you guys are awesome thank you for taking care of that old engine so it can further educate the young ones about internal diesel combustion and its noble history
I used to work on a engine like this up in the Northern Territory back in the early 1980's.It was a lot bigger than your engine about 30hp and it ran a generator for a sheep station as it ran 24hrs a day for 2 weeks then shutdown for servicing but we used an old 4x4 ute modified to start it but the head had to be preheated like yours to get it running. We ran the engine on old sump oil that we got from the mechanic's shops in Alice Springs. We start on diesel and then ran it on sump oil. I can't remember what the engine was just that it was semi-diesel 2 stroke 30hp 1 cylinder @ 330 rpm.
How pleasing. The fuel pump is especially attractive. Good how the rhythmic thump of the engine irresistibly draws someone round the corner to have a look. Like a moth to the flame....
Boy, that engine runs good! If this is a "hit-and -miss" it is hitting a whole lot better than its missing! This is one of the smoothest engines I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Great restoration job guys. I bet she's got another 90 years left in her.
+mrc109 It's not hit&miss ... its semi-diesel. Big one lunger diesels sound like this usually.... the one at the cotton gin in Dallas NC or instance althought you hear it more at a distance since the exhaust comes out the top of the cotton gin building.
My Grandfather was a foreman at the petter works, and my father followed in his footsteps at the same works ( still known as Westlands). In those days things were built to last.
Great engine and running perfectly (after good restoration and new pump), despite the age! It's funny to think it was manufactured at the beginning of the last century, but less than 10 miles away from where I'm sitting right now, yet it's round the other side of the world now and still runs well! Great British engineering!
some hot bulb engines are started with gas. I have seen some engines this size started by running the flywheel backward and the kick back from the compression forces the flywheel around ( in the right direction) fast enough to start it. which is what I see you did !
Note that this is a hotbulb engine and not a true diesel. The working principle is basically the same, except the hotbulb needs preheating before starting (hence the blow torch).
Why to show 1/2 of the video heating the bulb... and then he keeps heating the bulb after it's running... not sure why? anyhow it;s a nice running engine... thank's mate!
Nice engine :) But it appears to be a hot bulb (not diesel) engine as you preheat it with a blow torch (and the way you start it and the sound also tell me it's a hot bulb), is that correct?
Charles Kettering had a Yacht in the twenty's that was diesel and he went on to build the two stroke Detroit Diesel. Does anyone know if this was what that powered his yacht?
Whats the reason for heating up the top of the cylinder? Are you recreating a type of glowplug and if so what type of fuel is used And is it a real 2 stroke?
Yes it's a glow plug. They are called a semi-diesel since they don't make enough compression to auto combust as a diesel does. They need the heat from the glow plug (hot bulb) to ignite the fuel and once it's running the bulb will maintain a high enough temp to burn the fuel. As a few other posts here note these engines will run well on almost anything, but similar to depression era (United States) engines they would be started on the more expensive refined diesel then switched over to crude or old crank case oil. Hope this helps.
Older engines like that usually dont get that hot plus they are usually iron meaning it takes longer to heat.. and the fly wheel fan looking things help a little bit
These engines are cooled by air my friend. They cool themselves the same way they did 100 years ago. Nothing has changed except people's ways of thinking.
I`m not a friend of Yours, i hate it when dummies call me friend and then blabber some bs. This is a normally watercooled engine. If it would be air cooled then there would be cooling fins all over the cylinder and the head but You normally don`t see them `cause they`re in a housing which also contains a ventilator on the crankshaft to blow air through. Oh, there isn`t such? Too bad, there never were.
It is a figure of speech. You should relax and smoke that joint in your video, except maybe without the tobacco. Tobacco joints are gross. You are applying modern engine design considerations to an old cast iron semi-diesel. They can't fire unless the head is HOT. Notice that they are heating it with a torch just to start it. It's cast iron, it can take some heat. Fins increase surface area but they are not mandatory for air cooling to happen.
***** I have restored these engines and I'm very aware of there operation. No respectful engine manufacture would have installed cooling fins on a cast iron cylinder of this mass and work output, at that time in engine building. You have exposed to much of your non working knowledge and even more so, you have shown everyone whom reads these post, your total disrespect for your own self. However, thanks for your reply!
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Wow, that's a smooth running engine. After the first ignition, it never missed one time. Very good job!!!
you guys are awesome thank you for taking care of that old engine so it can further educate the young ones about internal diesel combustion and its noble history
I used to work on a engine like this up in the Northern Territory back in the early 1980's.It was a lot bigger than your engine about 30hp and it ran a generator for a sheep station as it ran 24hrs a day for 2 weeks then shutdown for servicing but we used an old 4x4 ute modified to start it but the head had to be preheated like yours to get it running. We ran the engine on old sump oil that we got from the mechanic's shops in Alice Springs. We start on diesel and then ran it on sump oil. I can't remember what the engine was just that it was semi-diesel 2 stroke 30hp 1 cylinder @ 330 rpm.
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How pleasing.
The fuel pump is especially attractive.
Good how the rhythmic thump of the engine irresistibly draws someone round the corner to have a look. Like a moth to the flame....
Boy, that engine runs good! If this is a "hit-and -miss" it is hitting a whole lot better than its missing! This is one of the smoothest engines I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Great restoration job guys. I bet she's got another 90 years left in her.
+mrc109 It's not hit&miss ... its semi-diesel. Big one lunger diesels sound like this usually.... the one at the cotton gin in Dallas NC or instance althought you hear it more at a distance since the exhaust comes out the top of the cotton gin building.
great sound, good to bring you bring it back to life
How nice is that? Beutifully balanced and music for relaxation
My Grandfather was a foreman at the petter works, and my father followed in his footsteps at the same works ( still known as Westlands). In those days things were built to last.
