Do farmer fixes work? PB Blaster, some sore backs, and they might work. I give it the college try in this video on getting two engines going. Join me for the journey!
Just found your channel, and I'm glad that I did. You are doing what I really enjoy and can no longer do. It's a real shame that age and health prevent so many people from doing what we enjoy. Your old engines remind me of my old '40 Chevy coupe'. Old 216ci six cylinder and six volt system. Seems like I was always tinkering with it. But it was a real joy to hear it fire up. I imagine that you get the same feeling from your old cast iron beauties. And, to me, they are beautiful. People like you are quite rare today. I really hope that your videos and others like it inspire more young people to look back and see how the industrial age came about. The "lost ways" should not be lost forever. Thank you. And, yes, I did subscribe.
Hi, I'm 80 years old but was never around any of these old machines so I'm really enjoying watching your videos. Please do keep up the great work of bringing these old beauties back to life. I only wish that we had saved more of them but I guess the war effort came first. Thanks again.
I love listening to the hit and miss engines running. My grandpa had one running the salt water pump, for a gas well, on his farm. The little Hercules motor kept enough gas pumping to run 3 or 4 V8's pumping irrigation wells. Each of them 8 to 12inches and 630foot deep.I was always impressed by that hit and miss that kept a pump jack going 24/7 for years. We took good care of it, but it almost never failed us.
They have a club here and they put on a show at a historical farm property. They used to do it twice a year in the spring and fall pre covid. Personally I would like to find an old hit and miss that was intended to power a boat with the prop and shaft attached. I have only seen one. It was at one of the clubs shows. It had a large sign: NOT FOR SALE on it. So I guess that I am not alone in my quest for a marine hit and miss. Heck I would build a boat to go around that. Thanks for the content, Tom
Looks like it takes a lot of hard work spinning them over to get them started. Surely don't want to get any body part in any of those moving parts whatsoever. Lots of serious torque there... Obviously would be a very bumpy run that would jar your teeth out if they were ever used for any type transportation. But oh so interesting to watch them run... Thanks!
They start easier once you have them running correctly. When they haven't run in years like these 2, they can be a pain to get going for the first time.
Great work - these are the machines that built the world - their uses around the world were many. Well worth saving them for the next generations to see how things were done. Hello from New Zealand.
Years ago I was hunting in South Dakota on Indian reservation and farm/ ranch we were on had a old building sight and there must have been 10 of these hit/miss engines there and a crate full of new parts and plugs
@@Cast_Iron_Curiosities if I find the map I used that day might be able tell you we’re it was I just remember the lane back to the farm was about 5-8 miles long from highway. I’ll do some digging to see if I still have it I’m sure it’s all still there
Late to the fun as usual, but better late than never I always say. So how bad is the fractured head, as she doesn't appear to be losing any compression from watching her buck before you tied her down to the snubbing post. Someone that was up on they're game even for old farmer making his repairs it appears from the way she was willing to give it a try being just a tad outta sync from sitting too long probably, and I'd say someone had they're fingers in there since he'd had her running last most likely as well. But patience experience and persistence pays off if they're not totally clapped out with most old combustion engines, are at least until the electronic Era come into full swing in the late 80's early 90's what with fuel injection and all the mess that it takes to power things up to tell it when to squirt fuel, and spark to make the cycle complete nowadays. Just isn't any fun to work on newer engines these days, and I never see the simpler times ever coming back, at least not until the world has a for sure major meltdown, and people are forced to fall back to those types of machines anyways. Always enjoy those that are willing to learn how the old modern technology works, and make them work again. You might check out Johnathan w. He's down in NC, runs wrecker service for his living. But has become something of a steam powered fanatic last couple years, and has rescued, and restored some boilers, and has built up nice collection of steam engines small to large, and even an old steam driven genset to power his Christmas lights. Worth the effort to ck him out, and I think it'll met up with your way of thinking.
Compression release on these engines is aceaved by holding the detent blade on the throttle in disabling the exhaust valve. Hold detent in with left hand turn flywheel with the right leave detent out keep it going with both hands.
Great video and all the best from Tasmania. Australia. Subscription added.........we have alot of these old hit & miss engines down under, a lot of them still running and on display at fairs and shows. Stay safe and loved the video.............
Thank for the video, I need more knowledge of adjusting the timing, I have Hit Miss Stover. I did restore some time ago, I thought for adjusting timing would slide to magneto tripper back along that shaft, rather than gears. I will check out those gears and inspect the Governor not working well either, most likely those Springs.
Nothing quite like seeing an old engine being brought back to life, and especially when there are original parts to restore back to the way the creators intended! Ooh, what would I like to see being worked on? I'm going to dive right in and say the oil field central power bull wheel unit. It stands quietly and patiently waiting in the corner, but I'd love to see it get some attention, and maybe even see it running - hint, hint! 😉😉🤑🛢️
Looks like you need to put anchor points in the floor, about pulled your gas can off the barrel, another youtuber had a fairly large fire in his shop from spilt gas on the floor, he sustained some burns also. Hate to see that anywhere.
hi great channel when a hit n miss was used back in the day was it ran at idle and is the sound different also in this video what is in the background the big gear thing love learning new things about these engines keep it up thanks.
These engines were rated to run at constant speed. They did not particularly have an idle. You would fire up the engine and the governor on the engine would keep it at a set speed from the factory. The big gear thing in the back is a engine/turntable unit made for pumping mutiple oil wells at once! Thank you for the questions!
33:17 it did seem like it was barely making any power, but it sounded good at least. Hit every time. Got a good engine there it just needs a little massaging!
Love the videos although you should consider getting a wireless mic cause with the echo in the building when u are away from the camera we can barely hear and understand what you are saying clearly
Nice work, my brother has one spotted in Montana we need to go get. When you get bored in Ohio come on out to Idaho and we will go pick it up and get it going
I have a 1916 1 1/2HP Fairbanks Morse that I have trouble getting to run. It is mechanically very good so I suspect the magnito is shot. Thanks for the inspiration and insights. I will never give up. Can these engines by run on hydrogen or HHO? I build cells to split water and would love to try that too.
Hi, i just found your channel. I have a 2.25 HP Galloway and am looking for a cam gear. Do you know of any available? Great videos and very informative. Thank you.
It is water cooled, the hopper on the top is for water. For all the longer I ran it, it wasn't necessary to put water in it. It did not get warm enough to cause any issues.
@@Cast_Iron_Curiosities I Have A 1 1/2 Horse That Rann in the Early 1990's and In Give it a spin when ever i go by it. Enjoyed The the demostration very much and now maybe I'll Have to try and get it going while i still can.
