[AT] Waukesha engines

[James Peck]

This Wikipedia entry does not include the last date for the manufacture of tractor engines by Waukesha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Engine

[ James Peck] This Waukesha Foundry was bought by a Navistar predecessor, likely Harvester,  in 1946. Was this the foundry that Waukesha Engines got its block castings from? This could explain why Oliver was casting its own blocks. 

https://www.foundrymag.com/materials/navistar-sells-waukesha-foundry-equity-group#close-olyticsmodal

EMD made its 2 stroke locomotive and submarine diesels with a weldment block and cast cylinder liners. Cooling lines ran inside the block and inspecting for internal leaks was a routine maintenance issue. Has any tractor manufacturer ever made a tractor engine block that was a weldment.

Are any tractor blocks being cast in the US or Canada

[James Peck] Oliver was in Charles, City, Iowa because that is where Hart-Parr had been. This would suggest that there was an Oliver foundry in Charles City. Blocks would have to go from the Oliver foundry to the Waukesha engine plant.

https://historymuseumsb.org/the-oliver-corporation/

[Spencer Yost] To muddy the waters further:

An Oliver collector friend who’s knowledge I trust told me Oliver poured the castings and Waukesha machined and assembled.  To be clear we were discussing the diesel engines at that point.  Not sure if this was true for gas engines.  Like many definitive statements, I am sure it is not 100% true through the entire portfolio of model or all production years.

Take that with a grain of salt as it’s all hearsay from a collector friend.

PS:   He is the friend I bought my Oliver 77 diesel from.
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