but I get a kick out of seeing old POWERFUL engines getting started up and running.
At 3:30, WHAT IS THAT THING?!?!?
And at 9:05 is that an old Mercedes-Benz?
And then there are these OLD style engines
At 3:55 is that an old traction engine?
At 10:05 I think that is an old mine engine. Not sure though.
And at the other end of the spectrum we have these tiny engines
I'd love to see some of the micro engines actually powering a small drivable vehicle.
At 5:10, I don't know where that place is but it is AWESOME! I want some of those for myself.
And at 10:20, that engine is mesmerizing.
And this is cool
I've seen old walk behind tractors used with a trailer as buses and taxicabs in some old National Geographic magazines.
That makes me want to get my own Gravely walk behind with a trailer.
And here is an idea I've had in my head for a few years.
Does anyone make a 4 piston 2 cylinder, 2-cycle diesel engine that is small enough to fit in something like a gravely walk behind?
I was thinking using an engine like that to power a small cart, that would have enough torque to pull really heavy loads for 3rd world farmers, but is easy to maintain and inexpensive to purchase.
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I love those old engines too. I recently watched the one about the little steam locomotive and that was petty cool. I also recently watched a lengthy series of Youtubes by an old Southern Gent who calls himself Shopdog Sam where he took a messed up old hit and miss 1 1/2 HP engine and tore it all the way down and completely rebuilt it. Very informative and he is quite the character.
Like I said, I absolutely love old machinery and having been a mechanic my whole life just makes me wish all the harder that I had a decent sized shop where I could get my hands on a couple of those old engines or better yet, an old tractor.
I saw on PBS many years ago about a Hot Bulb engined tractor where they would use an spirit burner to start heating the bulb, then use the steering wheel to turn the engine, once the engine was started, they would kick the steering wheel out of the side of the engine and mount it back on it's shaft, and then they would leave the engine running, only shutting it down when it got to dark to see, and sometimes not even then.
I would love to see that.
I can remember my Grandfather drying out a magneto for an old tractor he had drug home in my Grandmothers oven. Boy did she raise hell when she found it in her oven!!
He grabbed it with some oven mitts and went outside then threw it on the engine and it fired right up!
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