Starting the 15 HP Hot bulb hit and miss Bolinder in the Narrowboat Spey. Not all steps are covered, and various details omitted to simplify the operation.
Hats off to these young people who appreciate the old stuff.
@simplywonderful449
2 жыл бұрын
This engine resembles the old "hit or miss" engines used on farms years ago. You can still see & hear them run at club gatherings and other meets where collectors show and run these fantastic mechanical marvels! Went to a small show in Jackson, MN years ago, and to watch and hear them run was amazing. They were often used on farms to pump water and provide other power for machinery.
@simonangel871
5 жыл бұрын
I loved the sound of the Spitfire at the very start of the video !
@BruceBoschek
4 жыл бұрын
Swedish musical instrument. What a delight. Thank you for keeping her music going!
@dwansbo
3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see young people enjoying themselves with a traditional boat.
@shanedavis9166
26 күн бұрын
What a narrowboat SHOULD sound like.
@captlarry-3525
6 жыл бұрын
Ok, here we see a real bargeman.. the man and the engine are and have to be very tightly bonded. This is arcane and specialist knowledge... presumeably passed on person to person.. unless you are fortunate enough to have a manual in a language you can read ! My hat is off to anybody who dedicates themselves to such a demanding power plant.. and keeps it living . Don't let this young mans age fool you.. he deserves respect !
@johnfogarty5744
6 жыл бұрын
Capt Larry - 0100
@BrassLock
5 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of the relationship between the Mahout and his elephant, who are bonded at a young age and remained so for life in such cultures as Northern Thailand.
@tango6nf477
4 жыл бұрын
it isn't a barge its a narrowboat
@bobuncle8704
10 ай бұрын
Definitely a hands on type of engine, but so great that you’re still keeping this beauty running.
@tommypetraglia4688
4 жыл бұрын
That certainly is a young man's engine And this was the coolest thing I've seen in a long time
@staffankarinpappila3975
10 ай бұрын
That swedish hot-bulb engine is 100y old. Love the sound.
@Ivansgarage
5 жыл бұрын
OMG Love old engines like that, but that truly looks like a pain in the ass...
@thra5herxb12s
4 жыл бұрын
Rudyard Kipling had a hot bulb engine. It was a 1902 3 1/2hp Hornsby Ackroyd and I had the pleasure of working on it. Kipling was the first man in Sussex to have electric lights in a domestic home.
@elp9716
7 жыл бұрын
I'll never complain about my Yanmar again.
@squirmsshed5343
6 жыл бұрын
you have got to love these old engines,
@georgethompson453
Жыл бұрын
There’s just something magical about the sound of a bolinder
@leebolton6162
5 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful narrowboat love the sound.
@anthonymccabe2342
8 жыл бұрын
In my twenty's I had a five year relationship with a guy called Alan who had (&may still?) a part share in Spay,along with 6or8 others who looked after Spay with lots of hard work & big affection.I had lots of good,happy holidays & roughed it a lot,but was always too tired at end of each day to care about the total lack of any kind of pamperd life.The big main memory that sticks in my mind is of a 2 wk holiday when 1 group took Spay & her Butty Gifford (loaned)to the IWA rally at Reading on the River Themes,& our group took both boats back to the boat museum at Elsmere after the rally,by almost the end of the 2wks everyone else had to leave well before getting to Elsmere which by the Sunday or even Sat maybe,left Alan & I to do the last few miles & I remember feeling so proud,with Alan steering Spay & myself steering Gifford on toe as butty,as we went through the deep ish cut through the City of Chester all along wear folks recording/filming on there video cameras.The next day we both had to take the extra day off work (Monday)& call our employer's but it was well worth it. Tx.
@mykaskin
8 жыл бұрын
Have a look at Spey on Dock. You'll see all the old favourites: m.kzitem.info/news/bejne/tH-omaGFbYqTpHo
@jix177
9 жыл бұрын
Wow - and that's with some of the steps omitted! Certainly is lot of care and feeding needed for that kit. A great insight to those engines, thanks for sharing.
@fishheadlemonsnack824
5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Hats off to this man!
@yellownev
9 жыл бұрын
That is a labour of love.....(not all steps covered !!) excellent video, makes my simple CS2 look like the Beta 1505 on my previous boat.......
@davewelch1522
11 ай бұрын
The spitfire flying over sounded better 😂
@petenikolic5244
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most pleasing sounds on the cut a nice bol .
