That's a really nice, clean demonstration display of the engine and, other units working together the way they were intended to. I enjoy seeing that at Jacktown.
I forgot to say great work Mike! Much effort and, know-how put into that. Time no doubt too. I really like how it's clean and, tastefully done. Nothing corny or, over the top.
That's some rig. If your utility ever goes down, you will be all set. We had a town here that was down for six weeks. Generators in the big box stores went flying off the shelves. Thanks for sharing.
That was really cool, I like that the RPM is lower than most generators today and a lot quieter too. Thanks for sharing Mike. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya
Mike is a real class act. He would be great on old aircraft engines, understanding the needs and how they want to be started is key, just like that awesome generator. Do it wrong and you can ruin it.
These Witte diesels were designed to run 90 days unattended. Then you do an oil change. Then 90 more. They do this for 10 years and then a minor reconditioning with rings and gaskets. 10 more years and then a major overhaul and then start all over again. Awesome piece of machinery.
Beautiful piece of machinery right their... I absolutely love your channel and the peeks into the past you give us... That ole engine may be worn out but I'll bet it will run for many years to come... Tell your buddy their thank you for me will you... He is quite a nice young fella... You mentioned people telling him he needs to do this and do that to get it running... That guy could probably teach them a thing or two if they'd shut up and listen... He seems to be a verry knowledgeable young man...
I'd love to have an old diesel just like this, about this size, to run my garage off of. Generator for electric tools, air compressor for air tools, fuelled with waste engine oil and cooking oil.
I could happily run this beauty 24/7 [with regular maintanance] outside my back door for all my electric in the house. Wouldnt ever get bored of that sound or the fact the house is running on history! What an amazing machine. I have a real "thing" for internal combustion engines!
If I was in a blackout, and had to pick out of the yard full of generators Mike has, this would probably be my initial go-to. It may not be the easiest to start, nor the biggest powerhouse. But as far as character, fuel efficiency, and a pleasing tone, it's hard to beat.
Valves as tight as they'll go to specs (chinese copy of a Yamaha MZ175 engine), just sounds clackety, did a couple vids on my other channel on it and it still sounds like a POS... :P th-cam.com/users/TheRottenShed
Roadking I'm cleaning up my shop and I have a little collection of NOS briggs parts, mainly points, valves, a piston assy. and a few other assorted items If your interested I would be willing to send the stuff to you and the boys if it would be of any use.
OK, a little of my LONG past history. I used to work at a rental yard, that had a few Diesel generators, powered by Lister 2 or 3 cylinder engines. Later, I was picking pineapple, on Maui, and the harvesting machine (basically a boom, that we put picked pine on,) had another Lister Diesel light plant. Back to the rental yard. I'd have to run the generators a few times each week. Open the compression release, and start cranking, just like Mike did. With enough speed, I'd release the compression release, and the engine (hopefully) would start. Once one cylinder was running, I'd release the other (or 2) compression releases. I never did get to fire up the ones in Maui, though. I'd REALLY like to find a Lister engine. steve
We had a pair of Listers ,one in a 65 " fishing boat, a JP 6 which was enormous and a JP 4 which was a spare . Both were really huge engines but could be crank started . I worked for a while in a mine where the store shed had 50 or 60 of the air cooled Lister gen sets. Not one of them ran, they had all been wrecked by operator abuse. Lister Diesels are a great brand though and you can still buy parts for most of them.
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Since you obviously can't go to Napa to pick up repair parts for a machine like this, what would one have to do to get parts for it? Are we talking hand-made, spin on a lathe kind of work? If he ever decides to rebuild this, I hope he videos the progress. Love old machines like this from our past. These machines are as tough as the men who used them.
There are a few place that have a few parts like valves, pistons, rings but usually with the old engines, sometimes you can modify parts from other engines or make them!!☺
@@805ROADKING Hi.For many years on occasion, I would find something others would consider junk and restore it. 30 years ago I had a friend who picked up 2 old military generators powered by Continental JEEP engines. His nephews tore them to pieces and lost interest. He told me I could have one if I could set up the other for him to use as a PTO driven. He gave me an old FORD 3-speed transmission and said to run the power thought it backwards in 1st to get the RPMs. I tried to explain it wouldn't last too long with the lack of ball bearings, but he insisted and I was right. The other, turned out great and was way under-rated. It had a row of taps you could connect to to get 440 3 phase down to 208 and single phase in the same range. I had it in the back of my pickup along with a large 16KW furnace that I set up to engage the 4 4KW sections one at-a-time and looked for a home. It was rated at 14KW, but it wouldn't break a sweat running that furnace! I sold it to a fellow who still off the grid, had built a large truck shop and he ran everything off it. Keith L.
