Just found your channel, and I'm glad that I did. You are doing what I really enjoy and can no longer do. It's a real shame that age and health prevent so many people from doing what we enjoy. Your old engines remind me of my old '40 Chevy coupe'. Old 216ci six cylinder and six volt system. Seems like I was always tinkering with it. But it was a real joy to hear it fire up. I imagine that you get the same feeling from your old cast iron beauties. And, to me, they are beautiful. People like you are quite rare today. I really hope that your videos and others like it inspire more young people to look back and see how the industrial age came about. The "lost ways" should not be lost forever. Thank you. And, yes, I did subscribe.

That was fun. I love seeing old iron working again.

Hi, I'm 80 years old but was never around any of these old machines so I'm really enjoying watching your videos. Please do keep up the great work of bringing these old beauties back to life. I only wish that we had saved more of them but I guess the war effort came first. Thanks again.

They have a club here and they put on a show at a historical farm property. They used to do it twice a year in the spring and fall pre covid. Personally I would like to find an old hit and miss that was intended to power a boat with the prop and shaft attached. I have only seen one. It was at one of the clubs shows. It had a large sign: NOT FOR SALE on it. So I guess that I am not alone in my quest for a marine hit and miss. Heck I would build a boat to go around that.

Looks like it takes a lot of hard work spinning them over to get them started. Surely don't want to get any body part in any of those moving parts whatsoever. Lots of serious torque there... Obviously would be a very bumpy run that would jar your teeth out if they were ever used for any type transportation. But oh so interesting to watch them run... Thanks!

Wow that hurt my back watching you. I bet you a lot of folk would have given up at the first fart, that includes myself. Hats off.

love seeing these old engines come back to life.

That thing is a damn beast! Lol

I love listening to the hit and miss engines running. My grandpa had one running the salt water pump, for a gas well, on his farm. The little Hercules motor kept enough gas pumping to run 3 or 4 V8's pumping irrigation wells. Each of them 8 to 12inches and 630foot deep.I was always impressed by that hit and miss that kept a pump jack going 24/7 for years. We took good care of it, but it almost never failed us.

Great work - these are the machines that built the world - their uses around the world were many. Well worth saving them for the next generations to see how things were done. Hello from New Zealand.

Love seeing these engines running. Have several that I need to get out and get running again

Watching these old engines run fascinate me. I run a letterpress and enjoy watching the old presses and machinery!!

Amazing old machines! Thanks for these!

The best fun of seen for a long time is you trying to get to engines to run that is the best part of the video

Love the old hit & miss engines! If you are wrenching on them, I'm willing and eager to watch!

Late to the fun as usual, but better late than never I always say.

Great video and all the best from Tasmania. Australia. Subscription added.........we have alot of these old hit & miss engines down under, a lot of them still running and on display at fairs and shows. Stay safe and loved the video.............

Great work mate.

Years ago I was hunting in South Dakota on Indian reservation and farm/ ranch we were on had a old building sight and there must have been 10 of these hit/miss engines there and a crate full of new parts and plugs

I love engines of all sorts.😊 SUCCESS TO YOU. The ignition looks