Very sweet toy that you have there, when I was young I use to play with them, today at 71 years of age I came across with this outstanding video, a big smile came across my face, I stock like glue to it, it was music to my ears, my most expensive thanks to you for sharing it with us, blessings to you and your love ones, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico Jesus Torres.

Had one on an air compressor years ago. It was a beast. Never failed me and I used it alot. Sometimes it ran all day long in both 90 degree heat and below zero temps. Kept the oil changed and oil bath air cleaner serviced regularly. I never did anything to the mag or spark plugs either. They just don't make anything like that anymore

I love seeing old equipment being saved. I was born waaaaay too late in time

Man you have no idea how much I appreciate this video, I have a Lincwelder 180 that has a Wisconsin powering it and I couldn’t find any books or information on it! I got what I been looking for from this video appreciate it, and will be subscribing!

I live in the town that all current production Wisconsin engines are built. Not much going on anymore but they are still building them. Very neat engine designs that have proved to be reliable for decades.

These Wisconsin Air Cooled engines were real work horses. We don't get to see these here on KZfaq very much these days.

I have two engines like that. Great engines . Almost bullet proof.

I’m doing one now for a swather rebuild.

Nice little engine mate you did well. I fix small engines in my spare time now I'm retired. Lots of fun getting these old engines running.again. I also fix small old outboard motors. Kind regards from Auckland New Zealand.

Those wisconsins will almost always fire up with a little tinkering :)

I have one currently being Balky, its sitting on a 1963 Heckendorn tri-mower, has been running very good. It has a bendix carb, and F&M mag, getting spark (might be weak), has compression, I cleaned the fuel feed bowl but think I need to go into mag, and carb can get it too chug on occasion but refuses to fire over. It was just running well 2 weeks ago. Nice upload!

I found one of these at work on a Target brand concrete saw. Cant wait to get the engine home and get it chopping along like this beast right here. The revs sound amazing. All my small engines are single cylinder so a twin is gonna be really fun to mess with. I subscribed too man

I was just thinking of repowering my John Deere 317 with one of these. Come across this video and now I’m definitely intrigued

I wish someone would make a pulling tractor out of one of these. Definitely something I'd like to get around to.

Love the videos. I could watch them all day if I had the time.

I stumbled on this video while looking for old gas engines, and i wasn’t disappointed at all. Apart from the interesting engine, you sir should get a job on the radio, you have a wonderful baritone voice. could listen to you talking all day......

U have magic in your knowledge of working with these engine's

Picking 2 of these up today. Cant wait to do exactly what youre doing in this video lol ive been searching for even one of these motors for a while now.

I have a THD that I run all the time. Great engine. Have a 4 cylinder Wisconsin I would love to rebuild but little nervous of parts.

Just picked up a TJD on a Case Davis trencher. Also have an Aries loader tractor 🤠

Great job brother, that engine sounded fantastic after that valve freed up for you. Those old twins have a very cool old sound. Great work ethic and very methodical approach to small engine problem solving, many fall short at that stage. You should be very proud of yourself mate. I can't wait to see what's next for you. Your skills definitely have my attention, from the central coast N.S.W Australia. 🤠👍🤝

Love the old Wisconsin and the ariens! I have an old Wisconsin I need to work on too

It,s one the best gas engine in a world,i like the sound,at the low R.P.M,Thanks for the video.

geez my Dad had an old John Deere Baler that had a Wisconsin on it back in the day cool

You know it's a well built motor when that little 2 cylinder sounds like a Farmall H when it's running lol Great save Jake! I was thinking the same thing, how cool would that be in a Sears Suburban lol

Got one of those old beasts. It sat for ages and somehow got water down in the case even though there was no sign of having rusted up. The oil pump housing has some bad corrosion though. Has put indefinite hold on doing anything with it. Missing the ID plate and haven't had the head off. Is the crank start. Have a 1cyl crank-start version of this paired up to a JAGER (sp) cement mixer...obviously not factor since it pokes out well beyond the cabinet. Thinking might have an intake leak since it's a pain to start even after the carb rebuild...won't stay running w/o partial choke & won't idle. Also has blue flame coming out the exhaust when run at night. Been a long time since ran it...really need to get it going so can use the mixer it's attached to. Can churn out more concrete in 1 go.

Very good hay baler engines back in the day 😊

Working on one currently that is going to power a Yazoo mower I'm converting to a off-road machine doing the works to it changing the carb out to a mikuni style port polish and reseal the whole engine also going to gamble on deleting the governor on it which shouldnt be an issue given that with the different carb setup throttle controls will be completely manual also won't have a need for an overzealous fuel pump at higher rpms

Started quick! Love to have one. Nice work 👍

Thank You for an awesome video !!!!!!!!!!

