l picked up this old engine powered marine/fire pump from an estate sale a while ago and its been sitting on a shelf until now, lets see if it has any life left in it.
Yup... definitely a hit-the like-first-then-watch-the-video channel. :-) Back about 50 years ago one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoon shows was the "The Banana Splits Show"... it was so funny... lol :-D
Sunday Afternoon the lokal church showed Cartoons like The Peanuts ... And I loved that Bavarian tv show with that old guy making stuff in his woodshop.
My brother used to use those as a firefighter for the US Forest Service back in 1970. I think they were in service until about 2000. Yes they were always that finicky.
The only probelm with Mustie1 videos is that we can watch them faster than he can make them. Keep up the great work, I’m learning from every one I watch.
A classic Mustie wisecrack at 14.39, he bumps the camera tripod and then says: "Watch it. I just kicked your foot . . . You had it coming." 😆😂😆 Always enjoy these videos and have to stay alert for gems like this. Thanks Mustie !
You not only have a water pump, you have a high pressure water pump for fire fighting. You're going to be amazed at how much water that thing will move.
Or the tag hanging from the wire more likely. You do have to admit that this one was a whole lot less buggered up than the other engine! I didn't have a whole lot of hope for it when Mustie mentioned where it had come from though!
He has Knipex adjustable pliers, they are the best. Available in all sizes. That truck looks mid forties maybe. Engine runs well, and it’s priceless when the flywheel comes off!
Mustie to the Red Head, “Get your motor runnin” - Later that night Mustie’s better half “better take another blanket with you, it’s going to be cold 🥶 out in the garage “...
Always a pleasure watching you mess around with the old stuff that used to be made in the USA, and to see how it comes back to life with little or no effort. Try doing that with the junk made now a days 80 years from now.
Based on larger versions of the pump I’ve used, the brass tubing is a vacuum line to prime the pump. The lever on the exhaust blocks the free flow exhaust to force it through a Venturi that blows out the bottom. Once you see water in the exhaust you open the window on the muffler to allow free flow of the exhaust.
The page you were looking at with the truck is the US forest service so they probably used the pump for fighting wild fires. So the water jacket on the exhaust may be a way to cool it to prevent the surrounding material from catching fire.
113 Thumbs down?? There are truly some sad people out there in RU-vid land... These are the kinds of videos that make YT worthwhile. Keep up the great work AND your great laughs Mustie! We are on your side all the way!
Thanks for the explanation i thought it was a water connection to silence/cool the exhaust. But that is connected to the manifold. Engine is also cooled by the pump. It could also be a decompression vent to start the engine easier when there is much water in the exhaust.
This is the comment I came to make myself. Beat me to it! I just retired from 30 years of fire fighting. We had an old(not as old as Mustie's) brush fire pump with an exhaust primer.
That's one heck of a motor on that Pump. I couldn't help but laugh when the mag came off and you took off running!!! That thing took off like a shot. But again Darren got it to run!!! Can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.
Man, I think Mustie’s crowd would like the AvE channel... a far northern brother up in canukistan.... but he does have a fair skookem amount of cuss words so be warned. I would LOVE to see a mustie and AvE collab. Between the 2 of them there is nothing they can’t fix or make run properly.
That made my day! I have an old, complete 66 Sears Suburban 12 barn find, sitting on my lift table I'm dying to get at. But I just had spinal fusion surgery three weeks ago. Mustie1 is the next best thing to turning wrenches myself. OK....I admit it, Mustie1 videos are better. Thanks!
Thanks Mustie1 for keeping us all going through the lock down. Great viewing another video featuring something different and captivating to watch. We are all indebted to you for keeping us going through Covid, Thanks
At the end of the video you showed the tractor/go cart. When i was a kid i use to ride on that with the mans son who gave it to you. That was my neighbor for 15 years. It was mind blowing to see you go in that little crawl space under there deck and un cover it. I haven’t seen it in 8 years or so!
I was curious why that pump looked so familiar, the comments told me it was a forest service pump and I remember seeing them in training. Thanks for showing us
Mustie, the truck picture you found had a Forest Service insignia on the door and was probably fitted with the pump as surpluses by the Navy. The forest service was great for that and still purchases from GSA. There are some forums on line about the pump. Cool find! I found it uses a 12:1 mix
PACIFIC MARINE SUPPLY made the Y-200 pumps from 1939-1963. Used to pump water to fight forest fires. Explaining the red paint. Pump was made in Seattle Washington.
MUstie, you need an old school go-kart starter. 12 volt motor, small pulley, t-handle, fan belt, go switch. Connect the fan belt to the starter pulley, give it a little tension, hit the go-switch and when the motor cranks let off on the pressure and the belt spin off. No more escaping flywheels. Now that I've described it to you, I am sure you remembered you've got a couple of those stashed someplace.
Mustie, I am a professional mariner. I enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1987. I served on an old ww2 fleet tug. I go all the way back to the old P250 fire and dewatering pump. Your pump pre dates those. The p250 used an omc 55hp outboard power head. Like yours the p250 used a separate gasoline tank. Your setup looks like it was built to be stationary or bolted into a truck body or skid, probably for forest firefighting.
That moment when the fly wheel goes flying off and shoots across the room was absolutely hilarious!! Thanks for the great video, very interesting and entertaining as well.
Thank you for posting these videos, i have learned lots from watching you take things apart. Now my garage is full of lawn mowers, weedeaters, blowers, pressure washers, chainsaws, quads, scooters you name it. My son has really got into fixing small engines.
I like his videos because it’s stuff you might find at a yard/boot sale and fixes it with what he has. Also he talks like you’re standing next to him. Coldwarmotors, half asks Kustoms and Andrew Camarata have that same vibe
You answered my question later in the video. And boy when this unit too off... Great fun! Thank you for all the great content and your attitude on all of the subjects. Best, Job
The lever on the exhaust housing could be an exhaust primer which was needed to prime a centrifugal pump. It creates a vacuum in the pump housing which allows water to enter the pump for priming. Used them for 35 years in the fire service. If it is a positive displacement pump, it primes much easier because it will pull water into itself by creating it's own vacuum. The pumps we used flowed between 200-300 GPM.
Man, I love your videos! The greatest part of each video is when you get the engine to turn over and you always have this big laugh like frankenstein when he awakened the monster! :)
Who could forget the "Lovingly restored, with a can of cheap paint" engine? :P As for this little beast, it's a cool little engine, can't beat a twin-cylinder... :D
So the power head is a Johnson model K outboard motor, modified to run horizontally. These are pretty popular in the AOMCI. (Antique Outboard Motor Club)
That decal on the truck looks like it might be a old Forest Service insignia or possibly the CCC of the 30’s. However, since I was only a couple months old I can’t be sure
