kinda cool

[flamingchicken]

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hows...work-video.htm

i call this hit and miss.

[StrtRacer98]

Re: kinda cool





From my collection.

The first is extremely rare, ive been offered alot of $ for it.

The second my grandfather bought new, and handed it down to my dad and him to me.
It hadnt ran in 30 years, and I started tinkering with it had it going in an hour.

[flamingchicken]

Re: kinda cool

i dont care who you are, thats fuggin cool!!!

you are a little bit cooler now.

[StrtRacer98]

Re: kinda cool

Thanks, its pretty fun to tinker with, I showed them in quite a few shows last year.

They are kinda hard to run actually, getting them tuned just right and starting them can be a royal PITA.

[StrtRacer98]

Re: kinda cool

Heres some more pics

[StrtRacer98]

Re: kinda cool

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=15628859

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=15628859

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=15628859

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=15628859

[flamingchicken]

Re: kinda cool

i wouldnt mind getting my hands on one.

[flamingchicken]

Re: kinda cool

i dont know why it took me till the third video to realize you linked up all 4 the same.

[StrtRacer98]

Re: kinda cool

Oops!

[Leonard 3.8L]

Re: kinda cool

Holycrap; that's an old piece of machinery there.

[dafirebird]

Re: kinda cool

I've always been facinated with those engines....

How do you start them?? by spinning the flywheel untill it fires??

Do they run on gasoline or kerosine??

[Leonard 3.8L]

Re: kinda cool

I've always been facinated with those engines....

How do you start them?? by spinning the flywheel untill it fires??

Do they run on gasoline or kerosine??

Gasoline probably.

[flamingchicken]

Re: kinda cool

I've always been facinated with those engines....

How do you start them?? by spinning the flywheel untill it fires??

Do they run on gasoline or kerosine??

you spin it in the direction you want it to go (apparently it can go either direction) slowly and then a little bit faster and at some point it takes over.

starting a hit and miss

[StrtRacer98]

Re: kinda cool

Alot of them have too much compression to start them by just spinning the flywheel free handed. You can hold the exhaust valve open with your finger by pushing on the spring on the outside of the head, and spin the flywheel with the other hand pretty quick, and release the valve and itll start.

If your good you can start it without the valve, especially if its been running and is still warm. I can do it, but prefer not to usually.

Theres alot more to them then the videos show.

Theres speed control, timing advance, air fuel ratio etc.

[StrtRacer98]

Re: kinda cool

Do they run on gasoline or kerosine??

Gasoline probably.

Honestly, they will pretty much run on anything combustable...

Watered down gas even.

The witte 2hp, (the one thats not on a cart) runs on gasoline and kerosene. (2 fuel tanks)
I havent figured it out 100% yet, but you start it on gasoline, then after it warms up, you turn a selector, and it will burn kerosene instead, which is more efficient ( i think )

It's a very rare engine, and ive been offered quite a bit of $ for it. Most 2hp witte engines were built for carts, and this one was built to mount to a work bench or something in the shop to run saws, or something similar, and has a flat base for mounting.