I'm here because of Mustie1, too. I noticed that this engine's flywheel spins counter clockwise. Mustie1 always tries to spin his clockwise. I wonder if that's why it won't run.
Thank you for the compliment. The engine has plenty of vacuum and will run the tank dry. I do have a check valve on the fuel line at the bottom of the tank. If you plan on putting your engine in a boat you would want to find a carb or mixer with throttle control. The engine will run cooler if you leave the spark advance lever at top dead center or just a little before and use the throttle control on the mixer or carb to increase rpm. This Detroit has little throttle control lever on the mixer.
Dan W I used to have a gasoline powered pogo stick. It fired once on each bounce. Less than 30 rpm. It was totally silly and totally cool. You might say it was reversible? How can you tell if you’re going forward or backward?
@@patrickdowns6916 LOL, I've actually seen one of those! A friend of mine in Florida had one and we worked together to get it running again after it sat for like 10 years.🤣 One of the most dangerous toys I've ever tried to ride.😮
@@patrickdowns6916 A gasoline powered pogo stick is easily the coolest invention of all time. If aliens find the remnants of our civilization in a billion years time, I want them to know what our species achieved...
I have another small Detroit marine engine that is almost ready to start. I will be posting a video of it running also very soon. So check back in a few months to see it. This engine is all original and still has some of the original paint on it. A little bit later model probably 1908-1910 with low pressure fuel injection.
+DetroitEngineWorks Well, there are probably around 240k ppl waiting, so take your time ;-) You ready for another dumb question? It seems to me this engine has no magneto, but a battery running a coil box. Wasn´t that inconvenient? I guess you had to change battery as often as you had to add fuel, given the really low capacity of batteries back then.
Mustie1 needs some help with his marine engine. He tore the top and apart and phone hes got gouges in the top end of the cylinder and a ring missing. Maybe you can contact him and help him find some parts to see if his engine is totally gone or if it's worth fixing. Thank you
If he really cared about restoring it, he would learn more about the thing before attempting a repair, making incorrect guesses and attacking pieces he knows nothing about with a knife
I totally agree with assessment first! First off he is running the spark coil on 12 volts? In the day they probably only had six volt batteries and yes you could put two together, but I doubt it. Those setups often had ballast resistors.
Had to ride a horse to town if you're lucky. Or living in squalor in the city like packed sardines. likely to die before your 18th birthday from tuberculosis, polio, plague or any number of other diseases. A better time, No I don't think so.
@@Happyfacehotwheels there's definitely different measures of "better". How about simpler, possibly more honest, probably more moral.....definitely weren't a bunch of soy fruitcakes running around trying to usher in the stupidity that we have going now
@@mattberg6785 I can't argue with the morals of people today. Back then people cared about their neighbor. I know I pointed out a bunch of negative things going on back then but there was plenty of good too.
@@mattberg6785 Moral? This was a time where it was government policy in much of the world to repress people based on the colour of their skin, where it was considered acceptable to send the likes of the Pinkertons in to break up a workers' strike by force of arms, and where an unmarried woman who became pregnant was likely to be either separated from her child at birth, forced into near slavery in a convent, or socially ostracized as a 'woman without morals' whether she chose to engage in the original act or not. I'll stick to the soy fruitcakes, if that's okay with you.
It is amazing how easily it changes rotation... took rotax 90 years to make a CDI box capable of doing what was done with a buzzer coil and a timing lever! Nice job on the restoration!
The coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Cant imagine how the people that saw it back then must have imagined it to be the most advanced marine engine on the planet.
Thank you Rickey, Just finished another small Detroit marine engine and I did a video, but not happy with video so will do it over again. New video should be posted in the next few weeks.
I would like to thank you for restoring and posting your video. My wife has been looking to see one of these since finding out that I am Wadsworth’s great grandson.
