That engine was insulted by calling it “stationary.” “Stationary? I’ll show you stationary!”
@sandrodunatov485
8 ай бұрын
I was laughing so hard that had problems pointing the mouse at the 'like' on this. 😆😆
@shaun5824
7 ай бұрын
And there Off, racing this time....
@Dropdead313
7 ай бұрын
Stationary my ass, that thing was dancing the jig, bouncing all over the place!🤣
@scottykilmer
8 ай бұрын
Well it didn't really explode
@JoeL-re1dc
8 ай бұрын
I think the explosion was in his pants.
@dennisyoung4631
8 ай бұрын
Ran away?
@troutbassncat3025
8 ай бұрын
@@JoeL-re1dc Good one.
@ruststar
8 ай бұрын
Self destructed is more accurate than exploded
@pantherplatform
8 ай бұрын
What scan tool should they use to diagnose it?
@billsteele7842
8 ай бұрын
I learned long ago that the most important thing to know before you start an engine is how to stop it.
@PHPJN7
8 ай бұрын
Yes Detroits are a good example of that !
@Yukanhayt-Mhenow
8 ай бұрын
My lawn mower! Never wants to stop!
@Finke.
8 ай бұрын
@@PHPJN7 That's why their shut down flaps on the blower air intakes should always be maintained ...
@nikiTricoteuse
8 ай бұрын
A fence and l learned the same lesson the first time l tried to ride a motor cycle. 😊
@PHPJN7
8 ай бұрын
@@Finke. exactly my friend
@1700iDiGuy
6 жыл бұрын
That stationary engine didnt want to be stationary
@nicomeier8098
8 ай бұрын
Just wanted to move to another spot...
@benwinter2420
8 ай бұрын
Frankensteins monster wanted to break free & broke some stiches as result
@taliaperkins1389
8 ай бұрын
It was a walking engine.
@Akindone53
8 ай бұрын
Very cool. A machine that disassemble's itself.
@bozhijak
8 ай бұрын
Rockets do that faster.
@generalingwer4341
8 ай бұрын
Lololol😂
@tenebraygrace4099
8 ай бұрын
I declare this the BEST comment.
@bigbill2444
8 ай бұрын
It COULD have been a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.
@larryl392
7 ай бұрын
😂🤣😂
@Roybwatchin
7 ай бұрын
When I was 13 or 14 yrs old, my dad and I mounted a Yamaha 80cc engine onto a go-cart. The rear axle was solid so both tires were engaged. One time i was starting it inside the garage and you had to pull up on the throttle cable right out of the top of the carb since you were kickstarting it from behind. Needless to say, when I pulled the cable up, it got stuck outside the top of the carb and the engine started revving like crazy so I ran around the front to push the kill switch but when I did, I accidentally bumped the gear shifter handle (it was a long metal bar so you could shift by hand), anyway, the cart popped into gear and shot across the garage knocking over some stuff before it hit the wall and literally climbed up the wall and started hopping on the ground with the rear tires bouncing and I was trying everything to stop the beast, my dad was outside the garage and he came running in and jerked the sparkplug wire from the head. He just stood there looking at me and shaking his head. We pulled the cart off the wall and he just turned around and walked back outside. This was in about 1978, I still laugh when I tell my kids and friends the story, lol.... Thanks for posting the video.
@TheLpjoe
7 ай бұрын
Your story created a helluva visual for me! LOL.
@Chris-un4ns
7 ай бұрын
Excellent
@shaunfuesdale4305
7 ай бұрын
Brilliant😂😂😂😂
@richfranks9161
7 ай бұрын
A kid down the street from me had a Montgomery ward go cart that had a worn out centrifugal clutch. I remember he came riding up to my driveway and killed the engine, we talked for a bit, he got off and push started it, it took off and he tried to jump back on but by the time he finally was able to get into the seat it ran right up under that back end of my dad’s Datsun pickup. The truck was only about two feet if that off the ground and he was completely underneath the truck, still seated on the go cart. I was certain the kid was dead. My dad watched the entire incident from the living room window and came out chuckling a bit under his breath, being honest I was struggling to keep from dying laughing. The kid was stone cold knocked out and folded back with his head on the engine. We got him out from underneath the truck and he was so dazed that he laid down for a good 45 minutes in the front yard before limping home without the cart. It was a heck of a sight to see for sure.
@jeffploetner
7 ай бұрын
Did he get shocked? I did that once and ever since my arm tingles whenever I hear electricity!