@brianminghella3312
5 жыл бұрын
As much as I love old engines I think this one would be pushing my patience a bit.
@Chr.U.Cas2216
4 жыл бұрын
Simply fantastic, a lot of effort while starting and running, but still going strong. Thanks a lot for making recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck health and wisdom.
@trevortrevortsr2
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful people on a beautiful classic boat - wonderful
@johnwood6857
4 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done, A fine young man, and his machine.
@ratroddiesels1981
5 жыл бұрын
we liked the sound of the engine . cheers
@jeffbrewster6658
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s a labor of love , and it’s worth it .
@Lucianrider
4 жыл бұрын
What a difference a decade or so made when Semi-diesels became governor throttled and had variable pitch reverse rather than the horrible hit and miss system with direct reversing. Your heart must be in your mouth the entire time! I would replace that engine for a Hundestad in a heart beat!!
@ShizukuSeiji
4 жыл бұрын
That narrowboat has a Merlin Spitfire engine fitted in it!
@randomdude9269
3 жыл бұрын
Rolls Royce Merlin*
@Hermod_Hermit
Жыл бұрын
Yep, heard that one.
@trevortrevortsr2
4 жыл бұрын
That handsome lad knows exactly what he is doing and is at one with his machine
@jamesshanks2614
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the work you go through to keep the old girl up and running. I was thinking if you had a flywheel cut so you can use a bending drive starter motor you would need two starter motors, one for forward and one for reverse. Food for thought. Thank you for posting this beauty. Cheers!
@philhealey449
4 жыл бұрын
In safe hands here! Don't be fooled that hot bulbs are easy; I've had many fruitless hours trying to revive a clapped out Tangye, so the docile Bolinder here is joyous!
@steveroperfilms
3 жыл бұрын
Great video audio and info, Cheers.
@MrSeachaser175
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of when my folks used to own a 54ft Norwegian fishing boat which had a Union Single cylinder semi-Diesel 11 horse power. That was a fuddle duck to start that beast!😄
@shaneanderson1036
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful stuff . Real mans play
@lknanml
7 жыл бұрын
Zero complacency engine. LOL Nice vid. That sound is 100% worth the fuss.
@MyFabian94
6 жыл бұрын
It has a ratchet on the Throttle, if that isn't convenient I don't know what is.
@Miniaturehorseexpress
4 жыл бұрын
💓💓💓👍👍👍
@archie764
5 жыл бұрын
this is why I love my honda
@briancraven8906
Жыл бұрын
Marvellous! No doubt an inspiration for much of Heath Robinson! 😃😃😃
@bobeden5027
5 жыл бұрын
Bolinder Boatman Lyrics transcribed by Chris Bragg and Geoff Grainger from a recording by Gary & Vera Aspey 1. Now I've been a boatman for most of me life, I've travelled the country on through. Seen the grouse on the moor of Saddleworth Way, watched trains thunder past out of Crewe. Chorus With me Bolinder beating a steady old thump and there's smoke drifting out of the stack. We head through the Potteries then on up North, take a load on and then go on back. 2. I've loaded with pig-iron outside Bilston Town and coal out of Bridgewater's mine, I have legged it through Blisworth with ten tonne of salt, at Northwich dropped boatloads of pine. Chorus 3. I've basked in the sun on the Middlewich run and laid up when weather were wet, Run from Braunston to Lymm in wild winter gales in order to win a small bet. Chorus 4. I remember the day of the wagon and horse, unloading from ships under sail, Been from Somerset to London and then on to Goole, from there I crossed over to Wales Chorus 5. Now I am a boatman, of that I am proud, I've worked long and hard for me pay. With the cargoes she's carried the timbers now creak but the Bolinder's still pumping away.
@bobeden5027
2 жыл бұрын
Still part of my song list.
@kevinfarrell8074
2 жыл бұрын
Got to appreciate Spey on the Grand Union canal today
@componavt
2 ай бұрын
Запуск старинного одноцилиндрового керосинового движка... масло для смазки доливать каждый час, туда, где есть движущиеся части. Запуск - как в космическом корабле, а потом ещё следи, чтобы не заглох... И кораблик поплыл. Чудо.
@MelBiggsMusic
9 жыл бұрын
Looooove that noise!
@timblackwood1531
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this it's so hands on and all the engineering is so beautiful too ..... what year is she made ?
