1905 Reid 15hp oilfield stationary engine

[81avispa]

solo tiene un cilindro el otro insufla haire

[81avispa]

precioso, el ser humano .

[DustyDylan]

its a hit and miss

[imarealist101]

LOVE the technology and "wise" thoughts of your dad on how its supposed to start..GREAT VID!

[AntiqueEngineNut]

Cool

[DieEisenschmied]

Oh for the love of......."bounce it against the compression", instead of 'backwards, then forwards...no wait...forwards, then backwards..." eugh.

[1krr]

That just looks dangerous as hell. I love it!

[puppetmaster983]

It sounds like Darth Vader at first.

[gummmmmbycorey1]

good job guy's



[ironmangler]

Thar she blows! Good stuff, love it!

[b262222]

congratoulation..

[skaaltel]

backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards....  for 4 minutes...

[normellow]

Just turn the key ! : )

[Hydrant2602]

Nice!

Congratulations for that that amazing work! That machine is amazing.

Your father is obviously an "old-schooled" man including the best knowledge and mechanical capabilities. Keep it up!

Thanks for the upload and with the best wishes and greetings from Germany.

[callmeshane303]

Why don't you mount it in a car?

[Dylan409137]

correct me if im wrong because i dont know a whole lot about these hit and miss engines, but isnt it running backwards from what it should be?

[dafunk43]

It isn't a hit and miss engine. It is technically a 2 stroke because it does ( or is supposed to ) fire every time the main piston come up on the stroke.

[fallingwater]

@dafunk43 I wonder... why set it up as a 2-stroke? Very interesting though, I've never seen an engine like this one firing on every stroke before. Also, what's with the weird double-piston cycle?

[dafunk43]

I would guess it was designed as a 2 stroke because of the power benefit. The double piston is sort of the "valves" of the engine. The small cylinder sucks in both air and fuel and when the large cylinder is coming to the bottom of its stroke, the smaller piston then "pushes" the mixture of air and fuel into the larger one, both pushing out the exhaust gases and pushing in a new mixture to fire when the large cylinder comes up to the top of its stroke.

It is a strange design, but very simple!

[DragonFlyback256]

@dafunk43

I guess that's the pre-compressor cylinder, which does the same job as the crankcase in modern 2-strokes. Although i doubt this could run correctly in reverse.

[dafunk43]

I am not sure if it is running in the correct direction..........

I guess it could be backwards, there aren't any valves , so anything is possible!!!!!!!!!!!

[Miata822]

Should it run that fast?  Make sure there are no cracks in those flywheels.

[Polybun]

@Miata822 it isn't running that fast, it's a two stroke.

[Miata822]

@Polybun thx

[Polybun]

@Miata822 It's thanks you fucking moron. Speak english.

[Miata822]

@Polybun what's up your bun, fag-boy? you are suddenly the grammar police? Didn't your mother teach you any manners?

[Polybun]

@Miata822 She did. She also taught me not to tolerate willing ignorance. Choose to be intelligent, or choose to be looked down upon.  Your half hearted thanks, half hearted because you couldn't be bothered to spell out the entire word, was an insult.

[4mulas]

crank up was a real ritual

[gumpster66]

love those engines, those and the hit and miss types. thanks for sharing.

[dafunk43]

I do try! I have learned so much from him.

[Carondriver]

Respekt!

[1kzrider]

nicely done guys hope it comes together.

[fegolem]

That is such a special sound. I love it. I can't help but smile.

[celesteraez]

about 6:18 just as it stops sounds like a didgeridoo on the intake stroke!

[teamfab]

Worth the wait...

[123schlueter321]

Wieviel wird sie kosten?

[Squarerig]

Remember:age brings wisdom!

[528jkl]

look guys, what will hapens if you hear this sound in publiqe toilet?

[SendinK9]

Boy you sit here in anticipation then it slowly starts up... That was cool!

You guys need a set of those blue rubber gloves they will protect your hands and give you great grip when your cold cranking those flywheels. I use them at work all the time and cant do without them. Very cool collector engine! I would love to own that, break it down and fully restore it like new, engine like this can draw some big bucks from the collectors... Good old USA !!

[Landotter1]

So... one cylinder is the piston and combustion chamber... The other cylinder is the valve system?

[celesteraez]

how big of a bore stroke does that thing have?

[darensmiles4]

its amazing the engineering the old timers came up with.. I bet someone was even more proud of that thing then you folks are now when they bought that engine to use.

[Nykkytta]

What a nice video. Beautiful engine . Nice sound.

[cameron6697]

that sounds like the steam boat from the old micky mouse cartoons

[SH1974]

What an amazing engine!!

