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Ladies and Gentlemen welcome back to the final episode of the Clinton 494 engine restoration. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. I think it came out great.
This old Clinton was mounted on an old lawnmower chassis. I decided to try my hand at restoring it, and here is part one of the restoration.
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Some history on the company that made this engine.
C.A. Depue was the president of the Central Steel Tube Company in Clinton, Iowa when he opened a small factory in Maquoketa to manufacture machine gun components during World War II. He expanded the operation calling it The Maquoketa Company and built a factory on the east side of town. This building was built as an office building for the plant from 1945 to about 1947. By 1950 the factory had grown to 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2). That same year Depue sold the facility to Don Thomas, who moved his Clinton Machine Company from Clinton, Michigan to Maquoketa. The Maquoketa Company moved to Clinton, Iowa.
Clinton Machine Company manufactured small gasoline engines, and by 1956 they were the tenth largest employer in Iowa. It changed its name to Clinton Engines Corporation in 1958. It was at this time that farmers began working in the factory and farmed around their shift work. Thomas sold the company to the Charnay Group, an investment company based in New York City. The company manufactured engines for washing machines, chain saws, outboard motors, industrial air circulation fans, and lawnmowers for a variety of companies.
It won the President's "E" Award in 1966. However, the Charnay Group failed to adequately support Clinton Engines financially, and it had to file for bankruptcy the same year. Clinton Engines was sold to Martin Hoffinger, a New York investor, who operated the company on a reduced basis. It was eventually downsized to produce spare parts for engine repairs. By 1999 there were only about 35 employees left. The plant was in disrepair when it closed that year. In 2000 the facility was donated to the city of Maquoketa, which tore down the factory and maintained the office building. The Jackson County Historical Society maintains the Clinton Engines Museum, the Jackson County Research & Family History Library, the JCHS Media Arts Center, the Clinton Engines Association, and a large program center in the building.
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*_Excellent work as always. You’ve made restorations a work of art. Outstanding_*
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
I love seeing you make these engines better than new and then listen to them purr. The rain segments are nice too.
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ray! I always try to film the rain, its super relaxing.
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
Beautiful restoration mister well done
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks buddy!
MASTERPIECE!
Fantastic thanks for a great video.
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
It looks new again and you did a wonderful job restoring it !!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers buddy!
@oneshotme
Жыл бұрын
@@AJRestoration You're welcome!!
Another great job!
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@NolaGal2601
Жыл бұрын
@@AJRestoration you’re welcome. I love your long-format videos.
Your work looks beautiful but you must learn to torque the head gasket and rod bolts to the proper torque specs also do not plate the main jet or a pilot jet it changes the metering of the fuel. You will also have a much longer-lived engine if you hone the cylinder to restore the cross hatching and replace the rings being careful to measure the ring end gap.
Very clean restoration,you did good. Good video as always.just keep doing what your doing and carry on.kudos 👍👍👍😎😎😎
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom, will do!👍😎
A restauração ficou excelente, vi uns pingos de gasolina próximo ao tanque, pode ser da mangueira...
Excelent job guy but,maybe, you have made a mistake during set point gap:you used a 0,2 mm gauge while on the point cover is stamped .020 that are thousandths of an inch,equivalent to 0,5 mm.
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That is a strange looking muffler but as long as it gets The job done roll with it
@ShainAndrews
Жыл бұрын
Filter, and it works fine.
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
I think you are referring to the air filter, that is a oil bath airfilter.
GOOD JOB !!!!! THANKS !!!!!! JESUS CHRIST IS LORD !!!! AMEN !!!!!!!
I am sure you've previously stated what you used as the pickling acid, but I haven't seen it. So what is the pickling acid? Something easily obtained locally? ANd the end results of the hardware is amazing too. An old Clinton engine rebuild was perfect. I haven't seen one in decades now...
@ShainAndrews
Жыл бұрын
My bet is hydrochoric acid. Fine for the tinker... No good for industrial. Well unless an industry is fine with erosion and embrittlement.
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
The kit never stated what acid it is, I think its hydrochloric acid but I am not sure. Thank you for the compliment!
To many before and after pictures. Did the valves need lapping?
Your logo covers a lot of the subtitles.
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
I did not notice that, thank you for letting me know!
What happened to this brand ?I'm sure they were made by Fuji Heavy Industries who make Subaru.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PRESSURE WASH IT BEFORE YOU STARTED ANYTHING???
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Because haha
Your meticulous craftsmanship is beyond reproach but your sense of color is sub par. Those Clinton engineers and designers had a far better sense of color than you do. I don't understand why after going through the process of restoring every single component and fastener, you "veer off" and change the color scheme to a garish inappropriate mode that emphasizes every single blemish in each of the castings. Next time please follow through on the restoration and finish the machine as its designers and engineers intended. in period correct colors.
@AJRestoration
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliment, I want to add to the comment on the choice of color. To match the color of the engine to the original is extremely hard to do, especially with powder coating. With that said its my little engine, I can make it pink if I wanted to. I think the silver came out great.
Good video! However, once you remove the main nozzle, it's nearly impossible to line the passage holes ligned up again The replacement nozzles are very hard to find. The threaded part is cut in half to allow fuel to pass through, regardless of it's position when installed. If you found a way around this, please share . Thanks, George.
@AJRestoration
5 ай бұрын
I just put it back the way I took it out and everything works great. Not too sure what you are talking about?
@georgesabol459
5 ай бұрын
@@AJRestoration It certainly was not meant to rude. If you look in the "Clinton manual " it addresses the removal of the nozzles in the walbro carburetor. The original were drilled with the nozzle in place. The chances of removing it , & getting back in place are slim to none. Nevertheless you did it & it worked. Good luck with future projects. Is it a LMG 117 walbro carburetor? Thanks, George.