@Steamtramman719
2 жыл бұрын
And that my friends was why we blessed the nice Mr Petter and his PD2 or better still my last pet a PJ2.
@essexpeter6116
3 жыл бұрын
Watched her today near Saddleworth on the highest UK canal. Work of art as she was very nearly stuck in an unusually tight lock. Great people running her and a privilege to lend a hand on a line pulling the Spey through. So to reverse the engine runs backwards? I guess that takes timing not to kill it?
@paullawary6156
7 жыл бұрын
I though 'what the hell'... 'why would anyone'... and then she spoke.
@kawakalypse2770
5 жыл бұрын
Incredible, how often must the oilers be refilled?
@mjallenuk
2 жыл бұрын
About the 4th time I've watched this ... still makes me laugh when you rib him a bit for stalling it! Hoping Vicky is well mate.
@camilocuervo6046
3 жыл бұрын
Luckily my bmc only needs a bit of easy start spray to run. Smoothly.
@dougborrett3566
6 жыл бұрын
I think the Merlin in the background sounds a lot better.
@johnfenn
5 жыл бұрын
I was just about to make that comment and saw you beat me to it. Magic sounding engine.
@galax650
5 жыл бұрын
Hotbulb engine sounds alot better!
@TalenGryphon
4 жыл бұрын
My kind of engine :-)
@RPLefty
6 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@trebushett2079
2 жыл бұрын
A Bolinder which sounds like a v12 Merlin, even before it starts!
@hoost3056
3 жыл бұрын
How many gallons per hour does a unit like this consume?
@Earthwatcher57
6 жыл бұрын
Lost for words!
@dietmarwiller4522
9 ай бұрын
Sehr interessantes Video
@nigelterry9299
6 жыл бұрын
2 classic engine sounds in one vid. A Merlin and this wee beastie, is she a 2 stroke?
@BruceBoschek
4 жыл бұрын
All Bolinder Munktel engines, aside from the earliest ones, were 2-stroke cycle hot-bulb semi-diesel engines. Swedish engineering at its best.
@navi51
3 жыл бұрын
@yesca jasta I think of it as a 1+1 stroke
@TheGarnerjustin73
4 жыл бұрын
What kind of oil is he using, reminds me of Motul since its green.
@JohnBoyDeere
6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a P51 Mustang in the background:)
@MyFabian94
6 жыл бұрын
It's Britain, so most likely a Spit or Hurricane.
@innleadair
4 жыл бұрын
I know a Merlin when I hear it !!!
@bernardcromarty485
4 жыл бұрын
Yup! Probably a Spitfire...!
@johnedwards1685
4 жыл бұрын
Madness of course. But beautiful nonetheless.
@Tchristman100
5 жыл бұрын
Plus the possibility of stalling and not being able to restart without running down to the engine room!?
@nlo114
7 жыл бұрын
The first thing I heard was a Merlin engine. Was this taken near an airshow?
@mykaskin
7 жыл бұрын
No, a boat show and village fate!
@mulliedog1
9 жыл бұрын
Very Cool! We're spoiled now days!
@TheThingsExplained
9 жыл бұрын
Where is this
@ernstnaumann6318
5 жыл бұрын
1:50 So you have to oil the moving parts inside the oiler manually. As complicated as it can be! 4:14 I guess that's the typical sound of a hit and miss engine. 6:09 , 6:50 There you have less than a foot of floor width for your feet.
@stevek3036
7 жыл бұрын
Fair play to him to deal with all the unnecessary work of 'managing' an engine that was not intended for the use that it is being put to
@bertiewooster3326
Жыл бұрын
Merlin engine in background!!
@10wanderer
5 жыл бұрын
That,s a Merlin engined plane you can hear
@EdFrankes
9 жыл бұрын
So...am i correct in thinking that it's a Direct Reversible engine, kinf of like my Deutz 545?
@michaelaskin2282
9 жыл бұрын
That's right. It's a single Cyclinder 2-stoke engine which will run either direction. There is a special fuel pump on the other side of the arm which operates the pecker which kicks the engine in to going the opposite way. It is only used once and the removed from operation and the main pecker shown then takes over again.
@EdFrankes
9 жыл бұрын
Michael Askin Wow, that's very cool! Never knew such "small" engines came as direct reversible too! One really has to know what he's doing when working with an engine like that. Thanks for your reply!