Runaway is when one has a turbo and the oil seals go or oil rings and it runs on its own oil this engine doesnt have a crankcase or oil pump so i believe it is impossible
@@corbinboltz3666 As far as I know older mechanical diesels are even more prone of running away than newer turbo ones because the injection pump governor can stick and go full bananas or some say if the rings are too worn oil can spay up into the cylinder on intake stroke and cause run away
Would be a nice engine to restore, and then when you think about it he probably has about a thousand other projects that require a lot of time ... anyway nice to see this one run
@@805ROADKING The conrod would probably spit out the side first. Petter, which was part of Lister once, made a little diesel about as big as those Brigs lawn mower engines. One of my brothers had it in his 20 foot boat.
lol i knew you were going to say that!! i was just thinking to run a cabin in the woods. i live in northern minnesota and it would be nice to have something to keep the lights on at night. charge up some RV batteries to run a mini fridge for a weekend. thanks for the reply roadking!
Hello Roadking. Long time viewer. I was hoping that you could help me figure out what year my Briggs & Stratton Engine is. It is a 5s model#700113 serial# 1319252
That's a really nice, clean demonstration display of the engine and, other units working together the way they were intended to. I enjoy seeing that at Jacktown.
I forgot to say great work Mike! Much effort and, know-how put into that. Time no doubt too. I really like how it's clean and, tastefully done. Nothing corny or, over the top.
It is great to see stuff like this that was designed to stand the test of time.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
That's some rig. If your utility ever goes down, you will be all set. We had a town here that was down for six weeks. Generators in the big box stores went flying off the shelves. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
That was really cool, I like that the RPM is lower than most generators today and a lot quieter too. Thanks for sharing Mike. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya
Yeah that thing puts me to sleep sometimes at the shows!!☺
Great job guys. I love to see that old stuff run. Thanks much.
Thanks Bud!!☺
Nice piece guys! Thanks for showing the startup procedure instead of just with it running. Pretty cool...
Amazing how these old engines just keep going...not many modern motors built to last these days. Thanks for Sharing Mr Roadking Sir :)
Thanks for stopping by Mate!!☺
I love that kind of old machinery! Great video.
Thanks Bud!!☺
Mike is a real class act. He would be great on old aircraft engines, understanding the needs and how they want to be started is key, just like that awesome generator. Do it wrong and you can ruin it.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
I love those old engines .. AWESOME !
These Witte diesels were designed to run 90 days unattended. Then you do an oil change. Then 90 more. They do this for 10 years and then a minor reconditioning with rings and gaskets. 10 more years and then a major overhaul and then start all over again. Awesome piece of machinery.
Thanks for sharing Mike has some neat stuff. You could hear the difference when he put it under load.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Beautiful piece of machinery right their... I absolutely love your channel and the peeks into the past you give us... That ole engine may be worn out but I'll bet it will run for many years to come... Tell your buddy their thank you for me will you... He is quite a nice young fella...
You mentioned people telling him he needs to do this and do that to get it running... That guy could probably teach them a thing or two if they'd shut up and listen... He seems to be a verry knowledgeable young man...
Thanks alot Rooster!! Yeah Mike's the best!!☺
That thing can be a nice emergency power source for another 80 years easy!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Mikes the guy to know in a blackout!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Incredible! That was awesome Mike and Roadking.
Thanks Bud!!☺
Nice generator. Nice people. Nice video. Not enough of this!
Thanks alot Bud!!☺
I'd love to have an old diesel just like this, about this size, to run my garage off of. Generator for electric tools, air compressor for air tools, fuelled with waste engine oil and cooking oil.
I could happily run this beauty 24/7 [with regular maintanance] outside my back door for all my electric in the house. Wouldnt ever get bored of that sound or the fact the house is running on history! What an amazing machine. I have a real "thing" for internal combustion engines!
Awesome, Mike. Thanks for putting this one up Roadking.
Good job Mike..Cheers RK.
Cheers Mate!!☺
Top notch guys,..well done Mike!
What a cool sounding gen-set! I love that diesel sound too.
Thanks for this ROADKING.
Thanks for watching Reg!!☺
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO LOVE THE OLD MACHINE
The grandfather of alternators... lol
Great video man! What an aweswome machine.
