It’s terrific to see someone learning and sharing that knowledge with us here. Thank you for your videos and for keeping these old engines alive. They’re fascinating.
When cranking, turn your hand around so your palm is facing away from you. That way if the engine kicks back the handle will fly out of your hand without breaking your wrist. I was told that by and old guy who was watching me crank start my 1959 Triumph.
I suspect that kick-back is much more of a problem on multi-cylinder engines with small flywheels. The two heavy flywheels on the Witte engine have so much momentum by the time the compression release and fuel levers are tripped, there's virtually zero chance of kick-back.
It sound like you got a couple horses pulling a wagon on a cobble stone road, with a old sewing machine going, and the driver has a worn out pocket watch ticking!! Haha!!
I’m familiar with the Witte engines, that looked very similar but were gas. The intake valve had no operating mechanism. Only a light spring to close it after it opened by cylinder vacuum. They were on oil well pump jacks (60’s)and ran on the natural gas from the well. They had a belt driven fan. The starting crank was the same as this.
6 HP. Nice little "go cart" engine. ;o) I was thinking about it earlier today. There's nothing more satisfying for a "gear head" than to make some old mechanical device come back to life. Explains why there's so many people I like to watch on TH-cam ----------------- doing exactly that !!! 👍👍👍👍
@@linniel8433, if you enjoy watching old engines run, you can watch the biggest show with stationairy engines on the main land of Europe on this link. have fun watching.... th-cam.com/video/yeJwhXb4QlQ/w-d-xo.html
Great video ! Cool old engine, love to see them running. Thanks for the detailed explanation of the governor. Good to see you have help from hit and misfits
I am in love with any good running engine. This one sounds great. Thanks for loading it to make it talk. I believe that some MAN diesels have a partial sphere in the piston for a precombustion chamber. Their hype said that it made it run much quieter.
Great video Mike,..Thank you for showing the full sequence. Love that exhaust sound! ( I think that cameraman needs some training though,...Hahahaha,...just a dig at the ROADKING there!)
Sweet! Love this Engine! Just an awesome mechanicalness to it and it has an awesome sound! Can't wait to see more videos from the new shop and hope all is going well with it! (PS: Tell Roadking where the lens is on that camera next time he films a video for you :)
This thing is going to run forever. I have a similar engine (maybe a Lister?) I think it's close to 100 years old, and I plan to rebuild it to use it with biodiesel.
With as much simplicity and reliability as these engines have I’m surprised they aren’t still used in service today.. I’m sure they are pretty fuel efficient
The Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range RR had these in their International Cabooses for heat & electricity & they had exterior access doors on the outside of their cabooses for maintenance......
That air cleaner assembly is a great thing to have on any engine, however it Sticks Out Like A Sore Thumb. At least it's a part marketed from about the 50's, 60's and up. And not one of those super high tech K&N - type filters.
I’ve never seen one of these. I love Diesel engines. But I’m confused, where is the fuel tank? I’ve never worked on anything this old before. Great video 👍👍👍
Great video, thanks for posting. never heard of diesel "hit-and-miss" engine. Where does the DEF go? At 4:18 you can see a spark jump at decompression lever. Where's that from???
That has the human revolutionary, this was the solution. An Wonder of pressing old flora and fauna by using a mashine. With ech step an old soul will be free in the air ^^-
Very nice engine. I have one like it with a generator. It starts easy even in cold weather with the aid of a propane torch blowing heat into the air intake. I have been having a problem with the fuel pump loosing prime. I have to get that sorted out. I like your fuel filter. Is that an oil furnace filter?
Happy New year!! How difficult is it to come across one of these engines? I'd like to put one to work, spinning a alternator, but rather buy a cbouple cheap Chinese units if they are hen's teeth, and arm and leg ? A 3-4hp Set them up on a frame, with them firing 180° from each other, maybe put Little turbo on them, maybe get 10-12 HP from the pair, I'm just looking to for something that can burn oil, and make enough power to spin a 150 amp alternator, maybe a couple 130 amp alts, maybe run it at 4psi boost, but rather have a old one like this,
Nice running old engine. Ordinarily, would some kind of pulley be fitted to the crankshaft at one of the flywheels to operate a belt to a piece of machinery? Just taking a load at a flywheel doesn't seem complete or where it was originally designed to operate another device.
Yes, each flywheel has a series of threaded holes for attaching different belt pulleys. The original was missing when I got the engine. Thanks for watching
I love how closed caption says “music” when that thing starts firing.
Well, it’s not wrong!
it's a lullaby
It’s terrific to see someone learning and sharing that knowledge with us here. Thank you for your videos and for keeping these old engines alive. They’re fascinating.
The piston that you described is a Recardo piston design. This design was used in many large Continental engines.
A beautiful engine - love the mechanical sound of these engines
When cranking, turn your hand around so your palm is facing away from you. That way if the engine kicks back the handle will fly out of your hand without breaking your wrist. I was told that by and old guy who was watching me crank start my 1959 Triumph.
