Start of a Sabb 5-9 semidiesel in an old lifeboat 

It’s just like kickstarting a Old Harley Davidson !

When I was only 14, I used to start my father's 3-cylinder Yanmar marine diesel by disengaging the compression, swinging the flywheel as much as I could, then letting it spin without aid whilst I threw a single lever to engage compression on only one cylinder, which usually fired up without problem. Then, you could engage the remaining two cylinders. It had a massive flywheel, similar to the one on this engine.

you rock most people just mount that kind of motor to a trailer or there floor but you are actually using it for its designed purpose always good to see.

what a beautiful engine, but what a crazy kickstarting!

Im glad that no one was in a rush to get saved in a mission! But nice little engine

Hyvä leveä runkoinen vene. Hieno moottori.

This video is back again in my feed, and I see that people still can't read. It's a Norwegian Sabb engine NOT a Saab as in the Swedish car company that was bought and then years later sold by GM to National Electric Vehicle Sweden.

Wow. It's a good thing it wasn't needed someplace like a lifeboat!

Lovely old engine.

love the smoke rings!

Beautiful engine! And all boats leak. It that's quite a lot of water in their stern!

good thing those swedes are strong swimmers..10 minute start ,

was waiting for a foot to go through the hull planks or a shin break !

To this day, no one can legally pilot a lifeboat who cannot completely tear down the engine and rebuild it without consulting the book.

love the smoke rings! It appears to have a bit of air in the fuel lines though.. assuming he's pumping the primer to make it run the whole time

Unload the drive coupling tubby. Then start by bouncing it, not kicking it.

I think I can see your problem, if you look carefully there was a possibility of a crack forming. It was a midway, towards the back. You need to install a new belt... ...around your waist:)

Its not easy to start it but it sounds great.

lol imagined if you received a phone call about someone that needed to be saved. and you are here spending a few hours starting the engine up :D

For some reason I enjoyed watching this suffering....

It starts well, but for a long time ...

This is nothing that could be done in foul weather at sea, but maybe to occupy every man in the boat until it starts.

The people would drown by the time this gets going..lmao 🤣

This was the video that GMC saw before they decided to purchase Saab!

lol i was waiting for the crank to compression lock and send him into the water hahahaha.

THAT SAAB, MAKES ME SOB, IT WOULD MAKE A GOOD ANCHOR,

i know what your saying. thank god my lifes not in danger

60 years ago the, users told SAAB "installed for the love of god a heater and an electric starter!"

Quem tem coragem de entrar em alto mar com essa geringonça?😂

Maybe its me but if a diesel doesn't start instantly there is a problem.

😊👍

smok in the water deep purple

What exactly is a semidiesel ?

Lifeboat?? Before the engine starts your allready drowned!! lol

I love the old boat and the engine but I bet they use to call her the old leg breaker and if not thats what it would read on the back of the boat if i owned her!!! (HA HA)

So this is what you have to do when the cruise ship sinks!! I'd rather be on the Costa Concordia, just bail out and swim lol.

you should ask man to keep the heat the hot bulb engine i know that engine need second hand helping

It's not much of a lifeboat, if you take that long to get it moving. They done drowned already.

i dond wanna have this engiane if i must go in a hurry on the middle of the sea

hurry man the life boats! now quickly start the motor before the pirates get us!

Hey, that's more reliable than my 5hp out board honda...Where can I get one of those?

The dyslexic in me read that as a Saab 9-5 diesel.

I know the problem - the "ding" at the end of each crank isn't loud enough.

Looks like the stuffing box was leaking like a sieve.

Lol lifeboat... and a long time to start :P first get the gas torch. preheat. (one drowned man) then start with trouble lol

possibly because its a sabb engine not a saab

Como.ago para conpra un barco como los q estaba compitiendo de hierro un poco mas grande osea q pueda llevar 90 pajeros y 20 tonelada de peso ala ves

I am russian boat owner ....This old engine for fun or poor reason ?

عندما كان عمري 14 فقط، وأنا استخدامها لبدء 3 أسطوانات يانمار الديزل البحرية والدي قبل فك الارتباط بين ضغط، ويتأرجح دولاب الموازنة بقدر ما استطعت، ثم السماح لها تدور دون مساعدات بينما كنت ألقى رافعة واحدة للمشاركة ضغط على واحد فقط اسطوانة، والتي أطلقت عادة من دون مشكلة. ثم، هل يمكن إشراك اسطوانات المتبقيتين. وكان دولاب الموازنة الضخم، على غرار واحد على هذا المحرك. الترجمة

You could break a leg like that.

am I the only one who thought the name was "saab" instead of sabb?

Too cold keep the lamp on.

what is a semidiesel engine?

Ça c'est un bon vieux diesel, pourquoi ne pas avoir mis un moteur de voiture directement, ?

I think it's sinking. See the water on the left.

Tienen q ponerle un motor 2tiempos Japones

This is for fun or poor ?

add ether ;)

Motor do caralho esse

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Plink*

20 minute workout

"Semi" is silly here; it's a diesel or it's not. It's not- it's a hot-bulb engine. Easy enough. Next, please!

Well, first, trying to "kickstart" and engine is how my Dad nearly broke his shin when the engine backfired and he didn't get his leg out of the way fast enough. And second, yeah: if a diesel engine isn't running, it's because fuel is not getting to the cyls. Period.

must have more vodka

One word. Frustrating. If that engine does not start on the next go...

I’d sell that boat.

Looks a bit like the African Queen eh?

kritky dunt stall it lol

a lifeboat that doesn't start just like my Saab - amazing but not unexpected. Pathetic.

hahaaaaa, mostly like a toy’s kid👎🏽