Thanks Bud!!☺
Thanks RK and Mike very nice engine / generator, built to last not like today's crap. Take care buddies👍
Thanks Buddy!!☺
I like the remote panel better than the skid mount originally planned. Great job!
7:12 look how the holes in the flywheel line up with the camera speed. top 10 satisfying moments 2018
if i had one of these in good shape, i would defiantly have this as my backup gen! that thing is awesome!!
You can bet I would have that running my place here on the side of the mountain.
Mike is so cool. I love every video you put out 805ROADKING
That's really cool. I like his light setup too.
Yeah he did a nice job putting it together!!☺
That was nice along the morning coffee :)
Wauw, it took the 4k load with just a little gurgle... great machine, love the over engineering any day...thanks guys for showing that beauty...
Nice gen set. Pretty much bulletproof and will keep on chugging for another hundred years
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
That was neat to see how it starts up and how it sounds under a load
Excellent that sound is wonderful just as good as a HD
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Sounds BEAUTIFUL yous 2 !
By the hear of that injector its pretty good, I have worst then that and they still starts well. Nice engine.
Awesome!!! Thanks for the demonstration
If I was in a blackout, and had to pick out of the yard full of generators Mike has, this would probably be my initial go-to. It may not be the easiest to start, nor the biggest powerhouse. But as far as character, fuel efficiency, and a pleasing tone, it's hard to beat.
That was cool! You guys literally had to "fire it up"!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Worn out?? Sounds smoother than my modern POS chinese generator which knocks pretty bad when I run it... :P
I was going to say the same thing.
I was also thinking this, but it could just be diesel crack.
Valves as tight as they'll go to specs (chinese copy of a Yamaha MZ175 engine), just sounds clackety, did a couple vids on my other channel on it and it still sounds like a POS... :P
th-cam.com/users/TheRottenShed
Sounds like the Cadbury Bunny... bork bork bork bork bork!
I clicked into this so fast when I saw it! Notification squad 💪
Very cool, guys.
just awesome. Love it.
Some guys have all the fun. :)
Nice it seems as if every old engine has its own starting process I know all my engines have the own little quirks
Yeah Buddy!! They all have their own personalities!!☺
Thanks a lot for that buddy.
Roadking I'm cleaning up my shop and I have a little collection of NOS briggs parts, mainly points, valves, a piston assy. and a few other assorted items If your interested I would be willing to send the stuff to you and the boys if it would be of any use.
OK, a little of my LONG past history.
I used to work at a rental yard, that had
a few Diesel generators, powered by
Lister 2 or 3 cylinder engines. Later,
I was picking pineapple, on Maui, and
the harvesting machine (basically a boom,
that we put picked pine on,) had another
Lister Diesel light plant.
Back to the rental yard. I'd have to run
the generators a few times each week.
Open the compression release, and start
cranking, just like Mike did. With enough
speed, I'd release the compression release,
and the engine (hopefully) would start.
Once one cylinder was running, I'd release
the other (or 2) compression releases.
I never did get to fire up the ones in Maui,
though.
I'd REALLY like to find a Lister engine.
steve
Cool story!
It reminds me of this video I came across awhile back: th-cam.com/video/TFYTvs7ctHg/w-d-xo.html
We had a pair of Listers ,one in a 65 " fishing boat, a JP 6 which was enormous and a JP 4 which was a spare . Both were really huge engines but could be crank started . I worked for a while in a mine where the store shed had 50 or 60 of the air cooled Lister gen sets. Not one of them ran, they had all been wrecked by operator abuse. Lister Diesels are a great brand though and you can still buy parts for most of them.
Wonderful
😀
Great job Mike!
Amazing
That would still be a good backup gen with a freshen up
Cool engine
super kool thumbs up and shared
Thanks Slim!!☺
That's really cool. Love that stuff.
Very cool
Looks like nice weather . Couldn't make it , and it's not raining :)
That video was from the Summer show, I forgot I had it!!☺
Still nice day . I'll get back there with the truck next time and buy till it's full , and not raining :)
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Notice it says "Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike" all the time? I challenge you to get that quote out of your head while you hear it running!
Mike Electric Chair !!! .
nice mike
Since you obviously can't go to Napa to pick up repair parts for a machine like this, what would one have to do to get parts for it? Are we talking hand-made, spin on a lathe kind of work? If he ever decides to rebuild this, I hope he videos the progress. Love old machines like this from our past. These machines are as tough as the men who used them.
he often looks arround for parts, and if he can't find any, he does machine his own.
