Yes i really like the early ones as well. I would like a stationary steam engine but they are hard to come by and the boilers are always scrap. /Richard
@@aPoorsPerspective once the melting of old stuff was done and enough old cities were destroyed they ended the war... planned out and arranged to the last detail. People wonder why General Patton was so frustrated with his troops, many of his commanders had other orders.
I'd heard of the method of reversing an engine by stopping and starting the fuel at whilst watching the flywheel in conjunction with Field Marshall tractors here in the UK, this is the first time I've ever actually seen it done. Very impressive!
@@nils5395 this engine probably makes at least twice the amount of torque the Toyota can. Horsepower is a bad comparison for the two completely different engines.
@@scavengerjoe1012 Considering that engines like these are no longer manufactured and that we now have engines which can procuce 10 times more power without being much larger. That’s why I considered it a relic. I’m not one to change your opinion, but that’s just how I see it.
Really interesting to see such an engine working, it brought back fond memories of when I was a very young man. I was friends with an elderly farmer who had a vintage crawler tractor that had a single cylinder diesel engine, it was quite a big machine. Unfortunately the steering brakes were worn out so we couldn't drive it but we used it as a stationary engine to run a belt driven saw bench for cutting logs. That was fifty years ago now, and the tractor was from the 1920s, I cannot remember what make it was for certain but it might have been an international. The friend who owned it passed away circa 1980 so I cannot ask him. The engine could be started with a cartridge, but because cartridges were scarce we usually started it manually , with a lighted fuse in the cartridge holder, it took two men with a starting handle to turn it over and get it up to sufficient speed that it would start when the decompression cam running in a groove like a screw thread on the outside of the flywheel dropped off and the compression came in. Like yours it would start with a whump, then gradually pick up speed. It didn't ever run backwards as far as I remember.
@adrianm.2043 - the reason this engine can run in either direction is because it's a two-stroke. When it's running slowly, you can clearly hear one 'WHUMP!' at each revolution.
Present generation is the most luckiest, blessed with all those modern technology. Now We have mechines that can be started with a button pressing. Thanks to those people who worked really hard for 2 or 3 centuries to give all these comforts to the present generation.
Dude! It appears you can cancel the membership at your health club!! What a workout! Thanks for the video! When I was a kid in the 50's there in south Missouri the "old timers" would periodically put on a show with their old engines and they would typically have some sort of belt driven thrasher so we could see how it worked. Mostly the adults spent their time yelling as us kids for getting to close to the machinery. I remember it was a lot of work and there was a lot of noise. Thanks for your efforts to remind us of the shoulders we are standing on when we use our modern machines.
Great Engine!!!! Your English is fantastic. I am happy to see young people with an interest in these old machines. Once your interest is gone the machines will be gone forever.
The sound of the engine is so thrilling and yet it is also relaxing due to the rhythm of the chug chug chug. I could watch a video of various engines running for an hour or two and fall asleep to it easily. Awesome machine and awesome video!
Obviously an old engine such as this could have benefited from some kind of timing advance. And, your English is outstanding. You and the Dutch always nail it.
Thanks for a great video being an equipment mechanic and owning antique tractors, I love these old engines. I'm in Canada and there is quite a few Rumley oil pulls around, they sound sweet to especially under load, they set a big ploughing record here in Manitoba a few years ago with them. Quite often I've seen guys stand on the flywheel starting them to and thought you're only going to get a leg caught in that flywheel once, when it fires and a guy slips or don't move quick enough. Take care
Thanks for the upload, there is something about old machinery that leaves you in awe...also reminds me hand cranking some old tractors and how it was just waiting to get you lol
Puts life into a new perspective. Wish this stuff was still used and educated upon. Great job man. Providence bless you for having the will you keep it alive. 🇺🇸
Oh man, reminds me as a 6year old THRESHING GRAIN in the field. After stacking the bundles of tied and stacked grain a few days later pushing the sheaths into the thresher to separate the grain from the straw. My job, armed with a wooden club, was to club the rats as they ran out of the stack. The sound of your steam engine brings it all back !!!