I've got a titanium bolt in my left wrist. You can probably guess why...
I suspect that kick-back is much more of a problem on multi-cylinder engines with small flywheels. The two heavy flywheels on the Witte engine have so much momentum by the time the compression release and fuel levers are tripped, there's virtually zero chance of kick-back.
I would not start that thing without arm protection of some kind. First mod I would do is a good old fashion electric starting.
I do not know why they don't put a ratchet type input on the crank assembly so that if it kicks back it just clicks.
It looks like it has a ratchet mechanism when he spins the handle independently of the flywheel at 5:00
Grandpa had the 12hp, gen set. Ran the resort for years. Thank you for the memories.
I will try to get a video up of my 12 sometime this summer. Thanks for watching!
Engines are so cool I find them way more interesting than electric motors
Very cool guys, nice to see someone actually load one of these old engines.
Agreed, taking time to explain the governor rack operation was appreciated as well.
Thanks for watching!
Now that would make an interesting mini-bike!
So pleasing to see old engines running as they were designed for😮💯. Much better than just being static at a museum
It sound like you got a couple horses pulling a wagon on a cobble stone road, with a old sewing machine going, and the driver has a worn out pocket watch ticking!! Haha!!
Thanks for sharing this old gal with us. She's a beaut and what a lovely sound. Reminds me of one of the old "hit & miss" engines.
I’m familiar with the Witte engines, that looked very similar but were gas. The intake valve had no operating mechanism. Only a light spring to close it after it opened by cylinder vacuum. They were on oil well pump jacks (60’s)and ran on the natural gas from the well. They had a belt driven fan. The starting crank was the same as this.
Really nice engine. Fascinating about the in-piston prechamber as well. It wasn't that hard to crank either!
Thanks for keeping these old girls alive..........very interesting
6 HP. Nice little "go cart" engine. ;o) I was thinking about it earlier today. There's nothing more satisfying for a "gear head" than to make some old mechanical device come back to life. Explains why there's so many people I like to watch on TH-cam ----------------- doing exactly that !!! 👍👍👍👍
Beautiful old engineering. Those will last forever.. unfortunately they don't make engines like that anymore...
Wooow. Very wonderfull Diesel engine DUMM DUMM sounds. I love Diesel engine.😍😍😍
I Love The Engine Sound
Just love the sound when the engine starts :)
It is amazing how rugged things were built back in the day. Made to last.
Nice running engine. Big brother of my Witte 3 hp engine at home.
I am curious on how much diesel it burns under a normal load, I really enjoy watching old engines run!
@@linniel8433, if you enjoy watching old engines run, you can watch the biggest show with stationairy engines on the main land of Europe on this link. have fun watching.... th-cam.com/video/yeJwhXb4QlQ/w-d-xo.html
Smooth running cause of the mega fly wheel. It even has troubles reving it's self up :-)
Be interesting to see how it performs at running temperature - or the spill timing needs adjustment.
Very low power for 6 horses. I doubt if it makes more than 1 or 2
@@jonka1 my guess is that they likely measured it differently
Great video ! Cool old engine, love to see them running. Thanks for the detailed explanation of the governor. Good to see you have help from hit and misfits
Aye, shame about the cameraman !
It doesn't drip oil..... It just marks it's spot !!! 👍👍👍👍
As the last comment look I broke my thumb. A lovely old engine not seen in the UK
PHUT PHUT PHUT PHUT poong poong poong poong poong.... What a wonderful thing. Nice work keeping her alive, mate.
Thanks for checking it out.
"you can't over oil it" 3:04, very well put!
That is a remarkable engine as you are, Mike. Keep up your good work and sharing your toys with us.
Antique diesel engine with an antique Mr Gasket air cleaner from the 60s
How many MPG?
Gotta keep it clean.
Love to hear those old engines still doing it,, thanks so much for sharing 😁 BTW great to see Jonathan from"Hit and Misfits" also, Howdy from Texas!!
Very imformative about the workings of this particular engine. Much appreciated guys
Thanks for watching
I want to build a boat around one of these...they are great reliable power. They will probably run on anything greasy too.
After long time old memories get fresh of nineteens diesel engine work on tubal. thank you for uploading this video
I am in love with any good running engine. This one sounds great. Thanks for loading it to make it talk. I believe that some MAN diesels have a partial sphere in the piston for a precombustion chamber. Their hype said that it made it run much quieter.
Pretty cool, really enjoyed listening to that engine
Wow you've got a lot of cool stuff. Nice video!
Great video Mike,..Thank you for showing the full sequence. Love that exhaust sound!
( I think that cameraman needs some training though,...Hahahaha,...just a dig at the ROADKING there!)
Totally agree re the cameraman !
Love those old engines. Very cool.
What a beautiful nice great running engine! Id love to have one of those!
Destin sent me, thanks for the great engine insights!
That was amazing. :D
Thanks for watching
I love that ole Witte , ENJOYED .. Thanks Mike !!
Nice engine Mike.
