Thank you for keeping these engines running. It’s history that should not be forgotten. I spent 17 years in the Navy as an engineman and what you do does deserve a medal. I got retired early for medical reasons. Stay safe and God bless.
That's a lovely old engine and just how I like to find them. I've had to cut engines out of trees before now and managed to save them without breaking a single part.
Nice save! Glad you were able to rescue this one and make it run again. I love the old iron and it would break my heart to scrap an engine capable of running again.
Very nice! I love listening to those engines run. Its a comforting sound to me. On the farm when I was a boy, I could here one on the pump jack running 24/7. It produced all the natural gas to power the irrigation motors and lots more. So long as it was cared for, it ran and was very rarely shut off. We kept parts on hand for repairs and it was never down for long. It ran on the natural gas so it didnt carbon up. It was perfect for that application.
I love old technology, we wouldnt be where we are today without it, watching you save and get these old timers running again is so satisfying. I am looking forward to the magneto video, and the progress on this old girl, all the best big fella from the UK.
Excellent job in getting the engine running again! Now... you have to disassemble it completely, clean and polish everything, sandblast, steam clean, paint all the outside, measure everything with the right tolerances, and reassemble, and will look and work like a brand-new engine! keep up the good work! Don't forget to do the same thing for the 4-wheeled cart!
I will be narrating my further videos. My mic, that I got sooooo many comments that I should get, quit working on me, and I decided not to narrate without it. I have that back now, and future videos will be narrated. Thank you for your input!
I’ll say when I work in my own shop on my antique engines and equipment it sounds very much like this video does, and most times it’s relaxing to just wrench on something and not explain every detail. Really in my honest opinion if their watching for education and they have a question or concern they WILL ask you. People that just watching for entertainment aren’t here to learn anything. You do good work sir, and I enjoy it
Thank you for making this old engine run again, a most enjoyable video. It makes a change to see somone repairing stuff rather than just throwing it away.
I am very impressed. We had one just exactly like this one - and in the same degree of neglect. Where I grew up had been an old farm and this was just sitting out in the woods. My father brought it in to tinker with it. He called it: "a one-lunger," but he didn't want to put in the amount of work that you did here. This was over 60 years ago, so it wasn't old enough then to be an "antique," but not new enough to be worth saving, so it sat outside until I left for college in 1971. What happened to it after that I have no idea. So, it was great to see this one actually working! Thanks!
I wonder about who taught this guy the proper way to use hand tools. Using a crescent wrench (backwards) instead of a box end wrench. I couldn’t get a good look at his knuckles, probably doesn’t have any left. I’m sorry but, I was taught the proper use of tools and watching his work ethic grates a little.
Was not expecting to see somewhat modern-looking two-piece insert journal bearings. Very cool. You can certainly tell it was designed and manufactured in an era when diy maintenance was the norm. A dream to work on even after a century!
I love watching videos like this. No useless talking or music in the background. It's very distracting n gets on my nerves. The sound of your tools is music enough. Nice job.
@Cast_Iron_Curiosities I don't mind a bit of talking, but some videos have too much talking. I just want to watch what the video is about. Thanks, mate.
But the downside to sped up and silent is that unless you know what is going on you don't actually learn anything about what the old ones knew and worked with. And the knowledge is lost when the last one dies and it does not get passed down to those who come after.
We used a 3 hp version on a truck frame with steel decks to cut firewood for 20 yrs or so. Belt driven; that is where I learned to make / repair drive belts.
Mate, some of your tools are positively ancient. That lathe is best of all it's so beautiful, and the drill press is second only to the lathe and that old pressure thingy works so well without the aid of pneumatics. It's lovely to see a guy who respects old machines in use and fixing, but can also combine modern tools as well. A great restoration video using some tools themselves restored. It was very pleasant watching you restore this old engine back to use, using some tools not far removed from the engine itself. A really great restoration video using some wonderful old tools. Cute doggy to.
@@Cast_Iron_Curiosities Your a butcher !first video i watched you were using a pipe wrench on a connecting rod this one begins with you removing head nuts with a crescent wrench pathetic buy some tools .