Cool engine just bought one myself going to be fixing it this winter hopefully. Was hoping for a sequel just going to have to wait👍

You can grind down the side of a nut for the broken ear on carb is what we did back then

I just picked one of these engines up at a sale for 5$, hope I can get it going here soon.

I have a model TH, without stelite exhaust valves. It has the 6v Autolite starter and gear driven generator and distributor which runs off the cam gear where the mag would go. The serial number puts mine at 1957 and I have a cast iron Zenith carb. I think all of the older TE, TF and TFD engines had cast iron carbs. I would guess this engine is a later THD since it has an aluminum carb, if it's the original. Also the provisions for flywheel alternator probably rule out the earlier motors as well. The timing advance marks on the fan shrouds are different too. The TE and TF series have a 27 degree advance. The TH and THD have a 20 degree advance. Those are the only differences I know of.

Picking up 2 of these motors tomorrow for 450 bucks, one is attached to a lincoln arc welder

Plug wire orientation is easiest way to tell whether even or odd fire on the mag, or distributor caps. Another easy way is to take a lengthy piece of welding wire, or the like, and stick it down each bore. This will not, for example, tell you the difference between a TD and a THD. The "H" specifies steralite valves. Crank speed will tell you if early lower HP model.

Down here in southeast mass there are a lot of these old Wisconsins used on the cranberry bogs for bog sanders and harvest equipment, all in home made custom built stuff that the local farmers have come up with, they are great old motors rock solid, electric start is kinda rare, imagine hand cranking one of these on a bog ice sander on a cold day in January

they were tough motors to bad they went by the wayside are parts hard to find?

Yep yours is in much better shape than the one i just came home with. Been doing time as a wood splitter. Mice nest helped rust that bottom plate. Any one need parts?

Old engine sounds good

I've got this same passion about old engines, nothing more pleasing than to bring them back to life and just listen to them purring away. By the way l notice you got exact same screwdriver, did l lend it to you 🤔 😁.

Great video & good job Jake ! Love the WI two cylinders ! I'd been wondering when you'd have another video out. As you promised a few months back, you'd be getting at another WI soon. It was a joy to have it show up today !! You got a real steal on it for $35. I've had to pay north of $100 & north of $200 for the last THD & TJD respectively I bought this summer. The THD I got didn't come equipped with electric start & I have yet to get it started via the crank. I had to mount a pulley & used a belt & a Kohler K91 to start it. Didn't want to risk a broken wrist or arm via it kicking back. It runs ok, but won't idle down like it should. I've cleaned the carb thoroughly & replaced the carb to manifold gasket (eliminating the vacuum leak possibility there) to no avail. I'm thinking another attempt at either cleaning or replacing the points might be the fix ? Any thoughts ? On the subject of point cleaning, I've had pretty good success removing the points & lightly sanding them with a drum sander on a Dremel tool. I just did a 13hp cast iron Briggs I just picked up that way & she purrs like a tom cat in a meat house. The THD I bought came with the factory side mounted fuel tank. I'm still working on the TJD (pre start prep, like you did here). Fortunately it came with the electric start option, but no fuel tank. A side note on telling the THD"s, TFD's & TF's apart from the TJD's is those 3 have (when equipped with magneto as opposed to the ones with a distributor) the plug wires directly across from one another on the mag cover, whereas the TJD the plug wires are diagonal from one another. You might keep an eye peeled for an old Power King tractor (50's - very early 60's vintage ) for your THD, as some of them came with either a THD or TJD. Thanks for the great informative video & I hope you've had a good summer & had some time for your own projects (trucks, etc) now & then between shows & work. Keep the videos coming !

At 9:58 you see the little mouse in the background behind the battery jumper

I want one of these. I think my Cub would love one

I'm very impressed! and just subscribed.

This is the perfect engine for my wooden homemade truck plus Sounds Better Than The Briggs and Stratton

That’d make a cool sounding golf cart!

Good video, I have a few of these gems.

Aw man that thing sounds good.

Nice job . I have a question plz where can i get the rebuild kit for the carburetor? Mine leaks gas from the choke any help plz

I’d put one of these in a pulling tractor that thing sounds awesome

The "D" suffix denotes long life exhaust valves and seats and positive rotator on exhaust valves as I recall..

