The boss you see below the water inlet probably should have a serial number but it is blank. It has no data plate but I'm told that some of them were manufactured for the Alpha DeLaval company in Ontario, Canada. Here are some pictures of this cute little 2 cylinder Stover DV2 industrial engine. There were some variants of this power plant. These images come from a Stover brochure. Stover DV2 Stover DV2 Engine The Stover DV2 engine was manufactured in the thirties by the same folks who made the Stover flywheel gas engines. Is this a problem with all Stover or just mine? Any help would be appreciated. The gears look like new, possibly they are just poor machining.Īny ideas on how to correct the problem? I’ve considered trying to find another set of gears but haven’t seen any for sale. I have used special heavy grease and it reduced the noise considerably but still not acceptable. The only problem is the excessive gear noise. It runs great and is a show quality restoration. I’ve got a 1927 Stover K that has a complete restoration on it. I just posted this note some where else but it sounds like you know a lot about Stovers. Sometimes my email doesn't work so if all fails, call.īest Regards, Joe. Do a search at GEM for Stover or Joe Maurer to find the articles. Also, I did a column on Stovers for five years and those articles are also at this site. You can get that contact information by googling 'Gas Engine Magazine' and doing a search for Stover registry. For some reason, private messages doesn't appear to be working for me so please send and email or call. Gilson New Way Faultless.įellows, If you send me your Stover serial number I will be able to tell you the day and to whom your engine was shipped. Empire Stover Root & Vandervoort Petter Elgin Fairmont Blackstone Judson United Desjardins Bull Pup Sta-Rite Woodpecker Alma Jr. I am trying to make a book of just serial number lists for different hit and miss engines, i have several so far but i still have a long ways to go, b. Up to Year Ending Serial Number Up to Year Ending Serial Number. Stover Engine Dates for selected engines. 57 sec - Uploaded by The Basicbill ChannelA 2 horsepower Stover stationary engine from 1929 spins at the Sandwich Early Day Gas. Just give us the part # off the head, block, or back side of the flywheels. You don't need a tag to correctly identify these engines. The serial number tag may make it easy by having the model on it, or it may just have a TA in front of the serial number as the Stover 'Economy' (Sold by Sears-three teardrop holes in flywheel).

Stover Hit Miss Engine Serial Numbers