Putt Putt Sputters, It's Alive It's Alive...it stills has life in it. Amazing how the things were put together and the internals were made and last that long. Way Cool..Thanks Roadking !!

Thanks , you have shown us something special, you guys have tremendous talent.

Very sweet, but I would be pretty leary laying my arm across those spark plugs!

thats awesome. great engine!! sounds like a outboard motor when it runs out of the water. awesome sound too!

Antique motorcycle build would be cool but a lot of planning and thinking would need to take place I say go for it!

what great noise. Another stunning engine video.

Nice work! Glad to see and hear this one running!

I love that engine sound!

Roadking is the best. Watch all your video's! Greetings from the Netherlands.

That is a good sounding engine. Good to see it running.

You got your exercise for the day starting that thing. Nice engine!

Awesome Farmall. I remember my father had a '59 Farmall cub when I was a kid.

Very nice!!!! It sounds good as it warms up. I bet that was a very high-performance engine back in its day!

That's a cool engine. I could see someone putting that in an old farmall or something. Pretty cool.

That would be too cool in a vintage boat to cruise around the lake in!

Sounds cool . What a work out to start it .

holy ship shaker,

beautiful engine guys, took some starting but to was well worth the effort, sounded great. ken (england)

Great job ! That is one cool engine .

Gave him a little workout, but it runs pretty good. Definitely a cool piece of history...would be great to put it in an old wooden boat.

Love that old motor !! And I cant forget the old farmall !!!!!

awesome sound

Wow! What a workout getting it started...but what an engine! :) Jack

Two cycle triple, just like both my old Saab and suzuki GT 750! Neat old engine!

Pretty sweet RK...Made a good noise when it neared it's happy place.

It would be so Cool to have that engine in an Antique wooden boat

Very cool!

holly hell! I would hate to have to get that ol' girl started out in the middle of a lake.....

John, Congratulations in getting the engine running. Sorry I wasn't able to visit with you last Saturday. The engine was direct connected to the boat propeller, and turned in either direction depending on which way you wanted your boat to go. Larry Cauffman, Masonville

That engine should definitely be in a motorcycle frame, what a sound!

love the Farmall!

Johns got some sweet toys!

Good to see it running.....man that would have to have some good floppy mounts to be in a wooden boat. Mind you, with the proper carb etc bet it runs great at high revs.

Now that is a nice sounding engine, like an old Saab 96 but a lot beefier :)

sounds sweet,would be hard to miss that sound at shows

man how can you guys hear with that thing sounding like the 1812 overture with the popping/ running ..lol It's cool to see it going again

that must be a very interesting engine to try and start.

OOOOOOOOOOOO music to my ears!!!!!!!

sound good

I love this channel keep the videos coming!

Great seeing her run :) No need to go down the gym after doing that a few times :D

all right lets go boating lol good job guys

Lol I noticed he must be right handed spinning cc instead of ccw in the last episode ( not that it makes a damn bit of diff on a 2 smoke) Many 2 strokes with the secondary clutch latch out are run backwards to reverse the drivetrain . Not far off on the fuel setup . Nice Farmall!!!!

Sound pretty good man ! Hope he can find the carb he needs ..

I do know that some of the old Wisconsin V-4 engines used the Marvel-Schebler side draught carbs. I've forgotten the model number of those engines,..maybe VG4D or VH4D or something like that. So if anybody out there has some Wisconsin engine parts lying around they might be able to help John with this by contacting 805ROADKING. I seem to remember that the guys were spinning that engine the opposite rotation the other day, that might have had something to do with difficulty in starting. Or would that make any difference in this 2-stroke design Roberts. Great video ROADKING. !

Is that a 2 Stroke? Sounds like the Wartburg 3 cylinder marine engine!

Looks like it would be fun in a rail buggy or a go-cart.

Cool

well from what I see in this video there spinning the motor the other way round , that might help it lol. great videos tho love the sounds these things make lol

Wich direction does that engine run in? In the first video y'all were cranking it in counter clockwise motion and this time it was clockwise.

*Love the sound of her lol!!* _would love to see one in a boat again!_ i guess you where trying to run her in reverse on the other video?

That the way my old Harley used to start. a manly task.