Thank you for watching, Have you been to our website? (Link below). Check the history page out & many photo's & literature on the old engines. www.antiquengines.com/Detroit_Engine_Works_Menu.htm
Some people go to a lot of trouble to make a pot of tea. You have done a terrific job on this, with something so rare it must have been a challenge. Seeing you reverse the rotation reminded me of my youth. I live near Lake Nipissing and in those years there were quite a number of Dispros on the lake. They were powered by what i believe were St Lawrence Engines. They were about the same size, possibly a little larger? and the operation was similar.
The simplicity and craftsmanship is the beauty of old engineering.. Imagine no need for a transmission. Thet saves thousands of dollars. The craftsmanship make it simpler to maintain and repair. A modern sailboat engine is thousands of dollars and much larger and often very difficult to work on at sea. It's the same design on much larger motors used in the marine Industry.
In the video I watched, the engine looked pretty close to what you have, but he spun the wheel in other direction. Had coolant pumping, one spin was all it took. I looked up you tube guile marine engine. Would love for you to get it running, or if not , just for display. Really nice part of history. Just trying g to help any way I can. Good luck n as always, thanks so much for inviting us to be a part of your knowledge, handing you tools. You are a very interesting to watch. A great mechanic, not a parts replace. You think out side the box. So glad I found your channel.
I would like to buy a brand new engine the same type and i did search on the internet at Detroit Wisconsin but i think they dont make a those anymore . I use to have a 2 cylinder engine the same type running a boat at the cottage for fun when i was young . If i ever someday found a engine the same type so i promise to myself to build a boat with a real antique style design and having the pleasure to run this boat slowly on a calme lake . It is a big souvenir in my life
I love going to the steam and gas engine show every year. Music like this with the whistles are awesome and I always get my cornmeal ground while watching. Love the engine
I Love it. Have just got a 2 HP DEW marine engine, fuel injection unit patent date of May 14, 1912. Have build a mount...non "lean over" for it, and am disassembling. I watch your video as my inspiration. Thank you John!
Sounds like your on your way to having a nice running display. Look forward to seeing photo's and/or video. The patent date is for the fuel feeder not necessarily the date of when the engine was manufactured.
Lovely old make and break engine. On the east coast still some old Acadians and Lester engines kicking around. My neighbour got 4 on display as lawn ornaments.
The oldest engine I own is a 1927 Maytag "hit and miss" I haven't gotten around to restoring it yet. Gotta Finnish my airplane first! This is a beautiful old engine. Thanks for the video, and a special thanks for no music accompaniment!
@MOFFETTEE Thank you for the compliment on my little engine. I'm not really trying to sell it. Sometimes the Detroit marine engines show up on Ebay or Harry's Old Engines Classifieds. What kind of boat do you have? I would like to see some photos of your boat if possible. I seen the video of your twin cylinder Vivian marine engine a few months back. What a real nice job you did on it and it runs and sounds so good.
Just bought one at a show today! Good compression, complete, looks like it will run. Set up with a cooling tank like yours. I took some pix, will compare with yours, but looks nearly identical. Really appreciate the video demonstration, answered some questions.
Would love to see photo's or video of your engine. Fell free to email me if you have any questions with your engine. My email is listed on my website. www.antiquengines.com
@@DetroitEngineWorks Found all kinds of good stuff on your DEW site! Flywheel is 4 hole, approx 14" dia x approx 2-1/4" thick, so apparently 3 Hp? Complete, good compression, nice red paint. Somebody did a real nice job on the cart and tank plumbing. No sign of a serial number. Carb is not like any shown, it's a Lunkenheimer, but it has what looks like a needle valve going straight out the end, but it's level, not angled down. Flat top, but with a little round valve handle on top instead of a lever. Need to open the top to investigate. Cart has a lovely little battery/coil box, too small for a buzz box. Will it run OK on a 6V car coil secondary/high voltage side? One question, does the water pump have a leather, or what does it have? Lube it? Probably won't run it right away, multiple projects, but may go get a car coil to try it. May get a new buzz box at Coolspring. Pictures + video, maybe soon. Thanks for all the info!
@@SteamCrane Water pump should have a bronze piston if it is original no lube on the water pump but it does have packing with two nuts. Please email me photo's when you get a chance & I can tell you more about it.