@dansw0rkshop
8 ай бұрын
Vibratory drive. Made 4-5 feet (1.5 metres) or so forward progress. Invention was shortly abandoned after it went public, but a lot of chiropractors went into business around that time, it may be rumored.
@NJPurling
8 ай бұрын
The crankshaft should have bobweights to give some balance. But honestly an engine of this kind is meant to be slow-running. To stop a runaway diesel generally means cutting off the fuel flow or plugging the air intake. By accident the fuel supply was detached & nobody got hurt.
@PHPJN7
8 ай бұрын
Sort of lucky escape, if you have a runnaway diesel consuming it's lub oil the only way is to cap the air. Detroit 2 stroke diesels have a reputation for that
@ge0arc244
8 ай бұрын
Long time OTR Professional. A REAL RUNAWAY Diesel cannot be STOPPED by cutting off its fuel. Once enough damage has been done by heat and vibration to the diesel engine it starts to CONSUME its own LUBRICATING oil as FUEL (literally consuming its own life's blood) and does not need its fuel tanks to run or electronics because of the HIGH TEMPERATURES reached by the engine. It will keep going until the ENGINE blows up or it RUNS all of the OIL out of its oil pan and system. It is a sight and sound you will never FORGET in your LIFE and is TERRIFYING to BEHOLD in person. Sounds and Looks like the MACHINE is SCREAMING and SHACKING in AGONY and EVERY SENSE in your body and Mind is telling you to RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN FROM IT!!!!
@brianstratton8767
8 ай бұрын
Thanks so very ( YAWN ) much:/
@teeanahera8949
8 ай бұрын
@@ge0arc244*shaking in agony?
@ge0arc244
8 ай бұрын
Yes, It Shakes in a way that looks UNATURAL and the Sound it makes CHILLS YOU. Plus, the SMELL of BURNING OIL at SUPER HIGH Temperature along with the smell of BURNING METAL, Paint, plastic and wires! Yes it will make you think that it is ALIVE and SUFFERING GREATLY! I cannot fully tell you what it is like, It is something that you MUST SEE first-hand to Truly understand. It acts like an ANIMAL Having a Violent Seizure BEFORE DEATH! It will FUCK with your mind yes it will.@@teeanahera8949
@thepirate5955
8 ай бұрын
I love how they all get a hand at the end as they stand in their debris field. Good stuff and it beats the hell out of American politics!
@Mercmad
8 ай бұрын
It looked like a obiden press conference....
@SomeGuyInSandy
7 ай бұрын
...debris field, lol
@davidcat1455
6 ай бұрын
@@Mercmad Wasn’t he the guy that wiped the floor with trumps face and then threw him out of the White House?
@1977jelliott
5 ай бұрын
The end result very strongly resembled American politics...
@ronnelson7828
7 ай бұрын
It doesn't actually explode, it just dismantles itself.
"They don't make 'em like they used to." And most times that is a good thing.
@techalyzer
8 ай бұрын
It WAS. A lot of cars nowadays are utter crap compared to the old ones.
@youtubesucks8995
8 ай бұрын
Maybe in some cases, but there’s a lot more crap built today than there ever was! And they can repair that engine. 😉
@johncochran8497
7 ай бұрын
@@techalyzerOh? Today, milages of over 100,000 miles are routine. In the good old day, it was quite an achievement. Also, when was the last time you needed to do a fall tuneup to make sure your car started in the winter?
@techalyzer
7 ай бұрын
@@johncochran8497 Right, cars today don't need a fall tuneup, only a fall engine replacement. 🤣
@johncochran8497
7 ай бұрын
@@techalyzer Nice. Instead of addressing my points, you make a poor joke. Surely the sign of someone with a sound argument. How about doing a few searches using Google to see how frequently spark plugs were replaced in cars during the 1960s, 1970s, ..., 2000s, and 2010s? Then come back here with your results. But I suspect you won't bother to do that since it won't result in a cheap joke and even if you do spend the 5 to 10 minutes, you still won't since it won't suit your prejudices.
@ralpha679
8 ай бұрын
It identifies as a non-stationary engine
@Hopeless_and_Forlorn
8 ай бұрын
Oh Lord, I have never laughed so hard. Way back when I was an aircraft mechanic I used to worry about creating an embarrassing backfire when starting the big, radial engines. I feel better now.