I remember some sort of large, open crank engine in the corner of the body shop I worked in back in the mid 70s. Never saw it running. Wish I had paid more attention to it back then. Very cool to see one of these come back to life. Very simple, very robust, very scary when running. I'm sure there were lots of injuries from folks getting body parts in the works.
Einfache geniale Technik die auch noch in weiteren 100 Jahren funktionieren wird ....ohne Elektronik und irgend einer schwachsinnigen Steuertechnik und einen Sound den es heute nicht mehr gibt.....ich liebe es !!
There were "hot bulb" engines like this that were often used on early powered fishing boats. The "bulb" is a small combustion chamber above the cylinder that is kept hot by the exhaust gas.
Boss: " It's the third time you've been late for work this week." Employee: "Do you realize how difficult it is to start an oil engine when it's 20 below?"
I can just imagine a workshop or factory had to have a worker come in early just to fire the engine or engines up, that was a job in itself unless they were left running all the time. Looks like it will happily run backwards as it does forwards! Interesting video! Thanks.👍
That’s a cold day to start a big engine by hand the oil would be real thick and it’s hard to turn them over I have the same problem with mine in the winter good video well done
I detest the automotive industry and hate the way people have become to reliant on cars. However, I somehow I find their origins fascinating and watching these old engines really intrigues me. They are tools in the truest sense and not a superficial commodity or an irrelevant extenion of ego and that's something I can admire.
Thank you so much my brother you have done such an incredible job bringing history back into our lives thank you thank you thank you and thank you again don’t know how to express my gratitude
There was no industrial revolution, there was only the repopulation of cities with new factory workers. This engine is older than the hills, the Freemasons melted them all down to get us onto gasoline, anyone could run this fix it and run on any fuel and power anything. We have gone down wrong path.
Absolutely beautiful engine. Love how you can reverse the direction. I noticed when it first went off that it disrupted the flame on the torch heating the hot bulb. Also noticed a little bit of wisps of air or smoke coming out of the top of that once it was running. Might check to see if there's a crack in the head someplace allowing a bit of compression out.
The seal for the hot bulb is made of asbestos yarn. It always leak a little. And the steam comming from the water outlet is from old water standing in the cylinder and starts getting hot. The steam comes in pulses because the waterpump is a piston type and pumps air when the cooling tank is not conected. /Richard
@@ketas As long as there's considerable air space above the water, it won't break anything when it freezes. These engines were built to stand outside in all weather -- just had to remember some basic operations during shutdown, like draining the cooling jacket.
I always like watching these old engines start and run. I'm still trying to figure out how it works after a second watch. I'm assuming it's a 2-cycle engine like a modern gasoline 2-cycle because it seems to fire once every revolution and I don't see intake/exhaust valves. Weird seeing such a small fuel tank on something with such a huge piston. It must be very efficient. Reminds me of the gasoline hit and miss engines I saw up in Northern Quebec that were used for generating electricity. They had about the same footprint of this engine but way less mass and lower to the ground. Maybe waist high or so except for the flywheel. It was part of a remote hunting camp. They would run those old generators in the winter time because they only needed electricity for the caretaker's cabin and they were very efficient. They use almost no fuel when they're not under load. They had two that they would alternate due to all the maintenance they required. Plus it was probably nice to have a backup. Would be lonely in the dark up there under 10 feet of snow for 6 months. When the camp was open in the summer they ran a v8 diesel generator to power the whole camp.
Hi! Yes it is a 2stroke hot bulb. So very much like a modern 2 stroke petrol but with fuel injection in a vapourizing bulb that helps the fuel ignite when compression rises. Yes i think this fueltank is at around 20L. But that takes you a long way because is uses very little fuel and could be run on almost any oil. / Richard
It's a 2 stroke Diesel engine. Similar engines Power Big cruise ship today because they can run them on dirty Waist Oil from the refineries which is almost solid on low temperatures
A two-stroke diesel does provide more power than a comparable sized four-stroke, but you don't see new ones on the road because they are polluters. I have seen a fairly modern two-stroke diesel fire pump engine. It was a Detroit Diesel. I assume there is/was a loophole because fire pump engines (and boats) aren't on the highways.
