Please note this book is new, not used. It is a facsimile reproduction, NOT an original. The accompanying pictures have been scanned from a reprint, not the original.

These are the operating instructions from the factory that came with every new Case steam traction engine, which many threshermen and live steamers swear to be the best instructions available. Of course, it’s specific to Case traction engines, but there is a lot of material here pertinent to operating any traction engine – or steam engine, for that matter.

An added bonus is the complete list of the serial numbers on Case steam engines, starting with numbers 1 to 75 in 1876, and ending with 35707 to 35838 in 1924. And did we mention the 51 excellent illustrations?

Contents:

• Fitting Up and Starting a New Engine
  • Attaching Brass Fittings
  • Starting the Fire
  • Oiling the Engine
  • Starting the Engine Proper
  • Starting the Traction Parts
  • Caution
• The Feed Water
  • What to Do When Water Does Not Show in Glass
  • Amount of Water to Carry
  • The Water Column
  • The Gage-Cocks
  • The Water-Gage
  • Packing the Water-Glass
  • Broken Water-Glass
  • Injectors
  • To Start the “Penberthy” Injector
  • What to Do When the Injector Fails to Work
  • Gear-Driven Pump
  • Operating the Geared Pump
  • When the Pump Fails to Operate
  • Packing the Geared Pump
  • Check Valves
  • Regrinding Check-Valves
  • Feed-Water Heaters
  • Testing and Repairing the Heater
  • Amount of Water Required
• Firing With Various Fuels
  • How to Fire with Coal
  • Firing with Low Grade Coal
  • How to Fire with Wood
  • How to Fire with Straw
  • Brick Arch
  • Peep-Hole
  • How to Fire with Oil
  • Removing the Ashes
  • Rocking-Grates
  • Smoke Box
  • Exhaust Nozzles
  • Smoke Stack Screens
  • Amount of Coal Required
  • Proportion of Coal to Water
  • Fuel Value of Wood
  • Fuel Value of Straw
  • Fuel Value of Oil
  • Corn Cobs
• Lubrication and Adjustment of Bearings
  • Cylinder Lubrication
  • Hard Oil
  • Approximate Cost of Oils
  • The “Ideal” Spring Grease Cup
  • Oil Pumps
  • Operating the Pump
  • Adjustment of Engine Bearings
  • The Connecting-Rod Brasses
  • The Shoes of the Cross-Head
  • The Eccentric Strap
  • The Main Bearings
  • Cause of Broken Stud Bolts
  • Babbiting Main Frame Bearing
  • To Babbitt Upper Cannon Bearing
• Handling the Engine
  • Steering
  • Setting the Engine
  • Ascending Hills
  • Descending Hills
  • Gravel Hills
  • Mud Holes
  • The Use of a Cable
  • Special High Grouters
• The Engine Proper
  • The Cylinder
  • Wire-Drawing
  • Wide End of Valve
  • The Piston
  • To Divide the Clearance
  • Testing Piston-Rings and Valve
  • Remedy for Leaky Piston Rings or Valve
  • Packing Piston-Rod and Valve-Stem
  • Packing Cylinder-Head and Steam-Chest
  • Packing Valve-Stems
  • The Crank-Pin and Disc
  • The Throttle
  • Leaky Throttles
  • The Governor
  • Packing the Governor
  • Speed of Engine
  • Packing the Governor
  • Balancing or Lift Spring
  • Oiling the Governor
  • The Governor Belt
  • Governor Troubles
  • Engine Horse-Power
  • Indicated Horse-Power
  • Brake Horse-Power
  • Draw-Bar Horse Power
  • Calculating the Horse-Power
• The Valve-Gear
  • Economy
  • The Woolf Valve-Gear
  • Caution Against Disturbing the Valve Setting
  • Finding the “Dead-Centers”
  • To Determine if the Valve Setting Has Been Disturbed
  • How to Set the Valve on Case Engines with 1911 Style Woolf Reverse
  • Directions for Setting the Valve on Case Engines with Old Style Woolf Reverse
  • How to Set the Valve on Portable Engines
• The Boiler
  • Boiler Fittings
  • The Steam Gage
  • Defective Steam Gages
  • The Steam-Gage Syphon
  • The Pop Safety Valve
  • The Blower
  • The Fusible Plug
  • Foaming
  • Priming
  • Impurities in Feed Water
  • Boiler Compounds
  • Alkali Water
  • Painting the Boiler
  • Cleaning the Boiler
  • Packing the Hand-Hole Plates
  • Cleaning the Tubes
  • Expanding and Beading the Tubes
  • Danger of Using an Old Boiler
  • How to Test a Boiler
  • Another Method of Testing Boiler
  • Amount of Test Pressure
  • Sweating
  • Temperature of Water and Steam in a Boiler
• The Traction Gearing
  • Oiling the Cannon Bearings
  • Lubricating the Gearing
  • The Friction Clutch
  • Adjusting the Clutch
  • Oiling the Clutch
  • The Differential Gear
  • Locking the Differential
  • Oiling the Differential
  • Load Pulled by Tractors
• Compounded Engines
  • Economy of Compounded Engines
  • The Woolf Compound
  • To Take Apart the Compounded Cylinder
  • Center-Head Packing
  • To Test the Center-Head Packing
  • Setting the Valve on Compounds

Please note this book is new, not used. It is a facsimile reproduction, NOT an original. The accompanying pictures have been scanned from a reprint, not the original.