@susieshaw2910
8 ай бұрын
When the exhaust fell off 😂
@ruststar
8 ай бұрын
The whole thing was hilarious from the young guy hat to the self destructing machinery
@Wheels-Wheels-Wheels
8 ай бұрын
Me too, nearly chocked on my coffee watching this. Could be a Laurel & Hardy sketch.
@christopherhampson265
7 ай бұрын
You couldn't write that !!! Best in show 😂😂😂 . Matey jumping on ready for take-off 😅😅 I'm still crying
@jepolch
7 ай бұрын
Three stooges!
@jimlepeu577
8 ай бұрын
Poor old Stan and Olly lol
@sdsorrentino
8 ай бұрын
Bystander: “look, one of the engines is running away, violently disassembling itself in the process. Let me move my child closer to it.”
@Federico84
7 ай бұрын
My unwanted child
@SuperBC10
6 ай бұрын
That’s what I was thinking 🤔
@garymitchell5899
5 ай бұрын
It had virtually stopped by then and certainly wasn't a danger. Obviously a sensible parent not scared of shadows, which is the best role model
@williamgottlieb8723
8 ай бұрын
This machine was almost there, but all the kids will have to wait a bit longer for the hoverboards they were promised.
@brendanayres7920
7 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, that's pretty much the end result of every go-cart Dad and I ever built.
@folkeholmberg3519
8 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣Det är så kul se på människor som verkligen vet vad de håller på med, övermod i överflöd 🤣🤣🤣
@larrybaker5316
8 ай бұрын
We had a 74 Vega ran exactly like that.
@tedunguent156
8 ай бұрын
It was already half rusted out before you bought it.
@davidellismartin9619
8 ай бұрын
Awe man. I seem to recall a sort of rivalry between Vega owners and Maverick owners great times! 😅
@larrybaker5316
8 ай бұрын
and Pinto owners@@davidellismartin9619
@Wheels-Wheels-Wheels
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this guys, haven't laughed so much in ages.
@lostronin380
6 ай бұрын
The most interesting lawn sprinkler system that I have ever seen. Excellent work chaps, I'll take two of them. SOLD.
@glasslinger
8 ай бұрын
HILARIOUS! Just like something out of an old 1800's movie!
@alandavies55
8 ай бұрын
I once saw a stationary diesel runaway. The old foreman simply whipped his cap off and placed it over the air intake, just as the engine was beginning to go nuts- sorted.
@Arie19560902
8 ай бұрын
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 😂😂
@thebaddestogre-3698
8 ай бұрын
This was like a cartoon in real life! 😂
@ebbeweber1310
8 ай бұрын
Jamenvafan, klaga inte, dom fick ju motorn att gå riktigt bra! Och dom fick applåder för sin uppvisning!
@Xynudu
8 ай бұрын
Boys having fun. Maybe put a few more screws in it next time to hold it together. Classic stuff.
@BottleBri
8 ай бұрын
That’s the funniest fail I’ve seen in a long time 🤣
@peteacher52
3 жыл бұрын
Poor bugger! Kudos for sticking with it. I think I would have taken to my scrapers!
@mikeymcmikeface5599
9 ай бұрын
Not really an explosion.
@tonyhudson8698
8 ай бұрын
Just shaking apart. Foolish setup...
@pauljs75
7 ай бұрын
Seems like they need something more substantial than a wooden pallet to anchor those engines. But I guess that's a part of the learning curve with such crafts.
@itsruf1
7 ай бұрын
The pallet (for pallet forks) looks ok. That engine has an issue?
@pauljs75
7 ай бұрын
@@itsruf1 If you're shipping an engine that isn't running then sure. Wooden pallet all the way in that case. But it'd be safer to mount those things to a steel plate that's perhaps weighed down with a bit of concrete or something if you're running an engine that isn't dynamically balanced by design. May as well expect a running tumble dryer to sit still with a cement block inside of it.
@rupedo1
8 ай бұрын
One of the funniest things I've seen for ages!
@fastst1
8 ай бұрын
Earliest trench compactor!
@californiadreaming9216
8 ай бұрын
Reminds me of my first car...1978 Mercury Zephyr.
@TheDoItYourselfWorld
8 ай бұрын
Well, title is misleading - there was no explosion. But it did fall apart all over the place. Very shoddy assembly of the machine.
@troutbassncat3025
8 ай бұрын
If it wasn't for the lack of an audience, you'd think a skit was being put on.