Stubborn old monster, but when they get going they flat out go.

Id hate too try and start that in a boat in the water. Might not be too much fun lol

Ok, that is how my 1976 Chrysler outboard sounds in the driveway. I run it just to listen to it purrr.

Dang that thing vibrates a lot

That thing is kinda terrifying

Man, that sucker is a bucking bronco! Very cool considering that's probably the oldest engine I've ever seen run! The orchard application is pretty cool, but I gotta wonder what the boat it came out of looked like. Wouldn't surprise me if there's a guy out there with a wooden boat wishing he had the original Roberts 15HP engine to go in it!

I notice he's spinning it the opposite way compared to the first video. I know 2 strokes can operate either way. Does it run better this way?

i like

The Model T carb is probably causing a lot of the issue. Two-strokes have a very weak vacuum pulse compared to a 4-stroke, so 2-stroke carbs typically have much larger jetting than an equivalent 4-stroke carb.

I noticed the rotation right off, but figured timing was set for rotation

Sounds like a 2-stroke! Nice job guys! LOL A bit off-balance maybe?

So in the first video everyone was pulling the flywheel anti clockwise to start it, yet now it's running clockwise! It can go both ways I guess.

What are those 4 brass on the rt/side of the motor ? They look like large boat plugs ???

Moto kubota antigos Anos 70 a 80. Quero saber relíquias

Great video Roadking! I'm trying to figure out the ignition timing. Two cycle fires on every rev, but how is the distribution done? Any ideas? Thanks eric

Man doesn't mind being a cripple the rest of his life can stand on the ground and reach over and start a tractor engine. It's really no a problem. Unless it kills him then all bets are off. Just keep on doing it. By the way I love your engines.

Sweet!!!! X3....Note to self buy don`t buy an engine unless it has electric start...LOL

Runs good for a old 2 stroke what was that used for back in the day.

just an additional thought if you ran a bigger diameter pipe on the exhaust you would have a lower but just as loud of sound like they go Fairbanks engines

Man, that's about a temperamental prick to start (especially with that small flywheel) I think your buddy John would be wise to get an old flathead Ford starter with a rubber wheel on the shaft to spin this thing without having to risk breaking a couple fingers or a wrist, when it finally decides to fire. Sounds pretty healthy once it's running though.😁 *EDIT:* Just had a funny thought... I'd hate to be in the middle of a lake and have to try to start this thing, especially with a direct drive prop attached. You'd probably waste less energy just rowing back to shore.🤣

in the other video were they boys spinning it counter-clockwise??? why is it running clockwise now?

Is this a 2 stroke?

I watched the previous video of him and Mike trying to start it. Were they spinning the engine thebwrwomg way in the first video?

My dad told me stories about an old Gray Marine engine in a lifeboat he had around the early 1920's, told me you could slow it down real slow and restart it backwards, eliminating the need for a transmission, would this run backwards too?

what a lovely engine! this is a 2 stroke right ?

Nice A

temperamental indeed !

Why don't you use a socket and a drill motor to turn it over since it is so tempermental?

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How were these started originaly? i.e. in the boat?

they were turning the flywheel counter clockwise in the first video.

You need a pony motor to start that thing. Definitely made before balance shafts came out.

What a beast. No wonder old timers were always missing fingers and stuff. LOL.

It may have been rebuilt but never run back in. Looks like it's rpm happy though.

need to make some sort of electric or gas powered wheel to turn that flywheel when shes cold

Put it on a washing machine, put that shaking to work! XD Oh, or maybe an ice-cream maker!

The Roadfarts built that from three gerry helmits an a soup bowl.

Id be afraid to hurt my hand trying to start it

two stoke too?

Has your buddy John found a carb yet if not I just saw a couple on eBay that would maybe work. One was for a 15 HP marine engine just a different brand but it was a sheb!led model D.

Yey

Assuming it's in as good a shape as it was in its hay day, how on earth did they start them when they were down in the small hole in the deck?

Any wonder the 4cycle won out??

Ive got a1952 Briggs 5s and it will start 2 pulls 10 degres out

What is this hobby called

Giving Jay Leno a run for his money with that Roberts marine engine!

sounds better than a civic

is this engine gas?