Kingston Carburetors

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Kingston Carburetors
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Zahorik on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 08:15 pm:

Does anyone know of where I may find some factory documents and/or prints of the L, L-2 and L-4 Kingston Carburetors? I have found some good information in 'The Model T Ford owner' by Murray Fahnestock, the Ford Service Bulletins and the MTFCA publication on carburetors. Some nice pictures in Bruce's books. Most of the information on the L-4 carb must be early on, during the transistion from the L-2 to the L-4, because all the diagrams resemble the L-2 and not what I am seeing in the half dozen or so L-4's that I have. The difference is in the spray nozzle area. Anyway, I looked at the website for the Benson Ford Library and they list two phamplets regarding the Kingston carburetors and I looked around in Kokomo Indiana and found some minor things in the library and historical society. Any ideas as to where to look?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Garnet on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 09:22 pm:

Hi Mike,

This is nothing really technical but you can download The Gasoline Automobile (1915) by George W. Hobbs in pdf format from archive.org

There is a see-thru drawing of the Kingston L and a description of how it operates as well as how to adjust it on pages 90 & 91.

http://archive.org/details/gasolineautomob00hobbgoog

http://ia700301.us.archive.org/31/items/gasolineautomob00hobbgoog/

Regards,
Garnet


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 09:52 pm:

The Benson Ford has drawings of every variation of Ford Kingston Model T carburetor. This image published here under my license with Ford Motor Company / Image property of the Henry Ford Museum Benson Ford Archive


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Zahorik on Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 07:13 pm:

Thanks for the information. I am particularly interested in a change from the L-2 to the L-4 spray needle arrangement. The L-2 seems to be a puddle type carburetor, where the fuel level in the bowl will flood the air passage when the engine is not running.



The L-4 has a drilled block in the bottom of the air passage that eliminates the puddle (at least in my estimation and observation), and introduces two air bleed passages.



I have noticed that all the information and diagrams that I have found so far regarding the L-4 show an air passage much like the L-2 diagram shown above. I have not found any information or diagrams like the diagram I drew for the L-4 shown above.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDaniel(Indiana Trucks)Star City In on Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 12:11 am:

I don't know what all they have at the museum in Kokomo as far as info but they have some of the molds or cores from the molds for the Kingston carbs that I saw in the back room where they have some old machines. Talk to the right person and I bet you can look them over and maybe find out some more info. They are out on the bypass, not in the Haynes museum downtown. Its only been 2 years since I saw them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Zahorik on Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 08:27 pm:

Thanks for the help, I'll be passing through Kokomo again in June. Do you have an address or a name? No sure what the bypass is. I usually am traveling north on 31 from Indy, then 35 through Galveston.
Thanks
Mike


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