@spankeyfish
7 ай бұрын
Maybe it's the Netflix adaptation of a Looney Tunes cartoon.
@troutbassncat3025
7 ай бұрын
@@spankeyfish I was thinking more along the line of The Keystone Cops.
@AquaMarine1000
8 ай бұрын
These guys are a comedy act.
@jimmcknight1189
6 ай бұрын
As a kid, I used to build home made go carts all the time. Some were real works of hillbilly engineering. One was made from the tubing of a shopping cart and had a chrome bicycle sprocket for a steering wheel (had to wear leather gloves to run it). 8HP Kohler with an open flywheel. Don't lean too far to the left or the flywheel would catch your pants...OMG, yes, the engine "rode shotgun". Another was made from the classic two by four lumber type frame. Steering? - The classic one bolt to the crosspiece in the middle with the itty-bitty wagon wheels on the ends. A rope loop completed the steering gear - kind of like the Ben Hur chariot race thing. Push start, direct drive, no brakes. My buddy wants to ride it but he forgets to keep tension on both sides of the rope loop. He gets halfway down the street, starts zig-zagging back and forth and goes over the curb onto the side walk. He tumbles out as the front wheels strip away from the cart and end up against the back wheels, right in the curb gutter. We ran up to him "Oh....Ooooooh! he laid there on his back, groaning. He was OK, but boy, it was pretty funny.
@haraldhilscher182
8 ай бұрын
Das ist wohl die 1. Rüttelplatte gewesen? Die es jemals gab? 😅
@crazyleyland5106
8 ай бұрын
Reminds me of washing machine destruction videos, where the machine is made to shake itself to bits. I'm glad this engine didn't destroy itself though.
@palominomale
8 ай бұрын
OMG the polite applause at the end, bravo! :D
@Shaker626
3 жыл бұрын
Diesel runaway must've been a bitch back in the day
@knegon
8 ай бұрын
Whole lotta shaking going on 😂😂😂
@charlesrussell569
8 ай бұрын
I'm watching this at 228am and laughing so hard I'm trying not to wake my wife! That video had me 😂🤣🤣🤣
@imxploring
8 ай бұрын
The engine didn't explode.... it was trying to escape!!!
@mdoy5667
7 ай бұрын
No soup for dinner tonight.
@boosted.
3 жыл бұрын
The early dirt thumper
@richardkaz2336
8 ай бұрын
nicely balanced motor.
@mikehsmith1
7 ай бұрын
I haven’t laughed so much in a while . It’s just watching so many pieces falling off all over the place whilst it starts to take off . Cracking 🤣
@mikawiemers8558
7 жыл бұрын
Kun menis aikoinaan keksintöään sijoittajille esittelemään ni kävis just näin :D
@vipertwenty249
4 ай бұрын
That's brilliant! That's what the hobby is all about - you spend years restoring an engine, you start it, you spend years restoring it again. You can have decades of fun out of just one old engine.
@tedsmith6137
3 жыл бұрын
Hardly an 'explosion'.
@davidterry2038
8 ай бұрын
What a beautifully balanced piece of machinery 😖😖
@johnnyfearlesszrx
7 ай бұрын
If there were subtitles... "Well this is another fine mess you've gotten me into, Stanley".
@am74343
8 ай бұрын
I only know a few Finnish words, and one of them is: PERKELE!
@kingearl2596
3 жыл бұрын
This engine does like a modern Renault car :-)
@noelmeijer8095
2 жыл бұрын
Renault? XD lol! ^^
@utubengh1
8 ай бұрын
Yes I had a Renault which was less than well behaved, when it was either hot, or cold. inbetween it ran fine.
@MihaelTurina
8 ай бұрын
Yeah, no. When mine is warmed up, it's so smooth and quiet you'd think it's electric.
@lancereagan3046
8 ай бұрын
That was a run-away engine, not an explosion.
@MikeJones-oo7wi
3 жыл бұрын
I dread the day the leather governor belt breaks on my 1916 Anderson.
@benwinter2420
8 ай бұрын
That's why Fred Dibnah dug that vertical shaft in backyard , bomb shelter in case his toys played up
@donwright3427
8 ай бұрын
That's nice too see the old engine has the devil in his piston waiting to take us to hell for our sins
@FrontSideBus
8 ай бұрын
Don't these things normally have a decompression lever?
@captainjohnh9405
8 ай бұрын
At last, an engine designed to make popcorn.