@@trentonjennings9105 The detroit diesels had actual valves. I think there was something about that which required a supercharger, thus the famed 8-71 blower that was used on hot rods. It was originally for an 8-cylinder Detroit. Now, I think other than the oddball 2-stroke design and the supercharger, the detroit design was fairly clean burning compared to something like this. These are like the weed whacker or dirt bike 2-strokes, just without the spark plug.
@@YesterdaysMachinery are there really any fire sensitive parts? There couldn't be much of anything except iron copper and steel right. (Could be wrong, just curious)
@@YesterdaysMachinery If I wanted to use an engine like this to run belt-driven equipment in North America, what makes and models should I be looking for? Would they run off of woodgas?
Yes. The same principle was used on boats with this type of engine...no reverse gear needed...just a skilled engineer who knew when to inject the diesel to "reverse" the engine at the right time....
watching this will make you appreciate your electric starter motor on your car
Who needs a starter when you have a hill?
@@JRod0409 unfortunately no hills in florida, though my miata doesn't even need one as long if you've got the legs
That and it took 15 minutes just to warm up, before even attempting to start it.
Remember pony motors on old dozers? And that one pickup called slave lake?
You’re forgetting the other pistons..
That steady "Whump, whump, whump" is like a mechanical lullaby - superb!
This will become a TH-cam classic one day in everyone's recommended.
I would like that!
It just did
I am sure
@@YesterdaysMachinery So here it comes, get ready
Its happening. From recos'
Love how he is able to change the direction that the motor runs.
Yes, thats cool 😊
Bạn có bán nó không.???
@@thinhphat4470 yeah of course he can send it by mail too 🤦♂️
Its called 0 rpm.
Maby not this one not sure. But motors like this you can get going bouncing back and forth without doing 1 revaluation.
35 hp never looked so terrifying
I'm sure the torque is really high though.
@@JFBence well, yeah if you get your arms in any of the moving parts, they' re gone
I'm wondering what kind of torque it developed.
@@brianbumgardner8704 easily in the hundreds with that size, id guess around 350 foot pounds?
@@carlwheezerofsouls3273 chit probably more then that.
I like it how early combustion engines are so similar to steam engines that I can apply my knowledge of steam to this and it translates well
Yes i really like the early ones as well. I would like a stationary steam engine but they are hard to come by and the boilers are always scrap. /Richard
I absolutely love this engine because the few mechanisms on it are so incredibly simple and incredibly genius at the same time.
yes unfortunately they were melted down we will need them again. run on any fuel
not melted down by accident, but to make us reliant
@@togowack probably for the war effort
@@aPoorsPerspective once the melting of old stuff was done and enough old cities were destroyed they ended the war... planned out and arranged to the last detail. People wonder why General Patton was so frustrated with his troops, many of his commanders had other orders.
@@thanks1418 what do you mean by -40
I'd heard of the method of reversing an engine by stopping and starting the fuel at whilst watching the flywheel in conjunction with Field Marshall tractors here in the UK, this is the first time I've ever actually seen it done. Very impressive!
Hi! Yes it is cool! Feels like you have a lot of power in your hand when operating the pump manually. / Richard
I’ve never seen this before. Amazing.
I thought that's what I was seeing but wasn't sure. That is just so simplisticly brilliant, makes perfect sense.
I love to see how far we've come from engines like this, true relic you have right there
Yea really impressive how far we have come. The new Toyota Yaris GR produce 261hp from a 3cylinder engine.
@@nils5395 Yeah but even if we have fuel, will it still run in 100 years time.
@@nils5395 this engine probably makes at least twice the amount of torque the Toyota can. Horsepower is a bad comparison for the two completely different engines.
This will be still around when the rest of the new shite we have built has dropped to bits ...
@@scavengerjoe1012 Considering that engines like these are no longer manufactured and that we now have engines which can procuce 10 times more power without being much larger. That’s why I considered it a relic.
I’m not one to change your opinion, but that’s just how I see it.