I’m amazed you needed to replace so few parts and am greatly impressed you machined a part or two. I don’t believe we are better off when these old engines can go a hundred years. Some ran on several types of fuel that were oil based. Anyway, good job and thank you for omitting the chatter.
I used to take mine to shows. One fella told me to put coffee grounds into cheese cloth, 1/2 a cup, in the water tank and it'll drive people nuts wanting to know where the coffee pot was. The best part was after the show I drained the tank and it was clean as you could want. Good video, I'll be watching.
Holy Moly what a beautiful sound. Old fellow in town here in Vermont had one of these. He ran his cider mill with it. On a crisp fall evening it brought the town alive. Thank you !
I grew up in an oil field town, listening to these engines at night. Later I worked on engines just like this, only the flywheel was about six feet in diameter. They ran on well head gas from a copper tube from the well head, and were started with your foot and arms. Take the spark plug out and squirt a little gasoline in and they would start up easily. The only reason they were shut off was to work on the well.
one of your most enjoyable videos, not that I don't like the soind of your voice but you have such expressive hand gestures conveying thoughts and its great to concentrate on a capable pair of hands doing what they do best. Well done.
2nd comment. Had friend up in Missouri who bought an old farm. Had an old barn on it that was fair but in need of repairs to be usable. While going through it he found an old engine like this that was supposed to be 15 - 20 HP. He love old engines and after a while he had time to tinker with it. 6 months later he got it started and at a surplus sale he found a generator in need of some repairs. Bout a year later he had them hooked up and that winter it was a life saver. Power out due to storms and he had the two mated together and was able to power his entire home with it. Mixture of old and new with some home engineering not pretty but it worked.
I serviced Johnson& Evinrude outboard motors for some thirty years. I am now 83 years old and in a wheelchair. I love watching someone getting his hands dirty, thanks.
Re-bored one of these that we used for water pumping many years; Cracked water jacket needed welding and used a CAT cylinder sleeve to do so. That Press needs sandblasting and re-painting. lol Journal sanding-- a slotted spool with a loop of sanding tape with a drill set on low will do a fast and slick job; just do NOT put a lot of pressure !!
What a beautiful sound! Music to the ears! That you were able to find an engine that intact was a feat in itself! Not how they are usually found. Ready for the fine adjustments and as close to period painting as possible.
Nice save. A couple of years ago they had a couple of fully restored hit-and-miss farm engines running at a Labor Day weekend festival at the old Seale, Alabama courthouse.
Its a real testament to old engineering, no built in obsolescence, thay were made by companies that had real pride in their work and faith in their abilities
It's silly but all those "Antiques" are still Relevant today. They all can still do the work they were intended to do. I watch many skilled people in India that still have the skills. I love watching this old machine rebuilt.
Like many others I had an issue with your use of an adjustable wrench on other videos, but after watching this you really know your stuff and I trust you know what you are doing. I apologize for being so shallow, and look forward to learn your knowledge
You have to just love an old Johnny Popper. One of these things on a farm transformed that owner into an "Uptown Farmer". Pumping water, grinding grain, and I even saw one stepped down to power an early washing machine. Talk about impressing your wife at the time. Nice job! Love the channel!
I will be narrating my further videos. My mic, that I got sooooo many comments that I should get, quit working on me, and I decided to not narrate without it. I have that back now and future videos will be narrated. Thank you for your input!
Something about the smooth power. I’ve always had in my mind that these would be great for running an electric power generator to help charge a battery bank for off grid. The modern generator noise I find really offensive even if efficiency is way up. Having something like this in a power house off in the back would become part of the background noise, especially if it was in the right location and had some sound baffling. When I was a kid, similar engine were used in many “trap boats”. There were less than 40’ long, wide heavy wooden boats. Work boats used for around the harbour or inshore fishing and transportation. You can never forget the sound of these boats steadily thumping along.
It runs. Top Marks. Great to see another wonderful old engine restored to running order. These were all great labor saving devices in their day. Hope the Bosch Mag can be rescued. it is not improbable that Bosch still have spares for that. Bet you can buy new points if you shop Europe. Yes def Subscribe 👍🏼
Glad to see there are still people that rebuild the old engines. I have one that is similar in size maybe a little smaller but haven't begun to do anything with it yet. Given their size the horsepower ratings always seemed low. My grandfather had one with five foot flywheels. I don't ever remember it running. Keep up the good work.
