I have got a very good hint for you to keeping the nice old vintage Engine in good shape with todays ultra dry eco fuels: Use 1:100 API TC two stroke oil / fuel mix as regular driving fuel, that keeps the old fuel-system gaskets, rubber parts, alloy parts etc... and cast iron metal surfaces of those vintage engines in excellent shape...and it also lubricates the valves and upper piston regions. Most Mercedes vintage owners in Germany do so :) Also keeps carb clean as new!
@mufflerbearin The carburetor was rebuilt someplace along the line with the float assembly in upside down. The float also had a few pinholes that needed soldered. We made a couple of intake gaskets. The big thing was the shaft that drives the water pump and magneto was seized to the inner water pump, locking the engine. We cut the shaft and very carefully bored and pressed the shaft out of the pump. The shaft was much easier to make than trying to find a water pump housing for this Buick..
I thought I had uploaded one of it running down the road. I see that I have not. I cannot find the raw video, so I will have to go fire the car up again. We broke an axle in a parade and had to build a new one. It has been several miles down the road since this video was done.
I like it! Nice looking, running old engine. And this is a 1912? That is pretty advanced. After my grandfather died, I found this awesome old book "The 1916 Automobile Repair Manual". LOL, one book covered ALL the makes, AND how to build and equip your own garage. Ah, back when things were simple. Now you get a whole book for just the fuel injection system! Anyway, this thing is as modern as any of the engines in that book were, and it's 4 years older.
I suspect it had set dead for many years. The conical clutch was stuck and the water pump had seized to the shaft, locking the engine up as the pump shaft is gear driven off of the crankshaft. It also had a carburetor with the float parts in it backwards, so it was always flooding. I love these old cars and would certainly enjoy your grandfather's book. Thanks for the nice comment.
Buick had the most advanced auto engine of its day; it was the first production OHV automotive engine. Everyone else was using flathead engines on into the late 30s.
it is amazing how different a motor was than compared to today's cars. I would rather have the more simple design than have these high tech motors with the computer chips and fuel injections.
I think the chattering comes from the exposed valve lifters. Even in a modern tight fitting engine with valve covers and everything, valve noise is a big part of the noise an engine makes (besides exhaust). It's even worse if it's chain drive, but I'd stll choose chain over a weak-ass belt that might snap and destroy my engine. I don't mind loud engines, but apparently a lot of people do. Probably the same 85% of Americans who choose automatics over manuals =P
Not sure really...I might have been reading someone else's comment in regards to timing chain vs belt...
speaking of which, my niece has a 2004 Chrysler Sebring....Well the timing belt broke on it the other day and literally grenaded the engine... crank was still spinning but the cam and valves were not....At least a timing chain will stretch...when it stretches, it might be a bit hard to crank and it is something you can hear rattling...a belt? absolute crap...
@scott93257 Yeah, the only reason they use belts is because they're cheaper, and they're quieter. And I doubt the car companies care about us who want to drive a car later in it's life; they just want to sell new cars. Still, I don't think any interference-type design should have a belt. I lost a timing belt in a 1993 Mercury Tracer when I was 16, but fortunately, those are non-interference; the piston never goes high enough to hit the valves, so it didn't ruin it.
I see they had flat belts like the micro-v belts of today.
seapeddler 7 months ago
is this a straight eight ?????
NinjaToastMan 9 months ago
@NinjaToastMan It is a four cylinder, you are watching both intake and exhaust valves working.
91W350 9 months ago
@91W350 oh cheers :D
NinjaToastMan 9 months ago
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I have got a very good hint for you to keeping the nice old vintage Engine in good shape with todays ultra dry eco fuels: Use 1:100 API TC two stroke oil / fuel mix as regular driving fuel, that keeps the old fuel-system gaskets, rubber parts, alloy parts etc... and cast iron metal surfaces of those vintage engines in excellent shape...and it also lubricates the valves and upper piston regions. Most Mercedes vintage owners in Germany do so :) Also keeps carb clean as new!
