Amanco Hired Man Restoration - Part 24 - First run!

[zakyboi123]

the music and the head scratch near the start made this video! great job phill!

[steamwally]

Yeah I must be careful, if I scratch my head I might get splinters.....

[mercedesdawn1]

It's alive saw it the other day. Got a complete top end for my Stuart coming. Glad you found a replacement head, it will be running in no time. My amanco has got a mind of it's own, but they are good old reliable engines. Looking forward to seeing another video good luck

[hectorisdaman154]

Awesome dude!!!!! finally got it running!

[steamwally]

Yeah I got there in the end lol

[SmallEngineMechanic]

The first fire is the best isn't it.... great looking restoration.

[steamwally]

Thats right, there is a bit of tinkering to be done but I hope it will improve a bit......

cheers!

[smenkharebsa]

@steamwally Yoooowww! Great, Phill, you just get used used to setting the needle. It probably won't be the same as mine but I open it one full turn to start it then back off till it starts to splutter and put it back a bit to run it. The 2T mix won't help!

Jim

[steamwally]

Cheers! I think it was open about 2 turns here, so as a result it just kept soaking the ignitor and stalling the engine.....there was far too much oil floating about as well lol

Found a new cylinder head now as well...

[enginelover1]

I very enjoyed the moment, when it was running...

[MrSiner09]

wey hey!!! it runs!!!! :-)

[steamwally]

I guess I beat you too it lol

[MrSiner09]

@steamwally HAHA!!

[thra5herxb12s]

Your dog seems to take it all in his stride. A true enthusiast indeed.

[steamwally]

He's well used to the noise of the engines now. The one he doesn't like is the ATCO lawn mower...he runs away when that one comes out...bless him :)

[chox2001]

thats good enough for me I enjoyed that even though it was a short run.

now you have a car you need an engine thats a bid hard to start to give you some exercise lol.

[steamwally]

Cheers.....dont worry I get plenty of excercise at work, I was knackered after this week, spent my entire day running round like a madman....

[thra5herxb12s]

Well done.  when the piston beds in again it will start and run much better. The 2 stroke mix might be a bit sooty for the igniter but you,ll soon have it running like a champ...

[steamwally]

Yeah I think it's blacking/oiling the ignitor very quickly, at least it runs though.

Cheers!

[crankupchris]

Just bloody brilliant Phill! you must be a very happy chappy at the moment, Wonderful to see it fire! once again great stuff!

[steamwally]

Yeah I am pleased! Video TBC......

[EngineEngineer]

why is there smoke coming out the intake?

[steamwally]

I knew someone would say that.....that is not the intake. This is a petrol parafin amanco. The mixer/carb is heated by the hot exahaust gases which pass out of a second exhaust port, through the black manifold on the head, through a jacket round the mixer and out of that little exhaust pipe underneath. Air is drawn into the mixture through slots in the bowl that forms the bottom half of it.

[MrSteamdan]

Glad yove got a puff from it seems to run not too bad actully just a little more perciving here and thier

Dan

[steamwally]

Thanks Dan, yeah a little more tinkering and she'l be there.

[firglenchainsaws]

IT'S ALIVE! Well done,that little bit of life makes all the long evenings worthwhile...At least with clean petrol next time it will fire up much easier. Hope the head repair is a success and you can get her running for a good while next time.

[steamwally]

Cheers!

I think there was just too much oil floating about for it to work well, so fresh petrol it is....though I don't think we'l be needing the high performance stuff.....

Phill.

[hanomagman]

Very nice, Just get the cylinderhead done and it's ready to rally:)

[steamwally]

Thanks Jarno

[Bevoin1970]

Yay!!! Im really pleased to be witnessing this, and Im also glad you showed the first part where she wouldn't run. This is all part and parcel of the initial fire up in my view. Things just don't run first time, little tweaks are needed here and there etc, so what we see here is accurate in my view.

However fire up she did, and I imagine you feel pretty good with yourself at that point? LOL lets face it, it really is a great feeling hearing this mechanical beast run once again.

Good on you, 5*

[steamwally]

You have summed it up perfectley, it all takes time but it's another step on the road to that first rally! What you see here is still an editied down version, I've just included a bit of the "tinkering" because I know most people wouldn't want to watch that for hours on end!

It seems that I simply didn't have enough fuel in the tank so it was only just enough to get it going, but enough to prove it works :)

Cheers!

[Bevoin1970]

@steamwally Those first few puffs of smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe, well its a sight to behold, especially when all you've seen for months on end is a shed full of bits and pieces... ha ha

And work she did, your on the home straight now Phil... :-)

[steamwally]

Yeah I couldn#'t help but smile, especialu afterwards when I realised my glases were covered in oil smutts.....

[DeepFriedFuzzball]

That engine is a wonderful piece of engineering, thankyou for restoring and preserving it it's a beauty, well done :]

[steamwally]

Thank you, she should be good for another 95 years now!

[TheSOAPYWATSON]

Very well done , an absolute credit to you and your perseverance, we look forward to the next video , hope that the repair holds !! JOHN

[steamwally]

Cheers John, I've been working on it since August last year but it all feels worth while now.

I am taking the cylinder head to be brazed on Thursday, that should be a much better repair.

[zuigerspeling]

they are good runners my mule team 4 runs nicer as the fuel tap a littele bit open is

[zuigerspeling]

nice! the fuel level on the tank make different how it runs

[steamwally]

Cheers, yeah there wasn't enough fuel in there really. But at least I know it runs now.

[MakeDoAndMend1]

Very impressive and she runs. Monty the Dog doesnt seem impressed but his seen it all before. The beast lives ..........

[steamwally]

I was so pleased to see it run, its come a long way from that box of bits....

Monty is a bit of an old fart these days lol

Cheers!

[mrstuart143]

As if thing could not get better she has run! i think when you get fiddling with it it will run brilliant, well done. 

[steamwally]

Cheers, I think she will run better with enough fuel in!

There was just too much oil floating about at the moment, it was fouling the ignitor all the time.

[cornishadz]

Loved the music Phil!! I was in stitches!! Being serious now....Im glad its running now, im sure once you have a fiddle here and there it will be running a treat! Give yourself and Monty a pat on the back!!

[steamwally]

Yeah makes it a bit more fun than just watching an engine that won't go.....

I think some fresh petrol...and enough of it and she will go, she kept fouling the ignitor.