Great job, I like the way it looks now, like a well used surviver, that runs like new again. The painted-up "dandies" look good too. However your engine has a dignity that only comes with time and hard work...I say, keep as it is.
I’m sure I could pull it apart, clean it, but then ,getting it back together again, not a hope, that is what I admire in guys like you, keep up the good works 🍷🍷👍👍👍👍👍
Brilliant. Reminds me of getting a 1924 Lister going in 1978 with my Dad. I turned some Caterpillar valve guides down to suit, they had the right bore size. Lots of solid rust in the water jacket took ages to clean out. Internally the engine was in good nick. It had been on a Stothert and Pitt (Bath, England) concrete mixer. Loved 35.24 on where Doggo seems very interested in the crank polish up. Our Staffy usually supervises my projects. God bless. Dave New Zealand. 🙂
Question many years back I worked at a shop that rebuilt engines . We had a gas stove that once I had torn the engine down and had the block and heads in the cleaning tank . The owner ( Cap) would put the piston rods on top of the fire . Why was that done? Retired and try and Tinker with things and now just love trying to understand. Thank you for your time and have a blessed day.
Born on a farm in 1941 had this type of motor everywhere. Potato riddle, stack elevator, root vegetable chopper, down the field under an old stack sheet pumping water. Eventually driving a generator where the lights dimmed between firing strokes and the early tv picture changed size. Wish we had kept some.
Really good strip and repair , 25.20 its hard to believe that a small mouse lived in there . For your birthday try and get a copper hammer and a fixed wire buff .I believe that this rusty machine will turn into something to behold when your finished .
Love seeing these old workhorses brought back to life, nice job. Do you know who or where it was built or what it was used for? Thumbs up for any video that includes a dog...in fact it should be in YTs terms and conditions that every video includes a dog.😊
put a peice wood or rag in the cylinder head keeps the valves from pushing in when you push the spring down to remove keeper. Love these old motor projects. So neat to hear them run.
Just found your channel - some awesome content subscribed straight away - have to work my way through your videos now 😃cheers from Tasmania and keep em coming 👍🇦🇺
50 yrs ago I ran this great machine that powered sheep shearing rigs, running 4 stations and we sheared thousands of sheep. this machine never gave us a bit of trouble.
I used to start a smaller one of those for a neighbor when I was on my way to school. It filled a stock tank with a pumpjack. That was when I walked the mile plus to school. I filled the water reservoir, put in as much gas as I guessed it would need and went on my way across his section.
I never seem to be able to get used to seeing someone strip any mechanical object , especially a rusty one , with an adjustable spanner , you won't see a mechanic / engineer using one in the UK. I was always taught that the best device for removing a nut or bolt was a hexagon socket or spanner as the load is spread over all the flats and very unlikely to slip .
Entered the TH-cam rabbit hole and landed up on your channel. Loved your content especially the fact that there's no music. A new subscriber from Nagaland, India.
Great video but should have soaked the bore with penetrating oil or diesel for a couple of days...Sledgehammering out the piston was brutal! Oh, and get a decent set of tools eh?
When you were trying to start it the first time, you must have had something binding. It seemed like it was turning very tight. The rings too big / not gapped enough, or perhaps the bearings too snug / not shimmed enough. To me your intake sounded pretty typical. I would not have said that spring was too weak. They all pretty much sound like that.
Great Job!!! If I were a betting man, I would have bet against you making that thing run. I'm thrilled you did it. My only suggestion is to get rid of the adjustable wrenches! I have rounded of more nuts and bolts with those things. LOL Wish I could have been there to help you rebuild it.
I enjoyed this video! I valve seen several engines like this at fairs in South Dakota back about 50 - 60 years ago. The last one I saw running was at my amateur university back in late 70's - early 80's. You saved a piece of Amreicana from a long ago!
I like to tub old iron in a mixture of diesel and a little gasoline to softened all the old grease. I use a large poly tub with a snap on cover. I also like to brush the iron to make it like new. Just a personal preference. Nice job and i am sure that old iron feels like a young one again.