I am a 75-year-old retired mechanic and I love this stuff
Very impressive reversal of rotation at 07:27. Pure machinery romance. Thank you!
Thanks. Yes, much power in such a small lever for the fuel pump.
These days twostroke snowmobiles use the same way to ingage reverse instead of a gearbox.
Same way the old Bolinder engines in canal boats would reverse.
How on Earth did I end up binge-watching people start old engines? So much fun!
🤣
90 years old and it's just getting 'broke in'. Your english is good, the accent adds to the charm of seeing such an old Swedish engine run.
It'll run in 100 years too, no problem for these old engines. Very sustainable. That's what I love about these old machines.
Yes, oil and grease then it runs forever.
to be fair it's not running under load, so I would hope it still runs in 100 years
I guess even idling few times a year is the best maintenance.
While in 100 years nobody would even remember a modern day Audi car engine
Really interesting to see such an engine working, it brought back fond memories of when I was a very young man. I was friends with an elderly farmer who had a vintage crawler tractor that had a single cylinder diesel engine, it was quite a big machine. Unfortunately the steering brakes were worn out so we couldn't drive it but we used it as a stationary engine to run a belt driven saw bench for cutting logs. That was fifty years ago now, and the tractor was from the 1920s, I cannot remember what make it was for certain but it might have been an international. The friend who owned it passed away circa 1980 so I cannot ask him.
The engine could be started with a cartridge, but because cartridges were scarce we usually started it manually , with a lighted fuse in the cartridge holder, it took two men with a starting handle to turn it over and get it up to sufficient speed that it would start when the decompression cam running in a groove like a screw thread on the outside of the flywheel dropped off and the compression came in. Like yours it would start with a whump, then gradually pick up speed. It didn't ever run backwards as far as I remember.
@adrianm.2043 - the reason this engine can run in either direction is because it's a two-stroke. When it's running slowly, you can clearly hear one 'WHUMP!' at each revolution.
Love it. Makes you appreciate the 7/8k rpms that modern engines have if you see how fast 300rpm is already
Imagine this at 7k rpm
@@slender1357 no thanks haha, theres a reason why pistons are much smaller nowadays :P
imagine this going rotary engine speeds
@@veejk-gn4op rotary engines cant go that fast, mostly because of balancing issues i would suppose. Imagine this going motorcycle engine speeds
@@D3nn1s true
A thing of beauty ❤❤❤... now if only I could work that hard!
Present generation is the most luckiest, blessed with all those modern technology. Now We have mechines that can be started with a button pressing. Thanks to those people who worked really hard for 2 or 3 centuries to give all these comforts to the present generation.
The sound is stunning on this amazing machine. Thanks for not spoiling the video with a music overlay.
Потрясающий агрегат. Обожаю подобные машины. Двигатель Стирлинга, паровые машины, дизели и другие моторы.
Was I the only person holding their breath when he was swinging on the flywheel??
Brillant engine and I like your skill to operate it,, well done
*GUILTY!* More tension than any drama on TV!
These old engines have such a beautiful simplicity.
Yes, thats why they still works. /Richard
Really appreciate the people with the skills to restore, maintain and keep these important pieces of history 'alive'. Great job!.
What a Great old Gal. They did so much work for us.
It looks like a 2 man job to get that beast going. Thanks for showing off a nice piece of mechanical history.
Dude! It appears you can cancel the membership at your health club!! What a workout! Thanks for the video! When I was a kid in the 50's there in south Missouri the "old timers" would periodically put on a show with their old engines and they would typically have some sort of belt driven thrasher so we could see how it worked. Mostly the adults spent their time yelling as us kids for getting to close to the machinery. I remember it was a lot of work and there was a lot of noise. Thanks for your efforts to remind us of the shoulders we are standing on when we use our modern machines.
Your English is great
Watching this reminds me of guys starting Lanz Bulldog tractors.
I love the sound of this engine.
So cool. The future needs this kind of simplicity
Takes 50 HP to power the 35 HP engine😂 Great video!
Surprisingly accurate. Actually most internal combustion engines are even less efficient. You get at least 70HP to power a 30HP engine.
