UN-RESTORING an old HIT MISS ENGINE with OVEN CLEANER?!?!?! 

great job good to get stared when you are young I amy 76 and have 15to 20 engins and abad back and all my friends have pased on. Lost my wife of 54 years hope to get back in the game.God bless Benny

That's neat, I'm one of those subscribers! When we were restoring one of our vintage tractors, the cylinders were quite heavily pitted, like this engine. We hummed and haahhed over it for ages until one old fella looked down the the bores and said "Them there rings and pistons will pass over them them there pits exactly like a two stroke engine passing over its inlet and outlet ports". So we reassembled it as it was. The old fella was right, and we ran that engine, trouble free for about four or five years, then out of curiosity we took the head off, and pistons out, expecting to see scratches and scoring on the pistons, but there was nothing to see. The pistons and rings were as good as the day they went in. The edges of the pitting looked sharp and well defined, but as the old man said, they were pits, not piles, and no worse than the ports in a two stroke engine. We reassembled the engine and learned to stop worrying about it! That engine ran as sweet as a nut, and never burnt a drop of oil.

I like the idea of branching out to other things related to hit and miss engines.

Fifty two years ago i passed on an old hit miss at auction. I quit at $78.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now i live vicariously through your work. God Bless, On the other hand, I bought a New Holland baler for $75. After a manual and another $35 i baled for eight years.

I echo the others' sentiments about how nice your videos are. I agree with you that having a short explanation of what you will do and then showing the process on a 2X or 4X speed is a great arrangement. Keep it simple, educating, and entertaining.

I want to thank you for the time you take to do these videos, I sure do enjoy watching

Nice work. I like seeing all the work in one well edited video. As for cleaning the shop - you could still see the floor, you were still good.

I was taught to bring the cast iron up to temperature slowly in a oven, and then make the repairs needed. Return it to the oven bring back to temperature for an hour, and then shut it off leaving it untouched until it had returned ambient temperature. Other than the temperature, preparing the fractured, are broken pieces is key. Grinding the fractures as you did, but we always used a small drill bit to drill a hole at the end of fracture to stop it from spreading out further. Whether brazing, are stick welding it didn't matter to myself, but some people are naturally better at one or the other. Clean surface, properly heated, make the repairs, and immediately returned to the heat, because cooling too fast caused fracturing of its own. Does the octane of the fuel effect how hard the combustion explosion is, because I know back in those days it was a lot lower than today, and then the ethanol being alcohol would cause faster burn, causing it to be more violent in my mind. Also one other, the thickness of the head gasket effects the overall compression, can you have too thin or thick of a head gasket that'll effect it either way? Need a bigger crescent wrench I'd say to adjust the lock nut. If you're up to venturing into other uses of these types of engines, I'll be more than interested in viewing whatever you find that interests you. Appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos.

I like the sound of her running slower and back to original paint

Looks and runs good. I like what you did with the paint. I also like to have them run slow. I have an engine just like it but I've never had to take it apart that much. So I enjoyed seeing all the details with it apart. P.S. I'm the guy that sold you the Galloway poster.

Serial number will be stamped on the fly wheels sides somewhere ..shoud be loads of spare parts for these engines..keep looking..good luck..

That color match looks to be spot on, at least it does on the computer screen.

Looks and runs great! It would be great to see a restoration of some auxiliary equipment these engines were used to drive.

You have really brought back some memories for me. My grandmothers neighbor was a well driller named Paul Boehm, in Freedom PA, who collected and restored old engines. About 50 yrs ago, When i was about 9 yrs old, I remember him and my uncle tinkering with a old oil well engine that had 6 foot flywheels. I have seen thise engine or one like it atnthe portersville PA steam show grounds. It shows these machines will out live us! Well done!

It takes a very interesting video to keep me watching for a hour. This was one. Thanks for sharing.

I don't know if you have ever tried it, but brake fluid is absolutely amazing when working with rusted nuts and bolts, not sure why, but I was amazed when I tried it

Wow! Thats a very nice piece of working history! Great job on unrestoring it. Much better now!

Retired automotive machinist here, great job on explaining engine functionality! Wish I could have had you working in my shop 😊👍

Some people like to paint things up to make them look like new and some like to get creative and add some flare and others like the original look. Personally I like the original look and I'm guessing you do too, I don't think there is a right or wrong just a matter of what you're after. Really nice job on the teardown and rebuild, I definitely think it was well worth the effort. I would have liked to have been around during the days when those were in full operation, somehow I feel like I would find my way to working on stuff like that.