Super job.👍💫 Fuel consumption should be very good and torque insane. Not too loud either. Would be a great base for a diy emergency bugout powergenerator. Now that you know all the ins and outs of it, you can get it always to work somehow with no need for buying expensive spareparts and with simple homemade bushings and tweeks. Good investment😉👍 Greetings from Tasmania ☀️
Danged ole country boy. Dove went and fixed that one lunger wid a toof-pick a pair o tweezers a can o anger-farmer spray an a tad bit o elbow grease! You go boy! Where ever did ya find then parts at. That was a pretty good trick in itself! All BS aside, do you know why Barbie doll didn’t have no kids? Because Ken came in a different box! Thank you for sharing my friend, from one country boy to another.
I have a 1917 three horse throttle governed Fairbanks that I run at shows and club meets and it never has ran completely smooth. It will run twenty or thirty minutes then will drop a few RPM and after a couple of minutes pick it up again . Never have been able to figure it out . Thanks for the video and will be looking forward to future ones 😉 !
There is no way anyone could resurrect a modern engine that was 100 years old with simple hand tools. Efficient? Nah. But they can be made to run. Great channel. New subscriber.
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Thank you for keeping these engines running. It’s history that should not be forgotten. I spent 17 years in the Navy as an engineman and what you do does deserve a medal. I got retired early for medical reasons. Stay safe and God bless.
That's a lovely old engine and just how I like to find them. I've had to cut engines out of trees before now and managed to save them without breaking a single part.
Nice clean up and restoration. Thank you for bringing this great machine back to life.
Nice save! Glad you were able to rescue this one and make it run again. I love the old iron and it would break my heart to scrap an engine capable of running again.
You and me both!
Scrap????? how is it possible
@@henkholdingastate Easy, the way he yealds that sledge and vise grips!
@@Cast_Iron_Curiositieswhat was that container under the engine??? ,the bolted one
Runs great😊😊😊
Very nice! I love listening to those engines run. Its a comforting sound to me. On the farm when I was a boy, I could here one on the pump jack running 24/7. It produced all the natural gas to power the irrigation motors and lots more. So long as it was cared for, it ran and was very rarely shut off. We kept parts on hand for repairs and it was never down for long. It ran on the natural gas so it didnt carbon up. It was perfect for that application.
These old motors were definitely built a lot more robust than what we have today!
I love old technology, we wouldnt be where we are today without it, watching you save and get these old timers running again is so satisfying. I am looking forward to the magneto video, and the progress on this old girl, all the best big fella from the UK.
Thank you! I hope to be a little more consistent this year with my posting!
Excellent work, so good to see these old engines brought back to working condition. They are a tangible part of our industrial heritage.
Excellent job in getting the engine running again! Now... you have to disassemble it completely, clean and polish everything, sandblast, steam clean, paint all the outside, measure everything with the right tolerances, and reassemble, and will look and work like a brand-new engine! keep up the good work! Don't forget to do the same thing for the 4-wheeled cart!
Why?
Why ?
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That would be a sin.
Because all he has done so far is revive the engine, not restore it.
Got to say I prefer narrated vids. I like hand tool rescue, but I prefer the voice with it.
I will be narrating my further videos. My mic, that I got sooooo many comments that I should get, quit working on me, and I decided not to narrate without it.
I have that back now, and future videos will be narrated.
Thank you for your input!
Hand tool rescue is even learning that people like to hear the narrative and is starting to speak more in his videos. Ok video but nope sorry.
That truck looks better with each video. You are an inspiration to us all !!!!!!
I’ll say when I work in my own shop on my antique engines and equipment it sounds very much like this video does, and most times it’s relaxing to just wrench on something and not explain every detail. Really in my honest opinion if their watching for education and they have a question or concern they WILL ask you. People that just watching for entertainment aren’t here to learn anything. You do good work sir, and I enjoy it
I am speechless, what a bring back. Well done hope your proud of her.
Thank you!
Thank you for making this old engine run again, a most enjoyable video. It makes a change to see somone repairing stuff rather than just throwing it away.
