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Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 12:05pm |
Here is the tag from the generator on #33 
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Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 11:14am |
What is the latest count on survivors... and their serial numbers if possible? Larry said he heard of six. I think we can account for four here on this thread... though I had better go back and check.
I believe Larry spoke of your generator, Calvin. He didn't mention you by name, just that he knew of one that had a different brand of generator head on it.
I am trying hard to get the production dates lined out. Looks like '72 or '73 but I'd like to know better.
Has a firm production number been established? 52-56 is the range people talk about. Larry says 53 but admits that number came from someone else.
I am researching to see what technical roots there are... i.e. is this two sixes put together? In my info, I don't see any other engines with a 6 x 6-inch bore and stroke... but, admittedly, my info on A-C power unit and generators is lacking. I have Diesel Engine Catalogs from '60 and '65 that include A-C engines but there might have been a 6x6 engine after that.
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Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 10:23am |
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Those are impressive ! Guess it was gold color from the factory? |
Only the very first couple of generator sets were painted yellow and all of the rest were painted the standard copper color that was used on all of the other generator sets with the exception of a few that were painted a light blue and sold to and shipped to Dawson & Keth in England that that were made.
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Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 10:15am |
Calvin; look at the manufacture's name plate on the generator itself. If it doesn't give a manufactures name it will state where it was made. Look for Appleton Wisconsin or Lima Ohio. Those were the only 2 places the generators were sourced from. Any idea as to why its not running?
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Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 9:36am |
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Those are impressive ! Guess it was gold color from the factory?
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Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 9:05am |
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I have #43 in my shed. It is not running. Does not have an AC generator. Jack will likely have the most info. I do have specs and brochures. I did set up Larry to get his V-12 out of PA.
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Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 12:33pm |
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To the best of my knowledge all of the V12 gen sets left the Harvey Engine plant with Allis Chalmers generators. Maybe some confusion about the "make" of generator since some of them were made in Appleton Wisconsin and others were made by Lima in Ohio.
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Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 10:54am |
Working on a story on one of these engines for my "Vintage Smoke" Column in Diesel World Magazine. Larry Mayer has #33 and it mounts an actual Allis-Chalmers generator. Larry says not all of them did. I'm getting info from him but since there is never too much information, I'm reaching out here as well. I have PM'ed a couple of guys that posted here but if anyone eesle has some.... Larry got #33 about 8 years back and it's now mounted on a trailer. Like most, it came out of a hospital. He says only 53 V12s were made and he knows of six survivors, including his.
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Posted: 04 Nov 2019 at 7:33pm |
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Literature states the genset weight as 13,500 lbs or so.
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Posted: 04 Nov 2019 at 12:47pm |
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I think I'm taking serial #51 out of a hospital know trying to find a weight for it for crane company
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Posted: 01 Nov 2014 at 10:18pm |
Serial # 43 is near me Was it sold through a dealer by the name of John (G?) Steel? We shipped a lot of gen sets and some V12 sets up there also.
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Posted: 01 Nov 2014 at 8:56pm |
The V-12 was 2035 cu.in. The V-8 was 1357 cu.in. Serial # 43 is near me. I have seen 3 V-12's and heard two run. First learned about the V-12 and saw my first one about 7 years ago.
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Posted: 01 Nov 2014 at 11:33am |
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By my calculations it is 1357 c.i.d.
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Posted: 01 Nov 2014 at 11:30am |
 I got this out of my book The Allis Chalmers Story.
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Posted: 31 Oct 2014 at 6:12pm |
DMiller wrote:
Cannot remember the model year but it was a Freightliner COE while I worked in Salt Lake City in 1980/81 that a fiend had a Allis inline engine. Could possibly have been a 78 or 79 model year as had a lot of miles and parts were getting hard to come by. We ran for IML Eagle Division(Special Commodities). He traded it that year on a KW K100C with a Cat 3406. |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2014 at 8:15am |
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Cannot remember the model year but it was a Freightliner COE while I worked in Salt Lake City in 1980/81 that a fiend had a Allis inline engine. Could possibly have been a 78 or 79 model year as had a lot of miles and parts were getting hard to come by. We ran for IML Eagle Division(Special Commodities). He traded it that year on a KW K100C with a Cat 3406.