Even modern gas engines barely reach 40% conversion ratio. Most of them are 30~35%
I am so glad i found this, i love these old girls ahead of its time. Thanks for time to post mate.All the best from Australia.
"And i hope that you can understund my English" What? Your English is FAR better than most of TH-cam man!
Great Engine!!!! Your English is fantastic. I am happy to see young people with an interest in these old machines. Once your interest is gone the machines will be gone forever.
The interest in these old engines has increased alot here now lately. Prices are sky high. / Richard
Your English is great and the video is interesting. Thank you for making this video.
They say its not the machine, it's the man behind the machine.... salute you Gentleman.
in 90 years this will be a classic
I know they are not "clean" engines, but I do love to see and hear these beasts of the past. Thank you, Richard.
The sound of the engine is so thrilling and yet it is also relaxing due to the rhythm of the chug chug chug. I could watch a video of various engines running for an hour or two and fall asleep to it easily. Awesome machine and awesome video!
I guess it’s relaxing, because it’s like our regular heartbeat.
When running in reverse, governor does not work. Spotted Ol Lumber
The engines not even running yet and I’m already impressed - by your mechanical sound effects!
Amazing piece of engineering history right here. Got yourself a new subscriber.
I love how you can run this engine in either direction just fine. Really wish I had a tractor with an engine like this at home.
Truly an art. Thank you for keeping history alive !
This is so amazing.. it's my first time to see this kind of engine. Yeah im from 90s kids, so i love this kind of good ol stuff.
Great video. That's a cool old machine!
I understood your English perfectly.
You’ve got her dialed in nicely, I love how you reversed by throttling off then just at the right moment… great work.
Great engine , but I really couldn't keep my eyes off the wooden truss brake 😉👍👍🇺🇸
I love the way you changed the direction of the engine.
Your sound effects made the video something special. Thanks.
Exactly, I paused and hit thumbs up after a few sound effects, love it 😺
This looks so beautiful, and sounds so good. Those flywheels are huge on this thing, and starting the engine is some effort and skill!
That's why in French, the term "chauffeur" was used. The man in charge of warming up the car's engine.
Obviously an old engine such as this could have benefited from some kind of timing advance. And, your English is outstanding. You and the Dutch always nail it.
Thanks for a great video being an equipment mechanic and owning antique tractors, I love these old engines. I'm in Canada and there is quite a few Rumley oil pulls around, they sound sweet to especially under load, they set a big ploughing record here in Manitoba a few years ago with them. Quite often I've seen guys stand on the flywheel starting them to and thought you're only going to get a leg caught in that flywheel once, when it fires and a guy slips or don't move quick enough. Take care
Просто огонь! Вот это сила! А работает, как часы!!
На 315 об/мин выдаёт 35л.с. круть!
Thanks for the upload, there is something about old machinery that leaves you in awe...also reminds me hand cranking some old tractors and how it was just waiting to get you lol
Great memories are always created by engines in some way.
Our health and safety executive would have a hissy fit seeing this engine operating, with bloody good reason I think!!! UK Pete
I am impressed how it works in reverse mode in the same way as forwards.
Puts life into a new perspective. Wish this stuff was still used and educated upon. Great job man. Providence bless you for having the will you keep it alive. 🇺🇸
i freaking love watching these things kick off such fun and the history
Your vocal sound effects when describing the parts are immaculate
I liked when he hit the sweet spot and it ran nice and smooth, no hard chug .
Oh man, reminds me as a 6year old THRESHING GRAIN in the field. After stacking the bundles of tied and stacked grain a few days later pushing the sheaths into the thresher to separate the grain from the straw. My job, armed with a wooden club, was to club the rats as they ran out of the stack.
The sound of your steam engine brings it all back !!!
I remember some sort of large, open crank engine in the corner of the body shop I worked in back in the mid 70s. Never saw it running. Wish I had paid more attention to it back then. Very cool to see one of these come back to life. Very simple, very robust, very scary when running. I'm sure there were lots of injuries from folks getting body parts in the works.