Even in unrestored condition you have to pAY a lot of dollars
I am very impressed. We had one just exactly like this one - and in the same degree of neglect. Where I grew up had been an old farm and this was just sitting out in the woods. My father brought it in to tinker with it. He called it: "a one-lunger," but he didn't want to put in the amount of work that you did here. This was over 60 years ago, so it wasn't old enough then to be an "antique," but not new enough to be worth saving, so it sat outside until I left for college in 1971. What happened to it after that I have no idea. So, it was great to see this one actually working! Thanks!
I wonder about who taught this guy the proper way to use hand tools. Using a crescent wrench (backwards) instead of a box end wrench. I couldn’t get a good look at his knuckles, probably doesn’t have any left. I’m sorry but, I was taught the proper use of tools and watching his work ethic grates a little.
Was not expecting to see somewhat modern-looking two-piece insert journal bearings. Very cool. You can certainly tell it was designed and manufactured in an era when diy maintenance was the norm. A dream to work on even after a century!
Awesome Work
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Love ❤ the format.
Disassemble, clean, repair, reassemble with very little talking. 👍
I love watching videos like this. No useless talking or music in the background. It's very distracting n gets on my nerves. The sound of your tools is music enough. Nice job.
Thank you. However, my normal content I do talk some in. This video is doing well, however, so I may throw a silent film in from time to time!
@Cast_Iron_Curiosities I don't mind a bit of talking, but some videos have too much talking. I just want to watch what the video is about. Thanks, mate.
@@Cast_Iron_Curiosities Everyone loves a restoration ASMR. This got you a sub from me, but I do like the verbally informative videos as well.
Asides from Pakistani "Machine [rebuild] Porn" I love this non narrated "Engine/machine Restoration Porn"!
But the downside to sped up and silent is that unless you know what is going on you don't actually learn anything about what the old ones knew and worked with. And the knowledge is lost when the last one dies and it does not get passed down to those who come after.
We used a 3 hp version on a truck frame with steel decks to cut firewood for 20 yrs or so. Belt driven; that is where I learned to make / repair drive belts.
Mate, some of your tools are positively ancient. That lathe is best of all it's so beautiful, and the drill press is second only to the lathe and that old pressure thingy works so well without the aid of pneumatics. It's lovely to see a guy who respects old machines in use and fixing, but can also combine modern tools as well. A great restoration video using some tools themselves restored. It was very pleasant watching you restore this old engine back to use, using some tools not far removed from the engine itself. A really great restoration video using some wonderful old tools. Cute doggy to.
Thank you!
awsome work sir.i have worked on these in the past years.
you realy lucked out the way the nuts and screws came off.
thank you for saving the engine
I watched this twice . I love to see these great pieces of History saved. As always I liked and shared. Glad to see you back Sir. All my very best.
Thank you!
@@Cast_Iron_Curiosities Your a butcher !first video i watched you were using a pipe wrench on a connecting rod this one begins with you removing head nuts with a crescent wrench pathetic buy some tools .
Great job! Thanks for saving her!! Would be nice to see it all primed and painted restored to it's original glory!
I’m amazed you needed to replace so few parts and am greatly impressed you machined a part or two. I don’t believe we are better off when these old engines can go a hundred years. Some ran on several types of fuel that were oil based. Anyway, good job and thank you for omitting the chatter.
Thank you!
Thank you!
I used to take mine to shows. One fella told me to put coffee grounds into cheese cloth, 1/2 a cup, in the water tank and it'll drive people nuts wanting to know where the coffee pot was. The best part was after the show I drained the tank and it was clean as you could want. Good video, I'll be watching.
did a poor cleaning job
I just love some of the old workshop tools you have, lathe, press, drill etc. Perfect for working on the old stuff.
Greetings from Australia. What a beautiful piece of kit. You did a great job mate. Goodvwork
Thank you!
Each hit or miss engine has it's own rhythm, I like to listen to the patterns.
My kids called them hiccup motors they said it sound like they had hiccups.
This isn’t a hit miss engine.
@@Jay-fb2lv And what is it? I´d also say it´s hit and miss.
@@lukasgayer5393 its throttle governed, the governor connects to the carburettor rather than a latch.
