WHY THIS INCREDIBLE ENGINE FROM 1916 IS PROOF THAT MODERN EQUIPMENT IS A SCAM & OLD STUFF WAS BETTER

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[nathanwahl]

It warms my heart to see young folks that truly appreciate and maintain the legacy of these old machines from a bygone era. I remember going to the fair as a kid of maybe 10, 55 years ago, and being fascinated with these old engines and the big steam tractors. I'd get yelled at by mom for hanging around there for hours listening to the old guy stories, the ones that actually used them, which they were more than happy to tell. And I had a very good idea about how each and every one of them worked, or as much as you can at that age.

That payed off in retiring from a wonderful career since then, in a somewhat related field.

Thanks you guys. Please pass it on once again.

[DarkElfDiva]

The reason old engines always want to run is because there's no computer telling them they can't.

[stevenboughner]

That old hit and miss is a rare find. From what I've been told you could find them up until WW2. They started going when farmers had electric from local power plants. You could run just about run any stationary machine Generator, water pump, rock crusher. The old tech is reliable a 1916 engine still works. That's 106 years old.

[stephen]

Lovely.
About 30 years ago I met a couple who owned a 1918 Maytag truck. I admired it and I asked where they found parts for it to maintain it. They told me that they never needed parts because they never needed to replace any parts.

[robertgow]

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like these beautiful things are alive, with all the snorting and breathing noises that they make ? Fills me with a sense of joy just to hear them, and to see them in action.

[ditzydoo]

I believe that industry worldwide in general looked around some 50-years ago and said to themselves. "We make things that last forever, and therefore have fewer and fewer new sales each year". And with that most makers of goods, but not all have reworked their designs with "Built-In Obsolesace" in mind. Meaning thing are by design made to wear out and fail in a given amount of time and not be easily rebuilt, if at all. This in turn leads to new sales and the growing consumer mentality of being a throwaway society.

[williamforbes]

Proof positive that a well engineered and maintained piece of equipment is a joy forever. My dad told me stories of a agricultural pump run by a hit-n-miss that ran night and day for years! Oil it, grease it and you'll get old before it wears out. Thanks for the memories, guys.

[pawsnazzy]

In 1964 I went with my Great uncle out to tend to some oil wells in SE Kansas and the wells were powered by some hit and miss engines, We filled the grease cups and some had big old jars filled with really heavy oil in them that would drip a drop oil every 15 mins. on some moving parts to keep them lubed up. My father said that those were some of the last engines like that, and when those were needing repairs they were going to be replaced with electric motors. My father told me of when he went with him as a kid to help him, He went twice a day to service them 7 days a week until his death.

[kobebemelmans]

My friend, who is a car mechanic, always tells me: "what isn't on it, can't break". This is such a pure example. Everything on this engine is so simple, yet marvelously engineered. Way more impressive than those computer-runned engines of today.

[MHGL]

That thing is a work of art. Almost everything on it was built not only to be functional, but also aesthetically appealing.
Thanks for sharing!

[AlexandreLollini]

In France we had the water pump manufacturer Julien & Mege : those were more powerful than spec, and almost silent, a lot of people have then still running.... ( those are 3 phase pumps ) The company went broke because pumps were too reliable and once everyone was equipped, sales went down. Today no one makes parts to refurbish those. The modern pumps are noisy, and last 2 to 3 years max. AAAAND you have to spec up in order for a pump to make that water go up the spec. EVERYTHING made today is worse than yesterday because it is made to be replaced soon, and difficult to repair. Each time my "modern" pup starts, I can't help but hear and feel that it goes closer to be broken, the moise the vibration tells everything.

[bobjohnson]

My old mechanic neighbor found a 1890ish Nova farm engine that looked like a big ball of rust and two weeks later looking better than new I thought it couldn't get any prettier. But your old girl is at another level.

[colb]

Beautifull .
I used to go out to shearing sheds with my dad in the 60's and 70's. was always amazed at the simple old motors that ran all the gear on farms and out stations. old oil burner single pot engines with 3-4 sometimes 5 different belts running something.
Running on diesel, kerosene and later, even vegetable cooking oils and old sump oil in a pinch.

Later, (late 70's & 80's)working as a stockman on outback stations (Aussie ranches) most of our stationary motors were similar.
Any oil changes were filtered and went into drums to run the simplest of engines. Old hit and miss engines turning generators or water pumps to power the place and pump water up from the river into overhead tanks for showers, gardens and drinking water.
Summertime they were essential. No aircon in summer temps up near 50c were brutal.
We had a grass house to sleep in. walls were 2 layers of wire mesh 12 inches apart stuffed with spinifex (spiky desert grass clumps), Sprinkler heads along the roof lines that sprayed water down the walls.
As the breeze came through the grass it cooled inside. Often there was no breeze, so a couple of old 40 inch workshop fans saved the day. Without those old motors running pumps etc, life would have been a lot more uncomfortable.

History that many never experienced and many more will never see.

[byronlabelle]

These machines are always going to do their job, & that's why I became a machinist so I can help keep everything operational.

[rquest]

I can see why you love that old girl so much. She's a living, breathing work of art and built to last.

[pauls]

love to see these old machines, still doing their thing today! nothing made since about the mid-70s will ever outlast these durable machines

[kevinpulver]

That's a big beast! I want to hear the story how you found it.
I have 9 and 12 horse Hercules built Economy and Champion engines. They don't have the compression release, so I start them by holding the exhaust valve open with the governor latch using my left hand on the pushrod ; while I spin the flywheels with the right hand.
Love that sound!

[uncletiggermclaren]

When I was 13 to 16 I used to work in my dads scrapyard. We often got farm clean out jobs, old factory clean out jobs . . . scrapped lots of stuff from the turn of the century . . . 1900 I am talking.
One complete 1880 generator set we kept for a few years, had a coal fired steam engine and a generator, made DC current and a LOT of it. It had been in a factory from before that part of the city had reticulated electricity. The company was a family business and the grand father had them keep it as backup power. It had been perfectly maintained, and we ran it a couple of times just for the interests sake.
Imagine what it would be worth now. Eventually it went out to the steel-mill, and was scrapped.

[robertlangley]

Very cool to see one of these engines run. They were used in saw mills and in farming and industry. What a sweet simple means of solid horsepower. Obviously these guys were made to last.