@Varinki
7 жыл бұрын
Early Lanz Bulldog Tractors were reversed the same way as they had no gearbox.
@robertnilsson8975
8 жыл бұрын
made in Sweden???
@Alcochaser
4 жыл бұрын
What a fun pain in the rear
@user-yc9qe2hn4z
3 жыл бұрын
Was that a Spit or a Hurricane flying over?
@simonperry330
4 жыл бұрын
Great Engine in someone elses Boat
@nobodyyouknow222
9 жыл бұрын
Most important is a gal who can do all those steps reliably on the inevitable day you fall ill, the boat has to be moved, the weather sucks, and she is happy ! Call me if she has a sister !
@minnionator
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like my miata has a similar starting procedure..
@davidbutler4363
4 жыл бұрын
😁👍👏👏👏
@evantighe696
4 жыл бұрын
He looks like the guy who went to Estonia with Tom Scott
@mykaskin
4 жыл бұрын
He does a bit from cirtain angles, your right!
@TheErilaz
4 жыл бұрын
If it predates 1932 it's a J. & C. G. Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstad aka Bolinder, because J. & C.G. Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstads AB and Munktells Mekaniska Verkstads AB was joined in 1932 and became AB Bolinder-Munktell .
@n.g.h.calmarena7013
5 жыл бұрын
Bólinder you British say. I'm a Swede and I say Bolínder, as it's made in Sweden during the iron age.
@jerkerthorell8814
5 жыл бұрын
Bolinder was a Swedish industry on the Kungsholmen in the center of Stockholm, opposite the Central station. It then was named Bolinder Munktell in Eskilstuna which today is the Volvo BM construcion machinery industry. It all started in Sweden.
@funkydozer
11 ай бұрын
Ripley starting the Nostromo self destruct sequence
@Greenjuiceman
4 жыл бұрын
sounded like a merlin engine flying around at the beginning of vid
@grahamdawson7887
11 ай бұрын
How the boat depends on a match or light. No match or light the boat isn’t going anywhere.
@glassjb
Жыл бұрын
Was there I spitfire or something with a v12 flying over you at the beginning of the video
@hopper1aoa15
Жыл бұрын
Was that a spitfire I heard overhead....
@jimmays6252
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds L o v e l y but I am K-nackerd just watching.
@squirmsshed5343
6 жыл бұрын
does that engine push that boat along no trouble
@mykaskin
6 жыл бұрын
Have a look: kzitem.info/news/bejne/zKSCr3inonx6aX4
@squirmsshed5343
6 жыл бұрын
yes she does lol , plus the reason I asked was iam thinking of putting a lister 12.2 in one , and wondered if it would do the job.
@mykaskin
6 жыл бұрын
squirms shed should do nicely in a modern boat. The Bolly has lots of torque as it's 12 litre swept volume IIRC.
@corvairkid17
3 жыл бұрын
:55 sounded like it was running lol
@eccentricsmithy2746
17 күн бұрын
accident waiting to happen, wonder how many times the engine stalled while maneuvering and hit things.
@mykaskin
17 күн бұрын
That’s down to the skill of the steerer, just like always.
@johnsiders7819
4 жыл бұрын
its a grand old engine but I think I would set up some sort of pressure lubrication system for all those moving parts just in case of a missed oiling replacement parts would be very hard to come by for that engine no doubt .
@a-skepticalman6984
4 жыл бұрын
What a bloody rigmarole
@Miniaturehorseexpress
4 жыл бұрын
Fucking awesome 💓💓💓👍👍👍
@CillMhantainSean
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice the sound of a Rolls Merlin overhead at the start of the video?!
@dustanbalkcom
4 жыл бұрын
No one is gonna steal that and get away with it
@millomweb
3 жыл бұрын
Bit of a bugger when you have to oil the oil pump !
@foxcanal
3 жыл бұрын
Would you be willing to let me have a copy to run in Foxton canal museum next to our Bolinder? Your film is beter than ours.
@mykaskin
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, can you private message me with your email address, and we'll sort it out.
@adwest68
6 жыл бұрын
Hit and miss for an diesel engine!
@goatsinker347
3 жыл бұрын
Video ended just as it was getting good
@user-ej1oz8db3w
5 жыл бұрын
У Вас двигатель не держит холостые обороты. Могу приехать из России и настроить, будет работать как часы!
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