Well, sometime things happen and you have to just shake your head and move forward. Such is the case with this old engine that was dropped from a loader bucket, breaking the flywheel and some other small parts. Can we get it fixed and running like new again?
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My uncle work as a train mechanic and while working under a loco he dropped a 24 inch crescent wrench / shifter ( Australian slang , because they move when you use them ) on the bridge of his nose from arms length above his head , the result was a severely broken nose and 2 black eyes .
Yes there's a lot of idiots out there that will wreck your stuff.. 😡 got to make sure you make them pay for it.. he destroyed a piece of History…
Beautiful ❤
Saw the blue and thought restore the paint, but the more I watched the use and hard knocks grew on me. Don't paint!
Good to see it running id paint it as its mostly rust
I wouldn’t paint it.
You are right. Misuse of crescent wrench causes damage
today you are my hero. to save that engine after what happened to it warms my heart. i always had a soft spot for old engines. thank you for saving it, bringing us along with calm tutorial, and giving us all hope for the future of the broken. best wishes.
Like you said, they are only original once. I am in the group of people that do complete mechanical restoration but leave them original looking in both my engines and tractors. Unfortunately 40 years ago we sand blasted everything and some engines with original paint got covered over.
Salute to the early engineers who made pinch clamps from rigid cast iron and battery clamps from soft but not flexible lead. It worked well until it didn't.
Paint it. The only reason its not a rusted ruin is the paint that was applied, which looks like old baked on enamel. If you want it to last another 100 years? Paint it.
Gees mate you got the rpms nice and slow on this ol girl the flywheels look to almost stop when it fires unless that's some camera deception going on? it would be interesting to know just how slow it's running. as for paint i like it the way it is but you do what you think's best after all it's your engine. Thanks for posting.
lol wenn wieder einmal die Übersetzung des Titels und der Beschreibung vollkommen in die Hose geht…
was soll ein " Gebrochener Jäger " sein???
I would love to see it painted, it would then catch the eye at shows, I always like to see these engines fully clothed 👌
Don't think I've seen a video on painting, decaling and polishing up an old engine. Would like to see that.
AHHH … the infamous all 16ths
Leave as is!
I think you should paint it
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you only need two adjustable wrenches, one imperial and one metric 😁Great explanation of how hit and miss works 👍Great to see it running. Leave it as it is, it runs a treat,
Leave it the way it it looks good
Keep it in its work clothes. Only original once.
Good to see it running I would paint it because of its condition.
Sorry i am a DAY LATE…..What a deal in the large mouse nest inside the fuel tank…..l don't think i would paint it But??….Thank you my friend…….
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Hope you got some money back when it was dropped
When new it was BLUE so it should be Blue again
Paint one side. then you have a choice of how to display it. If you painted the "back" side then you probably wouldn't need to strip it down again. 😄
I want to add that most people use a crescent wrench backwards. Most use the adjusting jaw side as the loaded side of the wrench that’s wrong… the correct way is in dummy terms the rigid side( side permanently affixed to the handle) should do the (brunt of the work) the adjustable one just holds it on the fastener, tool manufacturer quality has been falling rapidly for twenty years.
If tools are not used properly they are not going to perform (correctly)
I like it in it’s original condition it shows it’s life of use better
Great job. Thank you 😊
thank you for repairing that old engine. i have always had a soft spot for those. it does my heart good to see it fixed. it gives hope to all that need mending
That Babbitt on the con rod is pretty far gone😜…or are they insert bearings? At any rate, it's great to see old, nasty machines renewed and running.Thank you