@@DetroitEngineWorks I looked at it again, and see what you said about a packing gland. Haven't pulled the pump piston yet. Folks were pretty clever back then, instead of a piston with rings, just a closed pump chamber, and the piston just varies the effective volume of the cylinder. Several projects going now, but hope to try running soon. Thanks for the info!
The engine was not designed to run at max power. It's a 1906 engine designed to use the momentum of the heavy flywheel to do most the work. In 1906 boaters were happy to be putting down the river or lake going 10-15 mph. Not a racing engine.
John, soooo nice. I was given a 1912+ 2 HP a few months ago, and now have it down to the crankcase. I shall visit your video often for inspiration. Thank You! My drip oiler is 2-channel. Piston currently frozen in the head, for maybe 50 years....Original color dark bluish-green. Serial Number B-232 (stamped on outside edge of flywheel). Thanks!
How do you plan on freeing the piston? Email me if you want. Have a few suggestions that might help. My email is on our website, Link listed at end of video.
+Colin Gantiglew With modern oil ( fully synthetic ) there will be probably no wear at all. So, chances are good this engine will run another 200 or 300 years :-)
Great job, it sounds great and the exterior detail work looks great. And "by the looks of it" I would assume the internal machine work is of similar quality.
My Grandmother told us about her Father & his Father who came to USA from Germany & they built each of them commercial boats here in Mobile Al. To do commercial work for the state docks & pull Cyprus logs to the mill in Hog Bayou where they keep them tied up. She described single engine Put Put motors they had that was cranked by spining the flywheel. Every weekend they took Neabors & a net & caught fish in the Delta & the community helped remove fish for the weekend fish fry. She talked about fish freezing in the net wile hanging on a fence they used to pick them & feed the community. What I would give for a photo of that.
Yes, One of the features on many of the old two stroke engines back in the early teen's was that you could go from forward to reverse on the fly with out stopping the engine. All done with the timer lever and a on & off ignition switch on the timer lever and slowing the RPM down.
+Joel First factories on the Detroit river were antique marine & stationary farm engines, steam & Gas. These were the same people & factories that started the American auto industry in the early 1900's. Detroit, Michigan.
I'm not sure what you are talking about as this engine does not have a decompression lever or valve. Maybe you are thinking the primer cup valve is a decompression valve? Or may you think the ignition spark timer lever is a decompression lever? Not really sure what you are thinking?
Yes, There's a lever on the bronze mixer which is the throttle that controls speed of the engine. The timer lever can also effect the speed of the engine.
Huh that’s weird I just got this in my recommendation after watching musties1 video? Anyone else
Oddly enough, yes!
I also received the recommendation immediately after watching Mustie1's video.
As of right now this one runs a lot better than Husties1
Henry Harrison definitely
Yes sir.
Who's here because of Mustie1?
his was in piss poor shape compared to this. lots of missing parts and damaged.
I'm here because of Mustie1, too. I noticed that this engine's flywheel spins counter clockwise. Mustie1 always tries to spin his clockwise. I wonder if that's why it won't run.
@@danwood1047 oh yeah. i noticed that too, but i think it was puffing out the exhaust and not the intake so it might have been spinning correct.
Yep. I saw the little green machine in the "up next" list. It's a smaller one than Mustie1's, but it's eeeeemaculate!
Runs both ways. You can see in the video it switch direction as he alters the timing significantly...
the muffler makes pretty good music.
this engine can join my band
Bossa nova beat.
Still better than recent trash
@Nikolai Orr Isn't that the truth..
In this video tractor gives beats to band
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Love to see these old engines running. Thanks for putting the effort in to keep these beauties going.
Thank you for the compliment. The engine has plenty of vacuum and will run the tank dry. I do have a check valve on the fuel line at the bottom of the tank. If you plan on putting your engine in a boat you would want to find a carb or mixer with throttle control. The engine will run cooler if you leave the spark advance lever at top dead center or just a little before and use the throttle control on the mixer or carb to increase rpm. This Detroit has little throttle control lever on the mixer.