What a sound!!!!

BRILLIANT!

[85projectcar]

that thing is so intimidating

[randommagnum]

I guess that cylinder on the side is what forces air in through the ports, eh?

[douro20]

@randommagnum

Yep, it's a charging cylinder. Since it is a uniflow engine it's dependent on a scavenge pump, which pushes air through the ports in the side of the cylinder, blowing out the exhaust gases and forcing a fresh air charge into the cylinder.

[userunavailable3095]

Sounds to me like you are arguing the same point. You are facing each other, so backwards to one is forward to the other.

[tootiekorps]

why isn't that machine extracting oil? deep horizon do it better

[bimbu9]

pretty nice engine

[nibortheyak]

Just wondering how the engine is cooled? I would think it would overheat with no fins on the cylinder. Pretty cool old engine.

[dafunk43]

The engine is water cooled. We had a hose going into the water jacket, and then just dumped it onto the ground. That is the pipe out the rear.

[harleyghost]

Looks like a lost art.

[CBMXX]

yeah excellent

[dafunk43]

It is actually a 2 stroke engine. It fires every time the piston comes up. It may sound like a hit -miss because we were still kinda workin the "bugs" out!

[lister4931]

is this a hit and miss engine???

[stoichiometric]

unce unce unce unce. >.> nice engine.

[RatherEggy]

My Grandad loves these, what do they even do? Stationary engines serve no purpose at all

[segarza]

@RatherEggy They usually run generators, grain mills, ect.

[taylortownmayor]

@RatherEggy Just think of all the places you see electric motors on a modern farm. Before everything was electrified you would likely use a stationary engine to do the work. One of my stationary engines ran a cement mixer and the other was a washing machine engine.

[formula22000nz]

very cool

[eatmypies]

lol naughty dad had a hand on one of the spindles then lol,great achievement weldone you both

[reytdhfuytf]

Better make sure you let go the flywheel before it fires

[aca192maric]

i wont to heave this :D

[Johannes1955]

All the arguing ads to the whole video, very good guys!! Thanks for posting.

[listepikster]

young guy is right. old guy is just confused!! :-D

[dafunk43]

Just remember the Old guy did teach young guy everything he knows!

[listepikster]

oh indeed, but still the old guy seems to have forgotten after he taught youg guy :-P

[Biggerbadwolf]

@dafunk43 Youngster says"Dad you never had computers, video games or TV when you were a kid, did you?"

Old man says "No son, thats why we invented those things for you."

Loads of new technology would not have been possible if not for the ground work done by the older generation.

[Kerogas]

@dafunk43 And we all see who got assigned to the charge rod wheel .

[boa721]

the old guy is right, you roll it forward as if it wher running to take in a charge, it wont work backwords so well because of the charging cyclinder wont push it in.. I had one, i know how to start it.

[boa721]

the old guy is right, you roll it forward as if it wher running, running direction to take in a charge, it wont work backwords so well because of the charging cyclinder wont push it in.. I had one, i know how to start it.

[crabtrap]

i'll give a dollar if you stick your leg in that spoke

[BubbyStupidhand]

Lol. It sounds a little like Darth Vader. Good work! Keep it up!

[yewtewb717]

it'll go pow!

[n4120p]

make another hole in the head and start it with compress air you wil be stress relieved also find the way to change the ignition timing at will for the start up procedure,, great piece ,,congratss. both you guys.

[bluethundertmaxx]

holly hell slow that reid down till it almost stops on compression!! If the OFES seen this they would shit!

[dafunk43]

LOL

[minedronebiznis]

dont you know how to start it?

stop arguing!!!

[mikes47jeep]

toooo fast slow her down

[Polybun]

@mikes47jeep not even close to too fast. It's a two stroke, it sounds much faster than it is.

[crazyfvck]

What is the function of the second "piston" on the side of the engine?

[dafunk43]

It is to draw in air &gas,and then push the air gas mixture into the main cylinder which exhausts the burned charge and at the same time pushing in a new load. It is a type of 2 stroke engine. Firing every time the piston comes up.

[crazyfvck]

Ah.. That's interesting.

[Wallabydam]

Dont you Argue with Dad! lol...

[effectroid]

Unbelievable. And OMG, about ten ways to cut your hand off.

[tractorboy8420]

pritty damn sweet

[trucker765]

why propane?

[dafunk43]

When they found oil in the area, natural gas was always present also. It originally would have run on that. Propane is just easier to supply and keep "Mobile".

[tombrewerfla]

pop spit fart poof kaboom. One thing for sure, there aren't any flaws in those flywheels,

[DieselsAndDiodes]

thank you for restoring this and showing us the video! nice job on the engine and the cart looks great!

