Petter two stroke diesel (VD model ?? 90yr old ??) first run in 64yrs (unedited)

any details you can give us re this engine/model are very welcome .....

thanks for watching

[davidahiwaaynet]

Wow, that's a smooth running engine. After the first ignition, it never missed one time. Very good job!!!

[gravedigr]

you guys are awesome thank you for taking care of that old engine so it can further educate the young ones about internal diesel combustion and its noble history

[mrc]

Boy, that engine runs good! If this is a "hit-and -miss" it is hitting a whole lot better than its missing! This is one of the smoothest engines I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Great restoration job guys. I bet she's got another 90 years left in her.

[comebchance]

How pleasing.
The fuel pump is especially attractive.
Good how the rhythmic thump of the engine irresistibly draws someone round the corner to have a look. Like a moth to the flame....

[dutchsawdoctor]

great sound, good to bring you bring it back to life

[hairymarmite]

How nice is that? Beutifully balanced and music for relaxation

[nickbannister]

My Grandfather was a foreman at the petter works, and my father followed in his footsteps at the same works ( still known as Westlands). In those days things were built to last.

[jamesbradley]

Great engine and running perfectly (after good restoration and new pump), despite the age!
It's funny to think it was manufactured at the beginning of the last century, but less than 10 miles away from where I'm sitting right now, yet it's round the other side of the world now and still runs well!
Great British engineering!

[redbaron]

Bless you for your preservation of such a great piece of history.

[dallasdorrington]

I used to work on a engine like this up in the Northern Territory back in the early 1980's.It was a lot bigger than your engine about 30hp and it ran a generator for a sheep station as it ran 24hrs a day for 2 weeks then shutdown for servicing but we used an old 4x4 ute modified to start it but the head had to be preheated like yours to get it running. We ran the engine on old sump oil that we got from the mechanic's shops in Alice Springs. We start on diesel and then ran it on sump oil. I can't remember what the engine was just that it was semi-diesel 2 stroke  30hp 1 cylinder @ 330 rpm.

[MilanDupal]

Great engine, running really smoothly!

[crestfallengooner]

Wow, that was awesome. Well done cobber. Runs so smoothly especially for a single cylinder.

[metalicheadnz]

The engine sings beautiful notes to your ears like Mozart's classics after all these 90 years!

[fordfan]

I love you're collection of blow torches up on the wall

[LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

I love the sound of this petter engine :-) :-)

[tcmtech]

You always know it going to be good when it needs a preheat with a big torch to get it running!

[mikewmount]

Love it.  Thanks for posting the video.  From the USA.

[TheSpazModic]

Sounds great. It doesn't even smoke that much.

[Triplex]

At first when starting up, it sounded like a hit-and-miss ;)
Nice engine, I really enjoyed the sound!

[daveround]

i would have loved to see this being re-built well done