I'd like to see more of the old Diesels, like the Lister, especially the 2 cylinder ones

That Gas tank mount looks like an easy aluminiumcast. You could stock a few of the need arises or sell them if the money is right...

Very similar to the 7 HP Fairbanks my dad and grandfather used to run a Buzz-Saw to cut firewood with. Good stuff.

A sympathetic restoration well done, horrified by the cracks in the head and the snapped stud but it seems nothing you cant fix. Great to see another old engine saved and running . Thanks for taking the tine and posting, from here in the UK.

Very nice work Big Daddy

PB Blaster is the good stuff

Awesome paint match to me it’s more valuable with the original paint also head repair looks fantastic great job love your videos look forward to seeing more!!

fantastic job on that head

Sehr schön!!❤👍👍

Awesome thanks for the show 🍻

Showing my ignorance of hit or miss engines, what do you power the ignitor with and what did they use way back when? Amazed at how simple the ignitor is compared to the ignition system that was on it. Things were way simpler then and a lot easier to work on. Nice to see these old engines brought back to life.

Awesome video really enjoyed it more please

There was a H&M engine in back of my g-pa’s shop. Circa 1965 that ran the overhead pulley shaft. I was fascinated! Thank You for the memories.

I'm only 15 mins into this one and it's excellent! I can honestly say, you never have to worry about any bits you think are possibly boring.......they're not. Anyway, not that I feel the need, but there's always the little slider bar if anyone really wants to skip bits. Thanks, as always.

That's amazing!

How the ignition works on this type of hit and miss engine is on the positive side they hooked up a large inductor, when the points inside the head close the field in the inductor builds up, when the points open up the inductor generates a large voltage across the gap. The inductor does two tasks, it protects the points from excessive current and it provides a nice hot spark, I read this on some hot and miss engine forum years ago.

Great work man just found your channel recently and really enjoying the content love seeing those antiques getting back to life !! Keep the good work and best of luck to you

Holy Heeby Jesus!! I'm feelin' anxious about watchin' a video of this thing runnin....nevermind being standin' up next to it like you was!!! gotta believe many-a-farmer met his maker by one-o-these beasties

very nice. enjoy seeing history restored. keep it up.

lovely to see the galloway hit n miss running again!

Great video.

I enjoyed your video. You did a great job restoring the engine. It brought back memories of working with my grandpa when he was maintaining those old engines. There was a ton of them around the Texas panhandle in those days, running oil and gas well pump- jacks. I always loved the sound! I don't think very many men could tune one today as well as you did with that engine. It was nice to relive some great memories!

Thanks so much for the amazing video,promise I’ll buy a shirt😁😁

Thank you for another great video, my dad restored some in his day and he also loved to get them to run slow. We used to go to the gas and steam shows together. I enjoyed that.

That head came out nice

Well, it looks good even if it isn't original paint. Good to see you reinstate the original ignitor. Mica is the same mineral as Asbestos but layered rather than fibrous. It would be good to see these olduns doing some useful work replacing those dirty, expensive, electric motors!

Very cool. Similar engines were built by Hercules here in Evansvile from 1916 until the mid 1920s

She is running good. I also have a preference to keeping them as original as possible. Much thanks for taking the time to film and edit these videos.

Fine job on the restore = A very fun video to watch cause i still remember when they were still used.....Thanks my friend..... Old Shoe🇺🇸

Oven cleaner is my go to for removing paint and burnt on oil. Stocking clerks always look at me weird when I ask for two cases of easy off!

Look great. Top Job!

Great job !@

Good work , Congrats !

great job , it is a joy to watch a man that has mastered his trade

Well now I have to go start mine and listen to it for a while!

its very interesting. I love those old engines 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

Another one saved!!!! love your channel !! Slow is the way to go!!!!!

Video quality is great. Next is a lavaliere mic so voice is always the same. A good touch to consider. Love the Galloway’s sound.

Good content nothing like the sound of a hit and miss engine

Great video

You did a great job on the painting looks great and have a great day

Good job, thanks.

Thanks for telling the operation of the air and fuel mix passages and valves. pretty neat

Re paint i think making it look new is just as good as making it look its age lol . Sometimes its nice to see what it would be out of a box all brand new shiny paint lmao .