@Moppemannen_mattias
7 жыл бұрын
Helvete! Ingen rolig händelse... O det var tur att den stannade 😍
@Pikestnt
7 ай бұрын
Years ago, the carb on my bike was sticking so I tried fitting one from another bike. I had to take up yards of slack in the throttle cable and even then it ran really badly so I put the old carb back on. But I didn’t re-adjust the throttle cable…… …At first it wouldn’t start but when I bumped it, the engine caught and started running at 50% throttle as I headed towards a brick wall. I just managed to turn off the ignition in time, which was no mean feat as the switch was under the tank. I left it where it stopped and, shaking, went to the pub.
@scorpion2nz
8 ай бұрын
It has had enough of being a stationary engine , it wanted to grow up and be a mobile
@Nitramrec
8 ай бұрын
That's no explosion! The rotating and transversal moving parts of the motor were unbalanced!
@influentialgurning
6 ай бұрын
When engine builders discovered wheels, lorries began to cover larger distances than this and had a much smoother ride.
@itsruf1
7 ай бұрын
Was that the 1st time on that wood skid? No rubber mounts?
@Frumplecock
8 ай бұрын
I like your ancient plate compactor. It could use some updating though.
@nickmaclachlan5178
8 ай бұрын
Kinda looks like when a Helicopter enters "Ground Resonance" and disassembles itself! Lol.
@nicholasmarino1733
8 ай бұрын
O, well, back to the drawing board!!!!!
@Georgy-fg3bg
7 ай бұрын
Demonstration of the operation of the unique five-stroke Tändkulemotor: intake -> compression -> explosion -> finding and collecting parts -> reassembly -> intake...
@bokovav
6 ай бұрын
Давненько такого угарного видео не видел, похохотал от души =)
@rexjamison2170
8 ай бұрын
hadda girlfriend like that once...i miss her
@ronniefarnsworth6465
7 ай бұрын
Didn't I see this on "Looney Tunes" before !!! 😆 And then the clapping after !!! 🤣
@jamesrankin9833
8 ай бұрын
The harmonic balance was perfect!
@chuck5764
5 ай бұрын
Runs so good it did not want to stop.
@brownwrench
8 ай бұрын
That escalated quickly!
@hughezzell10000
6 ай бұрын
I started a 4cyl Deutz engine one time that had a secret plan to run away. And it did. Fortunately, I had the air cleaner off and slapped my hand over the 2" intake. That slowed it down but that crazy thing didnt want to die. I had to work at choking it down. And it still wanted to run. Never was so glad when it took it's final breath and gave it up. Wow. Didn't know the throttle rack was stuck open (new engine to me) and thus the kill lever wouldn't work. Learned a lot that day. BTW, the engine in this vid didn't run away. It was unbalanced and improperly mounted.
@pleaseholdadvertising7883
8 ай бұрын
Looks like Lural and Hardy had a total fail.
@mattj6676
8 ай бұрын
It looked like it was running backwards, too. The hit and miss motors I'm used to seeing rotate in the other direction, which probably explains why it was so out of balance. I've never run a European diesel, though.
@crazyleyland5106
8 ай бұрын
2 stroke engines can run in either direction. I don't know if this one is 2 stroke though.
@novembaer69
8 ай бұрын
It is a two stroke hot bulb . They are prone to run away from the start if there`s too much oil accumulated in the crankcase. The operators should have known and drain it before starting. @@crazyleyland5106
@paulmaxwell8851
8 ай бұрын
Some do, some don't. Those with crankshaft intakes (like many small model aircraft engines) can only run in one direction.
@keithammleter3824
7 ай бұрын
@@crazyleyland5106 Judging by the chap heating it with a blowtorch, it is a 2-stoke.
@keithammleter3824
7 ай бұрын
@@paulmaxwell8851 That's not correct. It is the crankcase intake engines that run in either direction. In fact they are usually started in reverse direction because it is easier and safer that way. When they are warmed up a bit, you cut off fuel and turn it back on again when compression makes it begin to turn in the right direction. It is the uniflow blower intake 2-stroke engines that cannot run backwards, as the blower will suck air out instead of pushing it in.
@jaxonboys3366
8 ай бұрын
The old ground resonance. Gets you every time if she's not bolted to something solid. Makes you say" whoop hoop wa what gimme gimme geta yow!