@@official_meelees it's DEFFO hit n miss. thing is: the fool doing the rebuild hasn't realised it yet
Holy Moly what a beautiful sound. Old fellow in town here in Vermont had one of these. He ran his cider mill with it. On a crisp fall evening it brought the town alive. Thank you !
I grew up in an oil field town, listening to these engines at night. Later I worked on engines just like this, only the flywheel was about six feet in diameter. They ran on well head gas from a copper tube from the well head, and were started with your foot and arms. Take the spark plug out and squirt a little gasoline in and they would start up easily. The only reason they were shut off was to work on the well.
Love to see folks that have ability and show interest in restoring machinery from years ago. Good job!!
one of your most enjoyable videos, not that I don't like the soind of your voice but you have such expressive hand gestures conveying thoughts and its great to concentrate on a capable pair of hands doing what they do best. Well done.
Thank you!
Excellent! No f-face and no music to disturb ... this is how to do it!
Thank you. Not all my videos are like this one, but I try to keep the unnecessary talking to a minimum.
Top Vice one could only imagine how much hard graft thats seen...Absolutely this engineering history needs saving..
2nd comment. Had friend up in Missouri who bought an old farm. Had an old barn on it that was fair but in need of repairs to be usable. While going through it he found an old
engine like this that was supposed to be 15 - 20 HP. He love old engines and after a
while he had time to tinker with it. 6 months later he got it started and at a surplus
sale he found a generator in need of some repairs. Bout a year later he had them
hooked up and that winter it was a life saver. Power out due to storms and he had the
two mated together and was able to power his entire home with it. Mixture of old and
new with some home engineering not pretty but it worked.
I serviced Johnson& Evinrude outboard motors for some thirty years. I am now 83 years old and in a wheelchair. I love watching someone getting his hands dirty, thanks.
Re-bored one of these that we used for water pumping many years; Cracked water jacket needed welding and used a CAT cylinder sleeve to do so. That Press needs sandblasting and re-painting. lol Journal sanding-- a slotted spool with a loop of sanding tape with a drill set on low will do a fast and slick job; just do NOT put a lot of pressure !!
That's a great idea!
What a beautiful sound! Music to the ears! That you were able to find an engine that intact was a feat in itself! Not how they are usually found. Ready for the fine adjustments and as close to period painting as possible.
Nice save. A couple of years ago they had a couple of fully restored hit-and-miss farm engines running at a Labor Day weekend festival at the old Seale, Alabama courthouse.
Brilliant workmanship and a good save of the old machine 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!
Its a real testament to old engineering, no built in obsolescence, thay were made by companies that had real pride in their work and faith in their abilities
Make and year ?
@@edwardalamo2507 it looks like a Lister built in Stroud , pre war.
It's silly but all those "Antiques" are still Relevant today. They all can still do the work they were intended to do. I watch many skilled people in India that still have the skills. I love watching this old machine rebuilt.
Like many others I had an issue with your use of an adjustable wrench on other videos, but after watching this you really know your stuff and I trust you know what you are doing. I apologize for being so shallow, and look forward to learn your knowledge
I think you should have put all the parts through the parts washer before putting it back together
Very impressive. So glad for my grandchildren, to know that there are still people around that can fix stuff. Thank you for sharing your adventure..
I'm sure glad you are saving the old iron. Good job young man.
Thank you!
This would be a great application for one of those laser cleaners.
Definitely!
Wow the Old Girl Runs Again!
You have to just love an old Johnny Popper. One of these things on a farm transformed that owner into an "Uptown Farmer". Pumping water, grinding grain, and I even saw one stepped down to power an early washing machine. Talk about impressing your wife at the time. Nice job! Love the channel!
That is amazing how you restored that 100-yeat-old gas engine running at all, even though you had some trouble getting it to run at first.
Thank you!
I love these hit and miss engines. Just a little adjustment of the regulator and shell run fine. They run better under load
this isnt a hit and miss, its throttle governed.
Angry Farmer is my go to for tough jobs. Absolutely love that stuff. 👍🏻
Definitely is!
Yes I do like to hear you narrate your videos! It makes them a lot better! Keep up the great work!
I will be narrating my further videos. My mic, that I got sooooo many comments that I should get, quit working on me, and I decided to not narrate without it.