Really like your videos , I've learned so much about operations and maintenance . Can't wait to get one ( or 2 ).

Great job !!

Those rings can handle some serious boost ! 😂

Awesome job, thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻

Good job

I know I’m year late.. but it did come beautiful, I kinda like them shined up and but I also like them like this because it can fit in with other stuff to show how it use to be.

Great video. Loved seeing the restoration/preservation process

So my shop tip on stencils I get shelf paper the sticky kind cut it down so it fits in my printer then copy to it . Its a nice surface and easy to cut . Cheers .

Very impressive! Well done, I enjoyed your work.

Awesome video as always! That thing came out very nice and runs sweet!!

I still want to see ya'll tackle that massive engine out in your yard!!

I think you have the correct idea on editing content, I've liked it so far.

The engine running may seem a little strange, but the engine is idling. On an active stroke (that loud blow off), the flywheel spins quickly and the speed controller shuts off the fuel supply (teven for a few turns - the exhaust valve control rod doesn't move). Once the revs slow down, everything opens up and the next operating stroke occurs. The spark gap instead of a spark plug is interesting. But it performs the same function!

I have never seen a Galloway engine before my father ran fairbanks engines to pump oil in Texas

Talented guy make them drive equipment of your own making i mean your own ideas love your ego norman. From donegal ireland

Great job they sure built them to last thanks for sharing

Very nice!

That sir is bad ass

I had one of those running a 1930's version of a whole house generator.

This is not boring

End result = perfect!!

Outstanding! Beautiful restoration. What a lot of fun to watch. I do believe that the old "farmer fix" needs to have a little respect, though. That was quite a bit of homemade engineering for the day----if it worked. It makes me wonder why the old guy thought that a more "modern" ignition was necessary in the first place. I eagerly await your next project. Good job, and well done. Yeah, the clean-up is not the most interesting part, but that is when many important discoveries are made, and the detailed detective work is done. You kept it moving nicely, I thought.

Id like to cast a modern version, from aluminum, and make a few improvements, close the crankshaft, pressurized oiling, maybe make it opposed piston may even a boxer 4cylinder, I been wanting to build a oil burner, with about 6"-8" bore, with up to 12" stroke, possibly opposed twin, for stability, But for a 4cylinder, about 4" bore, with 5-6" stroke, make a split lobe cam that can be adjusted to change duration a fair amount, and have separate exhaust and intake cam shafts, to allow them to adjust the separation angle , to fine tune to the stroke of the engine! Get the cam timing events spot on! I want a engine to actually work! Something that can run a alternator produce DC power, and be efficient as possible, generate about 600 amps at 30vdc, I'm thinking with a oil burner with 20:1-26:1 compression, and the long stroke should allow all the energy to be extracted from the fuel, so a possible secondary injection may be possible, to get the most power from the engine, burning waste oil and or Diesel, kerosene, possibly build a extreme pressure air blast injection, using a ultra high pressure low volume air spray to inject the fuel, use about 50cc of air under 450-500 psi to spray the fuel like a paint sprayer, possibly D.I., or maybe I.D.I. using a stainless chamber with a small heat plug inside, maybe, along stroke 4" bore , should make alot of tq, and peak out about 2000 rpm, but normal speed of about 1000-1200 rpm, crazy bunch of work, but I'd love to do it!

Great stuff until the pin fell out. Great job bringing it back to life.

Looks great sounds perfect

Bought a new trip for mine too. I think Denny Puck made the ones floating around.

Aluminum cans make great shims for bearings.

This would be an excellent application for laser cleaning of parts.

Very nice 👍 👍

You did really a great job. The engine looks great. The paint job from the Head looks also great 👍. For me are your video's a learning how it al works i love it to look your video's Greetings Martin

Nice work!

Mighty fine job. What would really good to see is just how they're were used in real life to run sawmills and the turn of last century wood shop iie: a leather belt powered wood leather or band saw or a planer./ shaper.

The video was great! Editing was top notch! That is a beautiful "sympathetic restoration". I think you need a bigger All 16'ths wrench for that 1/2" lock nut! The old girl sounds great at the end! Implements driven by these engines would be cool .. more so the rebuilding of them. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

Purrs like a kitten.

Another great video and I look forward to the next one. I too like what you did with the paint and I also would like to see what you did to slow it down.

New subscriber here 👍 love your videos too, thanks so much for sharing

runs great.i like to hear them slow also.