There are a few place that have a few parts like valves, pistons, rings but usually with the old engines, sometimes you can modify parts from other engines or make them!!☺
that was cool , nice engine there ,,
Worn out but still runs, one electrical problem on a modern engine and game over
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Would it be a 220 volt or just 110. Just wondering as I have worked on the newer commercial ones (3 phase).
I think he can run it on both at the same time if he wanted!!☺
There could come a time when that old girl would be worth it's weight in gold!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
@@805ROADKING Hi.For many years on occasion, I would find something others would consider junk and restore it. 30 years ago I had a friend who picked up 2 old military generators powered by Continental JEEP engines. His nephews tore them to pieces and lost interest. He told me I could have one if I could set up the other for him to use as a PTO driven. He gave me an old FORD 3-speed transmission and said to run the power thought it backwards in 1st to get the RPMs. I tried to explain it wouldn't last too long with the lack of ball bearings, but he insisted and I was right. The other, turned out great and was way under-rated. It had a row of taps you could connect to to get 440 3 phase down to 208 and single phase in the same range. I had it in the back of my pickup along with a large 16KW furnace that I set up to engage the 4 4KW sections one at-a-time and looked for a home. It was rated at 14KW, but it wouldn't break a sweat running that furnace! I sold it to a fellow who still off the grid, had built a large truck shop and he ran everything off it. Keith L.
How much diesel use it?
cool Beans !!
Might be worn out but chugs along just fine! Does Mike have some sort of safety for a run away or is that rare on these older engines?
Runaway is when one has a turbo and the oil seals go or oil rings and it runs on its own oil this engine doesnt have a crankcase or oil pump so i believe it is impossible
@@corbinboltz3666 As far as I know older mechanical diesels are even more prone of running away than newer turbo ones because the injection pump governor can stick and go full bananas or some say if the rings are too worn oil can spay up into the cylinder on intake stroke and cause run away
@@corbinboltz3666 if you have time check this out it's pretty funny th-cam.com/video/WrAeUf7v49g/w-d-xo.html
Nah no safeties Anton!! We never let it run unattended though!!☺
@@805ROADKING just cover the intake
Would be a nice engine to restore, and then when you think about it he probably has about a thousand other projects that require a lot of time ... anyway nice to see this one run
where can i get the manual?
That Witte is so cool. I wonder if it would be possible to bore and sleeve the cylinder if/when it gets too worn out
Yeah you could do that if ya wanted to invest some money into it!!☺
805ROADKING Probably just wait until it won't run anymore!
Did Mike get that diesel engine in his driveway rebuilt? I lost track of it after a few videos and now I can't seem to find his channel.
He's still working on it!! th-cam.com/users/SmallEngineMechanic
they don't like smoke in California
8kw. That'll power a home no worries. Did they use kero lamps before propane mate?
In Russia, I saw tractor drivers place a piece of burning wood near the manifold intake on snowy days. As long as it heats the air ,it will work.
That's cool to know
What's that beast weigh in at?
Almost a ton!!☺
Shazam! @@805ROADKING
Have you ever taken a Briggs engine and made a diesel out of it?
Nah, We don't think the block could handle it!!☺
@@805ROADKING The conrod would probably spit out the side first. Petter, which was part of Lister once, made a little diesel about as big as those Brigs lawn mower engines. One of my brothers had it in his 20 foot boat.
Where was this at
Bangor, Pa!!☺
so what is fuel consumption like on one of these?
Tough to say, it really depends on the load!!☺
lol i knew you were going to say that!! i was just thinking to run a cabin in the woods. i live in northern minnesota and it would be nice to have something to keep the lights on at night. charge up some RV batteries to run a mini fridge for a weekend. thanks for the reply roadking!
Will this fit in my w250?
Next job, use the Witte to get the Cat started...
8kw is kinda a lot!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
What a noise, why is there no exhaust silencer. Your neighbors will certainly not like this.
nothing quite like that sound,dont sweat the keyboard commando,s
12hp but at civic torque
Awesome :)
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Very cool
Hello Roadking.
Long time viewer.
I was hoping that you could help me figure out what year my Briggs & Stratton Engine is.
It is a 5s model#700113 serial# 1319252
Thanks for watching Bud!! Nov. 1953!!☺
well worth the 25$ i paid lol
Don't forget to have your toung at the right angle and you can get anything started ha-ha.
I could watch that for hours... if I had that in a loop, I'd probably fall asleep...
I've fallen asleep many times at the shows listening to that thing!!☺