@@SharpElbows123 No idea, I wasn't into the disco scene. I did have a few pairs of bell bottoms, though.
Einfache geniale Technik die auch noch in weiteren 100 Jahren funktionieren wird ....ohne Elektronik und irgend einer schwachsinnigen Steuertechnik und einen Sound den es heute nicht mehr gibt.....ich liebe es !!
I love the fact that this can run in both directions so easily. Quite neat!
This is such an awesome engine. I gotta give it to the guys who made this beast. I love it!
There were "hot bulb" engines like this that were often used on early powered fishing boats. The "bulb" is a small combustion chamber above the cylinder that is kept hot by the exhaust gas.
Always on the hunt for machinery like this I can watch them run forever
Me to mate. /Richard
Boss: " It's the third time you've been late for work this week." Employee: "Do you realize how difficult it is to start an oil engine when it's 20 below?"
🇧🇷😂😯😆 will never leave its place
I can just imagine a workshop or factory had to have a worker come in early just to fire the engine or engines up, that was a job in itself unless they were left running all the time.
Looks like it will happily run backwards as it does forwards!
Interesting video! Thanks.👍
That’s a cold day to start a big engine by hand the oil would be real thick and it’s hard to turn them over I have the same problem with mine in the winter good video well done
Yep, much easier when it's above 0. But it can be done! Thanks!
Man that thing is going fast. That's the fastest one I have ever seen. Awesome
What an amazing engine. Looks very powerful
It’s a beast of an engine.
I detest the automotive industry and hate the way people have become to reliant on cars. However, I somehow I find their origins fascinating and watching these old engines really intrigues me. They are tools in the truest sense and not a superficial commodity or an irrelevant extenion of ego and that's something I can admire.
Nice start up man! It's also neat that it can run in either direction. Thanks for sharing!
What a beautifully simple engine.
Simplicity awes more than complexity.
It is very enjoyable to watch such old diesel engines work. Thank you very much for your work.
Not a diesel but a semi diesel.
I love seeing this kind of older engine still running...very cool! (and, your English is excellent...)
What a beast!! Best to have a friendly gorilla on hand to help with starting!
Now that is what you call a boys toy !! It's good job you are big strong lad. Great video, thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks 😊
This is like a freight train. Very hard to get moving but once it's going pretty much unstoppable. GTA5 confirms my last claim
im just amazed. this really is a piece of history you got there....
I knew at some point caution was going to take a back seat to getting this thing running.
Haha
Thank you so much my brother you have done such an incredible job bringing history back into our lives thank you thank you thank you and thank you again don’t know how to express my gratitude
That torque generation looks scary high, how much?
All of it.
Around 583 ft/lbs
It has enough torque to take you back to the Future
@@skolsen78 So around 790,4 Nm in non retard units I guess. Quite sure it is ft*lbs.
@@AkaneTendo15111986 Hey don't get your panties in a twist because you don't live in freedom land.
It’s faster than I thought it would be for the size of the engine. Nice!!
Imagine how much work that these engines did during the industrial revolution.
You should check out the Kempton park steam engine. Things the size of tower block and still in working order.
@@seeriktus Seen it.
There was no industrial revolution, there was only the repopulation of cities with new factory workers. This engine is older than the hills, the Freemasons melted them all down to get us onto gasoline, anyone could run this fix it and run on any fuel and power anything. We have gone down wrong path.
Thank for showing me the old engine. I am very appreciate you bro.
Who else suddenly wants one of these
Imagine the huge torque this engine has ! Very impressive !
What a machine! Would love to see that monster under load!
I think its even more scary than she already is
Working with your engines must be a wonderful way to warm up on a cold day!
Absolutely beautiful engine. Love how you can reverse the direction.
I noticed when it first went off that it disrupted the flame on the torch heating the hot bulb. Also noticed a little bit of wisps of air or smoke coming out of the top of that once it was running. Might check to see if there's a crack in the head someplace allowing a bit of compression out.
