditch . The engine on the left is
being run by propane through the fuel reservoir.
DMCSC Sandow 6hp
DMCSC Sandow 2.5 hp, Owner:
Paul Frassier.
Article in Gas Engine Magazine Dec/Jan 2007 issue.
Photo donated by Steve Barr.
Owners: Ray and Claudia Shreffler
from Pennsylvania.
DMCSC Sandow 4hp manufactured by Detroit Motor Car Supply Co.
This engine has all
it's original equipment: Cooling tank with top cover, gas tank and
stand, muffler and name tag. Notice the optional pulley attachment for the flywheel side of the
engine in the last photo setting on the skid.
This photo was donated by Peter
& Rita Forbes' Engine Webpages.
Taken at Portland Show 2005.
I'm not sure who the owner is, this engine should have a one piece fuel injector.
DMCSC (Sandow) 8hp (Late model)
This engine is in need of a fuel injector & double drip oiler.
If anyone can help with the missing items please contact the owner
Mike Dupuy, 1353
hwy 453 Marksville, Louisiana 71351.
Email: Skippydup50@aol.com
Ph: 318-305-3977
DMCSC (Sandow) 8 hp with late model governor system. This
engine should have fuel injection and water injection system. A couple
drops of water into the cylinder at each power stroke kept the engine
from knocking when using kerosene. Owner: Danny Shields from Owingsville
Kentucky. Danny is missing a few parts on the engine like the fuel
feeder/injector, water/injector, drip oilers, can style muffler. The
scan above from a original Sandow catalog shows what the missing items
would look like. If anyone can help with finding these parts so
this engine can come to life once again please e-mail us at : mazak@rocketmail.com
This is another one of Danny's engines he
acquired a
Sandow 2.5 notice it has the early model one piece injector and has the
original cast iron tank platform and tank. Very factory original engine
except for the muffler. Serial # stamped
on top of cylinder.
DMCSC Sandow 2.5 hp Stationary engine, early model. Owner: Roger DiRuscio from Fremont, Ca San Francisco bay area.
Owner:
Frank K. Jr from Hamburg PA.
DMCSC Sandow 2.5 hp stationary
engine. Notice the
primer cup on the side of the fuel reservoir. This was a feature that
DMCSC did on some of their later models so you could fill the fuel
reservoir with gas when first starting the engine and not have to remove
the cap every time. They also put filler valve on the acorn nut on
top of the reservoir. I've only seen this feature on DMCSC Sandow engines and literature.
Nick
Bettivey with his Sandow Stationary or Marine engine?
Sandow 2.5 hp
Owner: Dave Clark in the Missouri Ozarks
DMCSC
Sandow 2.5 hp Stationary engine & Generator. Owner: Tom
Schoolcraft from Petroleum West Virginia Very nice original Gen Set, Tom
we would like to see photos of it when you finish restoring. Engine was
sold. Who is the new owner?
