Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I have an old WG that I took apart, cleaned, and put back together. There is no oil pump that I can tell, just two oil channels for the shaft: one opens high on the front side of the casing and runs along the shaft to empty out at a channel that rings the front of the shaft. The second channel opens...

Well egg on my face! You boys jogged my mind and I realized it's just a tiny pipe plug, not a bolt! Now I've got two new galvanized ones that match perfect and I feel a bit sheepish.

I lost one of the drain plug bolts from my Fairbanks Morse WG. Square end, about 1/2” diameter, apparently uses a proprietary thread pattern. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement or where I can match the thread with a new bolt? I live in the middle of nowhere so I can’t run down to the big...