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Posted: 30 Oct 2014 at 7:11pm |
This picture was taken a Laporte last summer. 
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Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 7:49pm |
grinder220 wrote:
I remember reading that before Allis went under in 85' that they where working on designs for a 900 hp tractor, was this the engine they were going to use? |
Don't know about that but, one of the first 12 engines built was a 61000 (800 hp @ 2100 rpm's) that was sent down to Springfield, IL. We heard it was going into a HD41.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 7:15pm |
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Calvin Schmidt wrote:
There is a video on Youtube of them lifting the engine out of the hospital. The engine was at the GOTO in LaPorte this summer and it was running. Very impressive! There must be a video of that some where. |
I've watched that video earlier this year but I want see one of it running. Anyone know how many RPMs it turns? That thing has to bellar. |
Being in a 60 hertz gen set the rpm's would have to be 1,800
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Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 7:14pm |
grinder220 wrote:
Calvin Schmidt wrote:
There is a video on Youtube of them lifting the engine out of the hospital. The engine was at the GOTO in LaPorte this summer and it was running. Very impressive! There must be a video of that some where. |
I've watched that video earlier this year but I want see one of it running. Anyone know how many RPMs it turns? That thing has to bellar. |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 7:02pm |
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Still waiting on the startup/ running video
Edited by DonDittmar - 28 Oct 2014 at 7:02pm
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Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 4:35pm |
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I remember reading that before Allis went under in 85' that they where working on designs for a 900 hp tractor, was this the engine they were going to use?
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Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 4:32pm |
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DougG wrote:
Theres another in St Louis that i ran across,, still like brand new! |
One of the earlier gen sets was sent out to Tucson, AZ. It was the back up power for Bio-sphere 2. |
I'd love to get a hold off one of those engines and squeeze it into my 8550.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 4:30pm |
Calvin Schmidt wrote:
There is a video on Youtube of them lifting the engine out of the hospital. The engine was at the GOTO in LaPorte this summer and it was running. Very impressive! There must be a video of that some where. |
I've watched that video earlier this year but I want see one of it running. Anyone know how many RPMs it turns? That thing has to bellar.
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Posted: 25 Oct 2014 at 9:15am |
DougG wrote:
Theres another in St Louis that i ran across,, still like brand new! |
One of the earlier gen sets was sent out to Tucson, AZ. It was the back up power for Bio-sphere 2.
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Posted: 25 Oct 2014 at 5:58am |
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There is a video on Youtube of them lifting the engine out of the hospital. The engine was at the GOTO in LaPorte this summer and it was running. Very impressive! There must be a video of that some where.
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Posted: 24 Oct 2014 at 9:14pm |
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Sooooooo...do we get to see a video of this monster running? I'd love to hear it run.
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Posted: 14 Sep 2014 at 7:46pm |
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Not that I'm aware of but, I do know that there was a story on the V 12 in the company news magazine. Big Al said in another thread that he'd gotten a hold of some pictures.
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Posted: 14 Sep 2014 at 4:49pm |
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Well ACjack, go ahead and spill your guts if u wish. Is there a video of the start/running of these engine?
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Posted: 13 Sep 2014 at 10:32pm |
big al wrote:
TO ELABERATE ON CALS THREAD,THE V8'S DID NOT GO INTO PRODUCTION-THEY WERE USED FOR TESTING UNITS.ALLIS SAID THER WAS A STRONGER MARKET FOR THE V12.APARENTLY FROM MY SERVICE BULLITAINS THAT WASN'T THE CASE,MY BULLJTAINS ONLY SHOW TO SERIAL #55.THE ENGINE FROM HARVEY IS SERIAL #6.I WOULD GUESS ALLIS MADE THEM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS?MAYBE SOMEBODY OUT THERE KNOWS MORE OF THE STORY. |
EX engine plant employee here; just found this thread and I know it's an old thread but, I believe I can add to the knowledge base for these special engines. I was one of the first builders (not assemblers) of the proto type V12 production engines.
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