That thing is awesome. I always wanted one of them

I unstuck the exhaust valve on a 10-horse B&S with wasp & hornet spray. Had an 8 or 10-horseWisconson that had one of those magnetos, nice engine.

About to dive into a W4-1770.

sweet running old engine,dont see many of them

How do i clean the oil air filter on a Wisconsin TE TF

Ive literally never taken the float bowl off mine.

I don't know if you said but do you know what horsepower that engine is rated for? I'm thinking about 15 hp, but don't really know. That would make a strong go-cart engine.

How do you set the timing gears with the magneto all in one

Oh at least that one has a starter my Dads Wisconsin didnt, Hand crank

Where do you get parts?

One of the arch nemesis a mouse ran by at 9:57

I keep all i can off parts machines, especially fixings, like the screws nuts and bolts i undo to pull a part at the wreckers. How many times do you go to get something going and find bodgy fixings or no fixing replacing ones that someone has lost at some time. Glad to see you on, its been a while lad. Business and them gals keeping you busy lol. Nice engine, wasnt hard to get going either.

Sounds like it is ready to go to work

Sounds like one piston is up while the other is down. Just going by the uneven spacing of the impulses. Did you verify?

You did GOOD! I remember one of those being the power unit for a dump trailer that was pulled by a 9k Ford tractor without a wet line on it. I've always had a place for any Wisconsin engine. Been around the V-4's more than the 2's but always wanted a 2 for something, no telling what They're sharp engines and when the other piston fired you weren't the only one with a big grin. So fall is on the way and maybe you'll get a break and can do what you want to do for a change. Thanks for this, Pal! You and everything else including the music get an A-PLUS from me!

No entiendo el idioma.... Pero la mecánica es un lenguaje universal Saludos desde Chile

What a cool little engine. My Grandfather’s Gibson, out of Longmont, Colorado in 1948 has a Wisconsin single cylinder. So when it first started I thought; that’s a familiar sound!! But when you got it running on both man what a difference. Do you have any idea what the HP of that engine is?

What is it with Wisconsin engines, being so cheap? Some of the easiest and best quality motors out there to work on. I would love to find one with electric start, but when set up right, they do hand crank easy. Good job, I too have a pallet of old good running Wisconsin's and a old Novo

I sure like your music !

You will always be able to tell a TJD because where the plug wires exit the mag. cover will be stagered..the others are always parallel

Nice sound. I saved a thd from the scrapyard today. Mine has a distributor though and generator beneath the carby. Also has a reduction gearbox of 3-3/4 to 1 with 5 belt grooves on the pulley. I'll need to panelbeat the cowl as it was thrown into the junkheap. Had to remove the head to free the exh valves- all good now, noticed the piston tops very clean and no ring ridges visible so should be a good runner. Serial no is 3631917- any clue how old it is? Have had no luck chasing sites with this info. Greetings from South Australia!

Is that the same carburetor that is on the Gravely L?

nice job

I have one on a saw rig...no spark where do I go from there? That ks

Nice and it sounds great!

Hay man how do you take the engine apart from the rest of the welder

hello very good engine you can make a video about the points of the magnet please I have one and I do not know how to assemble it thanks

I need help with this I have one too

I'm going to work on a pair of twin Wisconsin one is tfd other is thd both have been sitting over 25 years. I want to hear them run before investing much money into them. Is there a way to prime the oil pump without removing the sump and having to replace gaskets on what could be a worn out engine?

That sounds awesome

Being a 12volt gear starter, I'd think it's a TJD model

Very nice and I would love to find one of these I’ve seen them around but never stopped to ask it would be cool to find one with the original piece of farm implement that it was on I would restore both that Foley And the implement it self

Shucks ! Y’all got $35.00 worth of grinning out of making it run 😃

09:55 one of your little buddies making a show 🐀👍👍🇺🇸

Fun video

Neat engine! How much do you think it weighs?

Nice one

thats a damn cool piece XD

id love to put one of those in my allis chalmers 410

Hi! What state are you from?

Very cool

I have a small farm and I'm not really in the market for a regular tractor, but I've become fascinated by these 2 wheel tractors. New ones are too pricey for me. Where would you suggest I look for an old one to refurbish? I'm handy with small engines and I can weld, if that matters.

This dude sound like an 80 year old man when he talks. Say all kinda old fashion words

I have a tjd it pretty cool

Excellent. Thanks for uploading. How is the search coming for a shop of your own?

I recently picked up a Wisconsin that looks similar to this. It too is missing the tag. What is the small lever thing on the side of the block, just above the oil fill?

YES build a puller with that :)))

Whats the weight of that thing?