The seal for the hot bulb is made of asbestos yarn. It always leak a little. And the steam comming from the water outlet is from old water standing in the cylinder and starts getting hot. The steam comes in pulses because the waterpump is a piston type and pumps air when the cooling tank is not conected. /Richard
@@YesterdaysMachinery
Thanks for the response... Much appreciated. Love to learn about these engines.
Have a wonderful day.
old water in engine at freezing temps eh?
@@ketas As long as there's considerable air space above the water, it won't break anything when it freezes. These engines were built to stand outside in all weather -- just had to remember some basic operations during shutdown, like draining the cooling jacket.
That is one neat bit of kit.
Bet your pleased to have that in the shed. Absolutely awesome.
🤟☮️🇦🇺😎👍
You know you're starting the most masculine engine of all time when you have use your body mass as a flywheel weight.
Sure thing 💪💪💥
You: "Hey can i start that old engine you got?"
Him: "depends on how much you weigh! "
Elegant, raw power.
Anything that takes a beast :) to start it is itself a beast.
I'm lovin' this thing.
Thanks for sharing!
I always like watching these old engines start and run. I'm still trying to figure out how it works after a second watch. I'm assuming it's a 2-cycle engine like a modern gasoline 2-cycle because it seems to fire once every revolution and I don't see intake/exhaust valves. Weird seeing such a small fuel tank on something with such a huge piston. It must be very efficient.
Reminds me of the gasoline hit and miss engines I saw up in Northern Quebec that were used for generating electricity. They had about the same footprint of this engine but way less mass and lower to the ground. Maybe waist high or so except for the flywheel. It was part of a remote hunting camp. They would run those old generators in the winter time because they only needed electricity for the caretaker's cabin and they were very efficient. They use almost no fuel when they're not under load. They had two that they would alternate due to all the maintenance they required. Plus it was probably nice to have a backup. Would be lonely in the dark up there under 10 feet of snow for 6 months. When the camp was open in the summer they ran a v8 diesel generator to power the whole camp.
Hi! Yes it is a 2stroke hot bulb. So very much like a modern 2 stroke petrol but with fuel injection in a vapourizing bulb that helps the fuel ignite when compression rises. Yes i think this fueltank is at around 20L. But that takes you a long way because is uses very little fuel and could be run on almost any oil. / Richard
It's a 2 stroke Diesel engine. Similar engines Power Big cruise ship today because they can run them on dirty Waist Oil from the refineries which is almost solid on low temperatures
A two-stroke diesel does provide more power than a comparable sized four-stroke, but you don't see new ones on the road because they are polluters. I have seen a fairly modern two-stroke diesel fire pump engine. It was a Detroit Diesel. I assume there is/was a loophole because fire pump engines (and boats) aren't on the highways.
@@trentonjennings9105 The detroit diesels had actual valves. I think there was something about that which required a supercharger, thus the famed 8-71 blower that was used on hot rods. It was originally for an 8-cylinder Detroit. Now, I think other than the oddball 2-stroke design and the supercharger, the detroit design was fairly clean burning compared to something like this. These are like the weed whacker or dirt bike 2-strokes, just without the spark plug.
Appreciate the description of the various components, like the lube and fuel mechanisms for example.
3:28 is it normal to catch on fire like that on the left side
If I had to guess it was probably blowing the flame from the torch out
Fire and small exlosions are just normal. Flying parts aswell. That is what makes it so interesting 😅
@@YesterdaysMachinery are there really any fire sensitive parts? There couldn't be much of anything except iron copper and steel right. (Could be wrong, just curious)
@@YesterdaysMachinery If I wanted to use an engine like this to run belt-driven equipment in North America, what makes and models should I be looking for? Would they run off of woodgas?
@@ASMCourtney The most heat sensitive part is the babbit bearings. 🙂
Une antiquités agricole! À encore gardé tout son potentiel d'énergie. Belle restauration. Un abonné de France 😉👍
Looks like it can run in both directions? Is the performance the same?
Yes. The same principle was used on boats with this type of engine...no reverse gear needed...just a skilled engineer who knew when to inject the diesel to "reverse" the engine at the right time....
Yes, like John is saying.
It looks like it run one direction slower then other. Is it caused by injection advance?