HOW TO START A 13,084 C.I.D. 30 TON DIESEL ENGINE

This 350 HP Fairbanks-Morse engine has a 14"X17" Bore/Stroke and starts on compressed air. It was built in 1942 and generated electricity until 1985. You can hear it start and see a connecting rod in motion through a window into the crankcase. Video captured it at the Nowthen Threshing Show in 2009.

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Science & Technology

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• Fairbanks-Morse engines
• Large diesel generators
• starting large engines
• Nowthen Threshing show
• railnwings

[railnwings]

375 KW

[railnwings]

Nice to hear from someone who actually saw these as a kid.

[railnwings]

Air is used.. Steam condenses in a cold cylinder and turns into water. Water does not compress well so the engine could be badly damaged.

[stewartx5]

Okay, that's all very nice, but I saw absolutely nothing about "how to start" this engine. Over the years, I've seen many engine running, but was obviously hoping for a bit more from a video which purports to offer that.

[railnwings]

@stewartx5

railnwings 1. Open Fuel valve.  2. Open air valve 3. When engine speeds up, close air valve.

[chubbychaser5]

looks like a big washing maching

[macthetrac]

@Norwaytractor your three pot perkins at tick over is probably this thing at full throttle, i know i have a 35x so you cant get much closer than that to a perkins A3.152

[martinsteele05]

i would hand crank it

[madisonelectronic]

This engine once used in a small toy train belonging to Chuck Norris.

[newportcity32]

That tiny voice in your head that says "Go ahead, stick your hand into the plexiglass." o.0

[oBseSsIoNPC]

@Norwaytractor Lots of steel and the few cycles (rpm) that the engine does, does not create a lot of noise to the camera, but I would be surprised when you could not feel the thing through the ground :D

[ldb620dj]

U can't put this in ur civic but u can put ur civic in it im pretty sure Lol

[walkandlookup]

engine noise= MUSIC



[coondogtheman1234]

I see a generator coil. How many watts is it pushing? I like the window in the crankcase.

[robbsam81]

Id hate to be anywhere near that thing if it threw a rod!