Great engine and running perfectly (after good restoration and new pump), despite the age!
It's funny to think it was manufactured at the beginning of the last century, but less than 10 miles away from where I'm sitting right now, yet it's round the other side of the world now and still runs well!
Great British engineering!
Great engine, running really smoothly!
The engine sings beautiful notes to your ears like Mozart's classics after all these 90 years!
Wow, that was awesome. Well done cobber. Runs so smoothly especially for a single cylinder.
Bless you for your preservation of such a great piece of history.
You always know it going to be good when it needs a preheat with a big torch to get it running!
I love you're collection of blow torches up on the wall
We all have to collect something
She’s a beauty and sounds happy!
That is awesome. Great job guys.
some hot bulb engines are started with gas.
I have seen some engines this size started by running the flywheel backward and the kick back from the compression forces the flywheel around ( in the right direction) fast enough to start it. which is what I see you did !
i would have loved to see this being re-built well done
Sounds great. It doesn't even smoke that much.
At first when starting up, it sounded like a hit-and-miss ;)
Nice engine, I really enjoyed the sound!
Love it. Thanks for posting the video. From the USA.
What a lovely engine you have there mate!
I love the sound of this petter engine :-) :-)
Excellent job
Lubricator looks like it needs cutting back a bit.
the early 1900's, beating build quality of your Prius since 1900
Just a little modern tuning and tweaking and she will be something else. This 2 stroke was built with good old fashion modeling and engineering.
Bruce Miller you seem to comment about tweaking old engines to be “modern” on every single video... why?
you sir are very patient
very cool, thanks for sharing.
btw, that tassel on your hat makes for a dangerous situation around that open machinery. hate to see you get injured.
a great engine and a nice sound a great video
great engine.
Nice!....I feel this old knocker, indeed mate!
I think this is a VC as I have a VD and mine appears bigger. Thanks
Note that this is a hotbulb engine and not a true diesel. The working principle is basically the same, except the hotbulb needs preheating before starting (hence the blow torch).
Why to show 1/2 of the video heating the bulb... and then he keeps heating the bulb after it's running... not sure why? anyhow it;s a nice running engine... thank's mate!
Beautiful
Nice engine :) But it appears to be a hot bulb (not diesel) engine as you preheat it with a blow torch (and the way you start it and the sound also tell me it's a hot bulb), is that correct?
Phantasy Semi diesel.
A smaller version of the One at the Anson Museum in the UK.
Charles Kettering had a Yacht in the twenty's that was diesel and he went on to build the two stroke Detroit Diesel. Does anyone know if this was what that powered his yacht?
Thos Flywheel looks like the blackstone Flywheel
+Missy OnAir Petters bought out blackstone some whear down the line, that would explain the flywheel.
Is this engine, by chance, available for purchase?
Great engine.
Nice vid - cheers.
very nice !
Great
Wheres the DEF? ;)
Is this a valveless 2stroke?
Is this a s type
What was this engine originally used in?
Whats the reason for heating up the top of the cylinder? Are you recreating a type of glowplug and if so what type of fuel is used And is it a real 2 stroke?
Yes it's a glow plug. They are called a semi-diesel since they don't make enough compression to auto combust as a diesel does. They need the heat from the glow plug (hot bulb) to ignite the fuel and once it's running the bulb will maintain a high enough temp to burn the fuel. As a few other posts here note these engines will run well on almost anything, but similar to depression era (United States) engines they would be started on the more expensive refined diesel then switched over to crude or old crank case oil. Hope this helps.
Awesome
No cooling needed? I've seen so many vids in which engines are running without any coolant at all. Why doYou risk an engine that good to go bad?
Older engines like that usually dont get that hot plus they are usually iron meaning it takes longer to heat.. and the fly wheel fan looking things help a little bit
These engines are cooled by air my friend. They cool themselves the same way they did 100 years ago. Nothing has changed except people's ways of thinking.
I`m not a friend of Yours, i hate it when dummies call me friend and then blabber some bs.
This is a normally watercooled engine. If it would be air cooled then there would be cooling fins all over the cylinder and the head but You normally don`t see them `cause they`re in a housing which also contains a ventilator on the crankshaft to blow air through.
Oh, there isn`t such? Too bad, there never were.
It is a figure of speech. You should relax and smoke that joint in your video, except maybe without the tobacco. Tobacco joints are gross.
You are applying modern engine design considerations to an old cast iron semi-diesel. They can't fire unless the head is HOT. Notice that they are heating it with a torch just to start it. It's cast iron, it can take some heat. Fins increase surface area but they are not mandatory for air cooling to happen.
***** I have restored these engines and I'm very aware of there operation. No respectful engine manufacture would have installed cooling fins on a cast iron cylinder of this mass and work output, at that time in engine building. You have exposed to much of your non working knowledge and even more so, you have shown everyone whom reads these post, your total disrespect for your own self. However, thanks for your reply!
Nice!!
A great engine! But video can be reduced to 5-7 minutes, without loss of sense :)))
wow
Now I now where the saying "Runs on the smell of an oily rag" comes from.
very nice engine, I have an S type, turn the oiler down or you will get a run away, believe me !
интересно ,а сколько жрёт такой двигун?
Skip the first 5 minutes
Should've preheated the head and started the video when it was hot. Petter, FieldMarshall & LANZ engines used the same principles.
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Nice :)
nice.tanks
tangos
Gotta turn that oiler down!
More like a semi-diesel. (hot bulb)
Got bored after first six minutes! Spoiled what could be a good video!
Nice!!