Has anyone see this Diesel engine? JLO or ILO

[LocomotiveBreath]

I post in another forum, SmokStak® Antique Engine Community (http://www.smokstak.com/) , and I came across this post. I guess there is some argument about it's either JLO or ILO, but it a German made 2 stoke. If anyone could find one, it might be a good motorcycle engine, maybe? There was one and two cylinder engines and even 2 cylinder gas opposed engines, maybe there was there a 2 cylinder opposed piston diesel? They were made either gas or Diesel, guess the Diesels are very rare. I'm looking for one; I could have a biodiesel motorcycle that could both smell and sound like popcorn!

See: http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41771

[pietenpol2002]

Dave,

If memory serves, it is in fact JLO but pronounced "ee-low". I used to have the little 397cc 2 cycle snowmobile for my ultralight. It was a sweet little engine, but I had no idea they built a diesel version. The 2 cyclinder opposed petrol was in fact fairly common here in the states years ago and was adapted for the PDQ-2 light aircraft built by Wayne Ison here in Elkhart, IN. Rockwell built it at the time, but it was the JLO engine as seen in the links below. Note the placement of the stubby exhaust pipes only inches from your ears. And one for each ear I might add. But a diesel variant powering a bike would be a novely indeed.

Ron

http://thaiaviation.com/gallery2/d/904- ... d+View.jpg
http://thaiaviation.com/gallery2/d/907-1/Ultralight.jpg
(click either picture to enlarge)

[LocomotiveBreath]

novely?

Novely? I like that!

You didn't fly that contraption did you, your ears still ringing? That's almost as big as my C5 Galaxy I got to play with back in the day.

It's funny, my memory is clearing, while doing research on these engines, I now remember actually rebuilding one (top end), it was around 1986. I had a friend that had one of those 6 wheel drive all terrain go in the water vehicles. Well I got it running and took he neighbor kid for a ride. Half way down the street, it melted one of the 2 pistons (bad gas?) I remember now that I got parts from Rockwell, I got new pistons, rings, gaskets and a plastic/nylon cooling fan that bolted to the flywheel. I even got a new part for my grandfathers Rockwell table saw at the same time. I also see lots of gas parts for these engines on ebay.

Just Novely,
thank you,
Dave