I have that back now and future videos will be narrated.
Thank you for your input!
Something about the smooth power. I’ve always had in my mind that these would be great for running an electric power generator to help charge a battery bank for off grid. The modern generator noise I find really offensive even if efficiency is way up.
Having something like this in a power house off in the back would become part of the background noise, especially if it was in the right location and had some sound baffling.
When I was a kid, similar engine were used in many “trap boats”. There were less than 40’ long, wide heavy wooden boats.
Work boats used for around the harbour or inshore fishing and transportation.
You can never forget the sound of these boats steadily thumping along.
Good job! Do not overrestore! Fresh paintjob = 2 hours, this lovely patina = 100 years..😊
Thank you!
Bonsoir
Une belle restauration 👍
C’est toujours un plaisir de regarder vos vidéos.
It runs. Top Marks. Great to see another wonderful old engine restored to running order. These were all great labor saving devices in their day. Hope the Bosch Mag can be rescued. it is not improbable that Bosch still have spares for that. Bet you can buy new points if you shop Europe. Yes def Subscribe 👍🏼
Glad to see there are still people that rebuild the old engines. I have one that is similar in size maybe a little smaller but haven't begun to do anything with it yet. Given their size the horsepower ratings always seemed low. My grandfather had one with five foot flywheels. I don't ever remember it running. Keep up the good work.
Great job, I like the way it looks now, like a well used surviver, that runs like new again. The painted-up "dandies" look good too. However your engine has a dignity that only comes with time and hard work...I say, keep as it is.
Great to see a nice, well built engine being saved from scrap! Thanks, great work!
I’m sure I could pull it apart, clean it, but then ,getting it back together again, not a hope, that is what I admire in guys like you, keep up the good works 🍷🍷👍👍👍👍👍
Brilliant. Reminds me of getting a 1924 Lister going in 1978 with my Dad. I turned some Caterpillar valve guides down to suit, they had the right bore size. Lots of solid rust in the water jacket took ages to clean out. Internally the engine was in good nick. It had been on a Stothert and Pitt (Bath, England) concrete mixer. Loved 35.24 on where Doggo seems very interested in the crank polish up. Our Staffy usually supervises my projects. God bless. Dave New Zealand. 🙂
Question many years back I worked at a shop that rebuilt engines . We had a gas stove that once I had torn the engine down and had the block and heads in the cleaning tank . The owner ( Cap) would put the piston rods on top of the fire . Why was that done? Retired and try and Tinker with things and now just love trying to understand. Thank you for your time and have a blessed day.
I really like that you didn't paint it all up with pinstripes etc.
Thank you!
You made my day. Thank you for saving this example of power from the past. What was it used for can you share. Once again good job.😊
Well done. Old engines like this were almost hand built and the knowledge to rebuild them is important. Better still, put them to use again.
Born on a farm in 1941 had this type of motor everywhere. Potato riddle, stack elevator, root vegetable chopper, down the field under an old stack sheet pumping water. Eventually driving a generator where the lights dimmed between firing strokes and the early tv picture changed size. Wish we had kept some.
Really good strip and repair , 25.20 its hard to believe that a small mouse lived in there . For your birthday try and get a copper hammer and a fixed wire buff .I believe that this rusty machine will turn into something to behold when your finished .
Love seeing these old workhorses brought back to life, nice job. Do you know who or where it was built or what it was used for? Thumbs up for any video that includes a dog...in fact it should be in YTs terms and conditions that every video includes a dog.😊
put a peice wood or rag in the cylinder head keeps the valves from pushing in when you push the spring down to remove keeper. Love these old motor projects. So neat to hear them run.
Just found your channel - some awesome content subscribed straight away - have to work my way through your videos now 😃cheers from Tasmania and keep em coming 👍🇦🇺
awsome work sir.thank you for saving the ole boy.
love the old engines.fool with them myself
50 yrs ago I ran this great machine that powered sheep shearing rigs, running 4 stations and we sheared thousands of sheep. this machine never gave us a bit of trouble.
Awesome work. Thanks for saving instead of trashing.
Fabulous that you have saved it as got it running again.
I do hope that you will also give it a snazzy new paint job too, it would look awesome.