@lanesaarloos281
8 ай бұрын
That is a novel way of achieving forward motion. Maybe with a little perfecting.. a new mode of getting around
@ashleyfearon4121
8 ай бұрын
Reminds me of my Hillman Imp back in the 1970’s 😂
@seanconnolly7386
8 ай бұрын
Strange antifreeze mixture to stop overheating and a bag of sand under the bonnet to help handling .but Coventry climax engine was very tuneable 😊
@steverushforth7009
7 ай бұрын
The irony, my best friend raced small hydrofoils in the 70s/80s and the most popular engine was the imp engine due to its light weight and good power, he had a sunbeam stiletto engine on a test stand which he had fitted a gas flowed head cam and dellorto carbs, as soon started it stuck at full bore flying round the garage wrecking the place.
@nowemo130748
3 жыл бұрын
Echte Helden.....:-)
@TheUnvarnishedTruth-
8 ай бұрын
*Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Oh my God! That was absolutely f*cking hilarious! I have not laughed that hard in a long, long time!* *And when it started jumping around, that guy started to stand on it to hold it down... But then he changed his mind and jumped right off real quick!* *I mean come on... It only has one big piston! Of course it is going to jump all around the place!* *The water splashing everywhere! Parts coming loose! Everything literally falling to pieces! I really just could not stop laughing man!*
@benwinter2420
8 ай бұрын
They are an carnie act . . they do this 'show' all over Scandinavia during old engine shows in summer . . everyone polite claps & tips & moves on
@mickangio16
8 ай бұрын
"Hold ma beer, Isaiah. Y'all watch 'iss!"
@robleary3353
8 ай бұрын
Sad though it was to see it shake itself apart. These things were made tough and with a bit of 'tinkering' will be back up and running in no time!. Nuff said! 🙂
@ManMountainMetals
8 ай бұрын
Well, he didn't 🏃♂️ run😂 braver man than I 😮
@kurtolsson9557
8 ай бұрын
Ja så går det med en tändkulemotor när man inte har koll på vad man gör!🤣
@nessie42786
6 ай бұрын
That hit and miss engine just turned into a Chain Chomp right before your eyes.
@garywhisenhunt6440
6 ай бұрын
I had a boss who grabbed a sparkplug connection to stop a wood splitter. I had to run over and hit the kill switch bc he couldn't let go... lol.
@DAS-Videos
7 ай бұрын
That kid was so close to having his foot pulled under the flywheel.
@bruceparker9353
8 ай бұрын
Was it to running backwards?
@federicoaliaga3892
7 ай бұрын
It needs some modifications, but do you want it or not?
@christophernewman5027
8 ай бұрын
A cracking start to my day! 😅
@plisskenationbackfromthede3657
6 ай бұрын
So many lol points in the vid- "Is it supposed to do that?" Idk? Or the guy in the grey jumpsuit that casually walks away like "i dont know these people" Or the field of debris everywhere when it was all said and done. Or grey jumpsuit guy coming back acting like he helped when it was over. Or the standing ovation they got at the end. Take your pick 😂 good classic youtubery. I bet that guys legs still feel like jello all these years later
@Paul-ou1rx
8 ай бұрын
Just like computers, explosions were much slower back then.
@edwinbruckner4752
7 ай бұрын
These 2 men created a whole new racing catagory, hahaha.😂
@sahiel5
6 жыл бұрын
i call it succes
@jimmcknight1189
6 ай бұрын
I built a 2 cylinder double acting steam engine in my shop about 25 years ago. It was modeled after the Stanley Steam automobile engine of the late 'teens. 3-1/2" Dia x 4" Stroke. It was about 3-1/2 feet long. The intention was to mount it under a '74 Peugeot car with a a rear transaxle with independent rear wheel suspension. I took the thing to work and asked the boss if I could run it on compressed air. The place had a 30 HP Roots blower type rotary air compressor outside and it could handle the load. Oiled it up and had it running mounted on to wood blocks on a pallet. Lit the thing off with the boss watching...pretty awesome. The action was very smooth. As I adjusted the Stevenson link valve gear to get best cutoff, the thing sped up. Running it longer, it started wearing in and running faster. I used 60 pitch roller chain sprocket between the cranks to later hook up to a sprocket on the Peugeot transaxle gear box differential spider. Eventually the thing started ripping along at about 200 rpm. My boss was watching "There it goes!" the thing came loose and that 60 pitch sprocket was sawing through the pallet wood right as I shut off the air. It was totally awesome.!
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