[stan420ok]

Ahh, wheres all your saftey guards?

[dafunk43]

OSHA wasn't around in those days! It's kinda funny when you look back at all the old machines and marvel at the lack of protection and gaurds. I guess it was a way of getting rid of the bad gene pool!

[GundamKnight07]

i love your comment i read it to my dad and he agrees

[tombrewerfla]

They are all in place just like they were back in 1905. That was when you didn't stick your hand where it would get cut off LOL.

[Bobbymitchell10]

skip to 6:45 and skip all the bickering

[darkpanda008]

Wish i had one of those.

[boa721]

run, she's gonna break apart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[boa721]

dump a few drops of gas in the spark plug hole, turn it backwards and it will start, if you can roll it back far enough to spark and ignite!!

[dafunk43]

That might leave a BIG mark!

[fangjangler]

That thing is terrifying, haha. Hellish sound.

Nice job though!

[viperd911]

give you 100$ if you put ur hand in there lol

[41Zman]

Nice Job have you gotten the governor hooked up and working

[DRNEGOLICIS]

whats the cylinder on the side for?

[dafunk43]

It's called a charging cylinder. It pulls in the air -fuel mixture and then it pushes it into the main cylinder, which has an ignition source. Originally they had what was called a hot tube ignition. This 1 is retrofitted with a crude spark plug and coil.

[NascarIsLife]

let me save future viewers some time, start at 6:34 & skip the bickering.

[KbApimp007]

glub,glub,glubl,glub,puffpuffp­uffpuffpuff,glub,lub,puffpuffp­uff lol

[AECRoutemaster]

Lovely sound, well done!

[steamengineboy]

very nice engine its amazing how they are still running today

cheers steamengineboy

[jack9102]

unbelieveable... and to think in the 1900s these things pumped oil, da and night...

just amazing...

[jack9102]

so what exactly did these engines do?

[RattlingMurdock]

They're just stationary, since this one came from an oilfield, it probably pumped oil.

[jack9102]

what is the second cylinder on te side of the engine for?

[fairlanephil]

Still love watching you two on your reid. Reminds me of the times my father and I spent togeather. And to the other coment, reids are not hit n miss engines. They normaly fire all the time. And a true hit n miss will fire all the time under a hevy load. Hope to see more of your reid later, where are you located. Phil

[dafunk43]

Thanks, Phil. We are about 30 miles north of detroit,mi

[1964corvan]

uhhhhhh........that kinda defeats the purpose of having a hit'n miss engine when its firing every revolution!!!!! hahahahahahahahahaha

anywho other than that it runs great!!!!!

[Kerogas]

Groovy vid , if I may be so forward as to suggest you might reconsider putting a new engineer on the charge rod side . That has the potential for instant youtoob celebrity status in the violent amputations category .

[RustedBovine]

I've been to see many thousands of stationary engines in my time and NEVER have I heard anything make that noise before. That engine is so delightfully simple... Am I right in thinking that you're controlling the air and fuel mixture yourself?

[dafunk43]

I am glad you enjoy these beasts! To answer your question, Yes, the "carb" is a needle valve on the propane and there is a 2" ball valve on the air intake. If the air valve is opened up even close to full, the speed of the engine goes WAY to fast! It also uses alot more propane.

The next step is to get the flyball govenor hooked up and working to control the speed. It seemed to run in the vid at about 340 rpm, which is still a little fast. But it is my Dad's first stationary engine!

[RustedBovine]

Y'know I chuckle watching this, because I can just picture a pair of oilfield workers in stetsons, gloves and boots, f-ing and blinding at this beast trying to get it started!

My first stationary engine was a little Lister model JH and I had great fun with it. 2 years ago nearly bought a huge twin cylinder oil engine from where I found it outside the mine stores of a local kaolin mining operation. I'll have to go see if it's still there!

[pianoplayer27572]

hi,i use to pump oilwell's back in ohio with a 15 hp reid.i has a hot tube on my engine's.you can prim the engine we used crude oil put in about 1/2 soup can.gas can be used. we it runs off to fast put your hand on the intake to cut off the air.also be carefull it dosent kick back when your starting it.oilmen were killed that way.and some leg's were broken many years ago.have fun very nice job you did on your engine!!

[farmerphil]

Nice Job. Your 15 HP should run 165 RPM max. At the shows they are run 60 RPM + or - without a load. Using the needel valve is tricky and an art form, but you will get the hang of it. Again Nice Job. Phil

[farmerphil]

Good job on your reid rebuild. I have a 1906 15 hp left hand reid with clutch flywheel. Hope to have running this year, needs lots of work. Phil