I. Just love these engines they are unique and sound wonderful keep up the job you do 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I used to start a smaller one of those for a neighbor when I was on my way to school. It filled a stock tank with a pumpjack. That was when I walked the mile plus to school. I filled the water reservoir, put in as much gas as I guessed it would need and went on my way across his section.
I never seem to be able to get used to seeing someone strip any mechanical object , especially a rusty one , with an adjustable spanner , you won't see a mechanic / engineer using one in the UK. I was always taught that the best device for removing a nut or bolt was a hexagon socket or spanner as the load is spread over all the flats and very unlikely to slip .
Very cool video! I love going to thresher shows just to see the old engines running. Glad you save this one!
*Just amazing that you can makes it run again.*
Old rusty engine brought back to life, then put on an old rusty cart! Perfection!! Even got to hear it run. Even better!
Entered the TH-cam rabbit hole and landed up on your channel. Loved your content especially the fact that there's no music. A new subscriber from Nagaland, India.
Welcome aboard!
Great video but should have soaked the bore with penetrating oil or diesel for a couple of days...Sledgehammering out the piston was brutal! Oh, and get a decent set of tools eh?
hammer, bent screwdriver, two adjustable spanners and an ill-fitting ring spanner is all a bleurk needs
When you were trying to start it the first time, you must have had something binding. It seemed like it was turning very tight. The rings too big / not gapped enough, or perhaps the bearings too snug / not shimmed enough. To me your intake sounded pretty typical. I would not have said that spring was too weak. They all pretty much sound like that.
Great Job!!! If I were a betting man, I would have bet against you making that thing run. I'm thrilled you did it. My only suggestion is to get rid of the adjustable wrenches! I have rounded of more nuts and bolts with those things. LOL Wish I could have been there to help you rebuild it.
I enjoyed this video! I valve seen several engines like this at fairs in South Dakota back about 50 - 60 years ago. The last one I saw running was at my amateur university back in late 70's - early 80's. You saved a piece of Amreicana from a long ago!
I like to tub old iron in a mixture of diesel and a little gasoline to softened all the old grease. I use a large poly tub with a snap on cover. I also like to brush the iron to make it like new. Just a personal preference. Nice job and i am sure that old iron feels like a young one again.
Thank you for saving it's life. 😄
At 68 years I've got some worn out parts too. 😹
Super job.👍💫
Fuel consumption should be very good and torque insane. Not too loud either. Would be a great base for a diy emergency bugout powergenerator.
Now that you know all the ins and outs of it, you can get it always to work somehow with no need for buying expensive spareparts and with simple homemade bushings and tweeks.
Good investment😉👍
Greetings from Tasmania ☀️
Love seeing old bits of kit getting another go!. Bril!, Nuff said! 🙂
Danged ole country boy. Dove went and fixed that one lunger wid a toof-pick a pair o tweezers a can o anger-farmer spray an a tad bit o elbow grease! You go boy!
Where ever did ya find then parts at. That was a pretty good trick in itself!
All BS aside, do you know why Barbie doll didn’t have no kids?
Because Ken came in a different box!
Thank you for sharing my friend, from one country boy to another.
Your a old engine's hero!
Thank you!
fantastic , thank you for restoring this old pice of mechanic. M.S. from germany 😊
I can't believe you got that to run!
I would love to see this engine with the rust completely removed and an era appropriate paint job applied.
Great restoration on this old engine. You did a masterful job.
At 35:00 the boss inspect your project. The comment is "Good job!" Regards Stig Österberg from Dalsbruk in Finland
Thank you!
old engineering, well done . Takes me back to my youth working on steam engines
I have a 1917 three horse throttle governed Fairbanks that I run at shows and club meets and it never has ran completely smooth. It will run twenty or thirty minutes then will drop a few RPM and after a couple of minutes pick it up again . Never have been able to figure it out . Thanks for the video and will be looking forward to future ones 😉 !
Thank you!
Fryed again ?
There is no way anyone could resurrect a modern engine that was 100 years old with simple hand tools. Efficient? Nah. But they can be made to run. Great channel. New subscriber.
Very Cool ! You brought it back to life ! Thanks for sharing this experience.