Thanks
Sweet! Love this Engine! Just an awesome mechanicalness to it and it has an awesome sound! Can't wait to see more videos from the new shop and hope all is going well with it! (PS: Tell Roadking where the lens is on that camera next time he films a video for you :)
Love old timey engine's thank God for modern technology, but this makes me apreasuate modern stuff
Same here, thanks for watching!
Way to go Mike!! You need to put up the vids more often because we always enjoy they!
This thing is going to run forever. I have a similar engine (maybe a Lister?) I think it's close to 100 years old, and I plan to rebuild it to use it with biodiesel.
Cool old engine. Nice to see how it controlled the speed when a load was put on it.
Thanks for w
Your assistant has got style : )
Fantastic channel
Great old engine Mike thanks for sharing 👍🎟
With as much simplicity and reliability as these engines have I’m surprised they aren’t still used in service today.. I’m sure they are pretty fuel efficient
They are still seeing use in developing countries!
What a wonderful contraption.
Very nice engine, double thumbs up!
Very impressive I enjoyed it tremendously.
Nice engine Mike 👍
The Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range RR had these in their International Cabooses for heat & electricity & they had exterior access doors on the outside of their cabooses for maintenance......
Sounds good n not loud at all with no muffler
So cool! Was born 50 years too late
Such and old antique piece of technology yet I couldn’t begin to understand its engineering and mechanics.
love them old engines
I love these old engines.
Cool video! Although, I'm not sure I'd call this a "small" engine!
Engine size is based on the volume of the cylinder, not the size of the flywheels.
@@millomweb or rated horsepower...😉
Excellent video
That air cleaner assembly is a great thing to have on any engine, however it Sticks Out Like A Sore Thumb. At least it's a part marketed from about the 50's, 60's and up. And not one of those super high tech K&N - type filters.
👍👍👍We had one same. But 15 hp. But it was scrapped in 1969. I regret 😒😒😒
Nice engine, love this song
Pretty Cool Mike!!!!
The diesel engine, greatest invention ever!
I’ve never seen one of these. I love Diesel engines. But I’m confused, where is the fuel tank? I’ve never worked on anything this old before. Great video 👍👍👍
That is awesome. Thank you mike. Everyone should have one..
Thanks for watching!
Like this engine, thanks for showing.
Great video, thanks for posting. never heard of diesel "hit-and-miss" engine. Where does the DEF go? At 4:18 you can see a spark jump at decompression lever. Where's that from???
not a spark, looks like just a cotter pin, look closely its there before and after 418 , when he flips the lever it moves and catches the light
It’s not hit and miss,it’s throttle governed.
@@j.mshrader4104 I know, that's why I put it in quotes! Still think it's a spark.
Thanks for sharing and explaining it. In German it is pronounced like Vitta. Charles
Behold, the American horizontal Lister CS.
Awesome love this engine 👍🏻
that’s beautiful music!
Love the sound
And I thought that MAN invented the piston precombustion chamber .
If only they where still this simple
Wonderful engine! the diesel filter would make it black and even the wheels !!
Pity not to see the right side of the engine😃😃
Diesel engines the best!
That has the human revolutionary, this was the solution. An Wonder of pressing old flora and fauna by using a mashine. With ech step an old soul will be free in the air ^^-
Good sound!
Thank you so much brother
that is one of the quietest diesels i have seen run... where can i get one for my truck ?
Where do you put the DEF?
Very nice engine. I have one like it with a generator. It starts easy even in cold weather with the aid of a propane torch blowing heat into the air intake. I have been having a problem with the fuel pump loosing prime. I have to get that sorted out. I like your fuel filter. Is that an oil furnace filter?
Happy New year!! How difficult is it to come across one of these engines? I'd like to put one to work, spinning a alternator, but rather buy a cbouple cheap Chinese units if they are hen's teeth, and arm and leg ? A 3-4hp
Set them up on a frame, with them firing 180° from each other, maybe put
Little turbo on them, maybe get 10-12 HP from the pair, I'm just looking to for something that can burn oil, and make enough power to spin a 150 amp alternator, maybe a couple 130 amp alts, maybe run it at 4psi boost, but rather have a old one like this,
I'm like this type of motor engine. You are power on and why you are can't make more usable?
wow! smooth as silk
that a beautiful thing! thanks
Impressive. Thanks for sharing!!
That's cool! Are you guys going to finish that custom Briggs radial engine y'all were building? Love the videos!
Bad ass..now bring her up to 15000 rpms💪
@Detraxa formula one?
Is that a 1" thick copper band surrounding the flywheels?
very nice.
great vid thanks
What were some the uses for these motors ? Awesome video ! 👍👍
Pumping water, generating power, running farm equipment.
Nice running old engine. Ordinarily, would some kind of pulley be fitted to the crankshaft at one of the flywheels to operate a belt to a piece of machinery? Just taking a load at a flywheel doesn't seem complete or where it was originally designed to operate another device.
Yes, each flywheel has a series of threaded holes for attaching different belt pulleys. The original was missing when I got the engine. Thanks for watching