Pnoerre 1 year ago
Must have taken quite a long time to get THAT antique started!
Mattcrowley2a 1 year ago
I was just staring at the number 1 cylinder valves and they're not running in sync. How could it still run?
snowman4839 1 year ago
what did you have to do to get it running?
mufflerbearin 1 year ago
@mufflerbearin The carburetor was rebuilt someplace along the line with the float assembly in upside down. The float also had a few pinholes that needed soldered. We made a couple of intake gaskets. The big thing was the shaft that drives the water pump and magneto was seized to the inner water pump, locking the engine. We cut the shaft and very carefully bored and pressed the shaft out of the pump. The shaft was much easier to make than trying to find a water pump housing for this Buick..
91W350 1 year ago
i would luv 2 c another 1 of these videos but with it running longer and actually moving
mrfishman14 2 years ago
I thought I had uploaded one of it running down the road. I see that I have not. I cannot find the raw video, so I will have to go fire the car up again. We broke an axle in a parade and had to build a new one. It has been several miles down the road since this video was done.
91W350 2 years ago
I like it! Nice looking, running old engine. And this is a 1912? That is pretty advanced. After my grandfather died, I found this awesome old book "The 1916 Automobile Repair Manual". LOL, one book covered ALL the makes, AND how to build and equip your own garage. Ah, back when things were simple. Now you get a whole book for just the fuel injection system! Anyway, this thing is as modern as any of the engines in that book were, and it's 4 years older.
justforever96 2 years ago
I suspect it had set dead for many years. The conical clutch was stuck and the water pump had seized to the shaft, locking the engine up as the pump shaft is gear driven off of the crankshaft. It also had a carburetor with the float parts in it backwards, so it was always flooding. I love these old cars and would certainly enjoy your grandfather's book. Thanks for the nice comment.
91W350 2 years ago
Buick had the most advanced auto engine of its day; it was the first production OHV automotive engine. Everyone else was using flathead engines on into the late 30s.
douro20 2 years ago
it is amazing how different a motor was than compared to today's cars. I would rather have the more simple design than have these high tech motors with the computer chips and fuel injections.
redd5674 2 years ago
so youd rather pay more for fuel
dmellow45 2 years ago
Nice sound. Those old motors have a unquie sound to them the chattering sound is one of the coolest sounds.
redd5674 2 years ago
I agree, running out there in the dirt and moisture, exposed valve stems, rockers, springs, just lubed by a grease cup. Pretty interesting design!
91W350 2 years ago
I think the chattering comes from the exposed valve lifters. Even in a modern tight fitting engine with valve covers and everything, valve noise is a big part of the noise an engine makes (besides exhaust). It's even worse if it's chain drive, but I'd stll choose chain over a weak-ass belt that might snap and destroy my engine. I don't mind loud engines, but apparently a lot of people do. Probably the same 85% of Americans who choose automatics over manuals =P
justforever96 2 years ago
@justforever96
Yeah there is no good replacement for a chain...All my vehicles have double roller timing chains
scott93257 10 months ago
@scott93257 I agree; I don't trust timing belts. But what were you replying to? I didn't say anything about timing chains or belts, did I?
justforever96 10 months ago
@justforever96
Not sure really...I might have been reading someone else's comment in regards to timing chain vs belt...
speaking of which, my niece has a 2004 Chrysler Sebring....Well the timing belt broke on it the other day and literally grenaded the engine... crank was still spinning but the cam and valves were not....At least a timing chain will stretch...when it stretches, it might be a bit hard to crank and it is something you can hear rattling...a belt? absolute crap...
scott93257 10 months ago
@scott93257 Yeah, the only reason they use belts is because they're cheaper, and they're quieter. And I doubt the car companies care about us who want to drive a car later in it's life; they just want to sell new cars. Still, I don't think any interference-type design should have a belt. I lost a timing belt in a 1993 Mercury Tracer when I was 16, but fortunately, those are non-interference; the piston never goes high enough to hit the valves, so it didn't ruin it.
justforever96 10 months ago