My father-in-law told of the 'early days' - that from the earliest days automobile and other manufacturers were always trying to come up with ways to make people buy new products. They tried and tried again to get laws passed that would force people to 'recycle' older cars, even if they had many years life left in them. He said that luckily for people who like older vehicles, they didn't succeed. Another thing that they did was start demolition derbies, because so many cars were destroyed in them. They even tried in my memory to get older cars banned (because of 'pollution'). Then they started making the throwaway cars, such as the Chevy Vega and Ford Pinto. Planned obsolescence... a concept that the person who dreamed it up should have been shot for. The corporations have gotten American culture shaped to serve their greed - a throwaway society. Try finding someone who would rather fix something than just throw it away and get new - and you'll find someone with a strong appreciation of how things USED to be built. Shoot, they even have throwaway people now. That's what the homeless and very poor are (in reality).

Yup. Mass produced, low quality, greed and money. I wish i could be reborn back in the 50's.

Gosh. Ever heard of punctuation?

They have lower RPM than modern engines. The load on the parts is also much lower. They're incredibly inefficient. Hot bulb engine would be lucky to have a thermal efficiency of 15%. Modern gasoline engines have thermal efficiencies around 50%. Modern engine RPM is many times higher. Sure, an engine with lower tolerances will serve for a greater length of time, but it won't complete nearly as much work as a modern engine, and modern engines are easily rebuilt. Most of the bearing inserts are made from soft, malleable copper alloys. The cylinder sleeves are easily replaced. Tolerances are much tighter, parts are perfectly balanced, and it contributes to a much higher efficiency and smoother operation.

1. Its not sabb marine, its SABB MOTOR 2. SABB MOTOR is norwegian not swedish. 3. SABB MOTOR are still producing marine engines :)

Hundested motor is a danish motor...

The engine is point lubed. An oil drop runs down to every point that needs to be lubed. U count the drops once in a while to check if i lubes enough. When u have had the engine running u have to empty a can with old oil that ran through the engine

No, I think the batteries in background at 1.58 are connected via the grey switch to heat the glow plugs in the top of each cylinder. Then the big brass lever is pulled to let compressed air turn over the engine.

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At some point many of these engines were converted to use glow plugs instead of messing with blow lamps. Nice and clean, and much faster.

@@Daaremikkel These "glow plugs" were actually a coil of resistance wire , and the small coil of wire on the top was an indicator to show that the unit was working. The heating method before this was the use of a cartridge which was lit ,and screwed into the cylinder (were the glow plug is shown). The actual "bulb" was like a skull cap, and was fitted inside the cylinder.No blowlamp was used on this type of engine.

aw look, in marine diesels anyway ( which is NOT cars !) there have been, and still are many fine engines made by Yanmar, Perkins, Cat, GM, Volvo, Isuzu and others. Look at the 1970s Volvo M3 it has individually replaceable cylinders and heads, rod bearings accessable through side plates, robust castings. Even modern high speed diesels are made to high standards. Although it is a 30's design.. the 6-71 and related diesels are made with integrity, are serviceable, have very long life and have evolved as high power / lb engines. Designs have changed, and not many locomotive weight engines go into "small " boats anymore.. but that doesn't mean the quality isn't there. If old fashioned is your style.. look no further than the SABB..

Mine is 200hp.

yup... not sure if this was retrofit... or original.. much like the Mercedes of the 1960's that had a little resistance wire behind a grill on the dash.. so you could see when it was red hot! no blow torch.. a safety plus at sea.. although this is an engine that probably isn't shut down for days at a time.

Capt Larry - the engine is 1960, so the resistance heaters would be OEM. They also allow running at really low engine speeds, where the bulb can lose heat otherwise. Be a real pain with any kind of flame heater, but an electric rig you can even have automatic control keep it warm over days of lugging. I wonder if you can bounce reverse a twin?

NOT !!.... just!!!... it is a diesel who need a candle for start.......

It is. There is a steel "skull cap" in each cylinder head, which heats up when the engine is running. Note that the injector is facing upwards (to spray on the cap), unlike ordinary engines. If these engines were awrkward to start, or starting on 1 cylinder, it was a sign that the skull cap had burnt away , and needed replacing.