Would love to see it under a load

This engine sure does run sweet still.

nice it doesn't miss a beat absolutely beautiful

My pleasure!

Sad they dont make Them more mutc Better then new engine

I will do a video with an in depth explanation of how it all works hopefully this spring.

Line up the flywheel to the correct position to put the #1 cylinder just past TDC. Fill the oil box, as it's a total loss oil system, and will need to be kept topped up everytime it runs. Manually lube all other external moving parts. Pull fuel injector handle repeatedly to build fuel pressure and to prime the fuel system. Turn on the compressed air, to get engine rolling. Shut air off when engine fires. There is a check valve in the cylinder that the compressed air goes into, that will prevent a combustion event from feeding back through the air-line. To shut engine off, pull the throttle handle back, that overcomes the governor and won't let the mechanical fuel injector pump send any more fuel into the engine.

The formula for calculating torque I found estimated over 4,000 ft/lbs.

@@dustyworking7585 wow what a monster

@@dustyworking7585 Less than that.... I'm not sure what the 2 cylinder version put out for torque, but the 3 cylinder version output 3670ft-lbs, so this one would obviously be about a third less.

At approx every 2.2 years (20,000 hours) of continuous service, the engines had to be torn down and have bearings replaced. Every 4.5 years (40,000 hours), the bearings again, and piston pins, needed to be replaced. The pistons in these engines were VERY tall, and HEAVY.

The fuel does all the work, to keep the flywheel rolling.

Yes, I took the video on the last day of the Tri-State show in Portland, IN.

They were put to service in a wide variety of applications over the years. This one came off a pumping station on an oil pipeline in West Virginia over 50 years ago. They can still be found in service in municipal electric plants as backup generators and in flood plane pumping stations.

@@dustyworking7585 Thanks for that, I had wondered about sawmills or factory power plants. Wonderful to see people keeping them alive.

I found this one in a guy's yard. Sadly the number of these setting around decreases when scrap prices go up. I suppose you can run it in the 50 rpm range if you try hard enough. You could power any number of things with it, but I'm not sure what might need that much power other than a generator.

@Dean Allender Too massive! haha.

@@dustyworking7585 These were used alot for agricultural and mining for water pumping applications. I'm guessing old sawmills and such would have used versions of these also.

@@dustyworking7585 how consistent is the rpm? could be nice for a machine shop

It is a 2-stroke, so no valves in the head. They do have a valve that works like a reed valve on the side of the block.

@@dustyworking7585, Interesting, thanks for the reply! I'm interested in possibly owning a FM, where should I look?

@@jacknedry3925 These big ones come for sale every now and again. I've seen them on ebay, facebook, smokstak and other websites. Swap meets and shows are typically the best bet finding just about any brand and size engine a person could want they are just a less predictable on what you can find, but that's part of the fun.

@@dustyworking7585, What cylinder count is most common?

@@jacknedry3925 I would say the 2 cyl. is the most common. They are the ones I have heard of the most. The single and two cyl. ones would obviously be the easiest to transport, but they built them all the way up to a 6 cyl.

They are found in old factories, city electricity plants, flood and irrigation pump houses, etc.

It’s a diesel standby motor, probably very little consumption at all. It’s just idling, I wouldn’t use this for any work hardly at all, maybe to just drive a small pump but that’s about it.

@@michaelbenoit248 would be cool to run a gen head

Not much more than modern diesels maybe 200g/h per 1kW.

Idling, it uses only about 4 gal/hr with me throttling it up and down every few minutes to blow smoke rings. I will try to see if the manual estimates fuel consumption at rated.

@@dustyworking7585 it would be cool if you made it run a gen head. hell it would power your whole home! and it would be cool. only one ever made

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