World's slowest running 2 stroke... and reversible at that! Very nice rebuild! Now you just need a nice little wooden boat to put it in.😉👍
Dan W I used to have a gasoline powered pogo stick. It fired once on each bounce. Less than 30 rpm. It was totally silly and totally cool. You might say it was reversible? How can you tell if you’re going forward or backward?
@@patrickdowns6916 LOL, I've actually seen one of those! A friend of mine in Florida had one and we worked together to get it running again after it sat for like 10 years.🤣 One of the most dangerous toys I've ever tried to ride.😮
@@patrickdowns6916 A gasoline powered pogo stick is easily the coolest invention of all time. If aliens find the remnants of our civilization in a billion years time, I want them to know what our species achieved...
I have another small Detroit marine engine that is almost ready to start. I will be posting a video of it running also very soon. So check back in a few months to see it. This engine is all original and still has some of the original paint on it. A little bit later model probably 1908-1910 with low pressure fuel injection.
+DetroitEngineWorks Well, there are probably around 240k ppl waiting, so take your time ;-)
You ready for another dumb question? It seems to me this engine has no magneto, but a battery running a coil box. Wasn´t that inconvenient? I guess you had to change battery as often as you had to add fuel, given the really low capacity of batteries back then.
+SharkoonBln
DC dry cell batteries were rather large and lasted much longer then you would think.
Are you considering putting in a boat?
DetroitEngineWorks it’s beautiful wish I could get one
Beautiful restoration of that engine. The makers, long since dead, would be proud to see it still running 100 years after they made it.
You can almost make a beat out of the exhaust
Mustie1 needs some help with his marine engine. He tore the top and apart and phone hes got gouges in the top end of the cylinder and a ring missing. Maybe you can contact him and help him find some parts to see if his engine is totally gone or if it's worth fixing. Thank you
Was thinking of him when I saw this lol
for once, he had the timing set to counterclockwise while starting the engine clockwise with the electric drill. actually a wonder it ran at all
If he really cared about restoring it, he would learn more about the thing before attempting a repair, making incorrect guesses and attacking pieces he knows nothing about with a knife
I totally agree with assessment first! First off he is running the spark coil on 12 volts? In the day they probably only had six volt batteries and yes you could put two together, but I doubt it. Those setups often had ballast resistors.
A thing of beauty! Thanks for posting and best wishes from Melbourne, Australia
Very nicely restored engine and it runs beautifully. It's almost identical to a Gile engine I used to own. Gile was also in Michigan.
Things from a simpler time,probably a better time. Excellent restoration
Had to ride a horse to town if you're lucky. Or living in squalor in the city like packed sardines. likely to die before your 18th birthday from tuberculosis, polio, plague or any number of other diseases.
A better time, No I don't think so.
@@Happyfacehotwheels there's definitely different measures of "better". How about simpler, possibly more honest, probably more moral.....definitely weren't a bunch of soy fruitcakes running around trying to usher in the stupidity that we have going now
@@mattberg6785 I can't argue with the morals of people today. Back then people cared about their neighbor.
I know I pointed out a bunch of negative things going on back then but there was plenty of good too.
@@mattberg6785 Moral? This was a time where it was government policy in much of the world to repress people based on the colour of their skin, where it was considered acceptable to send the likes of the Pinkertons in to break up a workers' strike by force of arms, and where an unmarried woman who became pregnant was likely to be either separated from her child at birth, forced into near slavery in a convent, or socially ostracized as a 'woman without morals' whether she chose to engage in the original act or not. I'll stick to the soy fruitcakes, if that's okay with you.
Similar but produced by different companies. This one Is great, and he is running it both ways.
It is amazing how easily it changes rotation... took rotax 90 years to make a CDI box capable of doing what was done with a buzzer coil and a timing lever! Nice job on the restoration!
The coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Cant imagine how the people that saw it back then must have imagined it to be the most advanced marine engine on the planet.
A first rate bit of work, it even has some of the original 'high and square' bolt heads.
Considering the engine is over a century old it is nothing short of amazing how nice it looks and runs. My hat`s of for you. sir.
Damn. That thing is sweet! I could almost play that to go to sleep at night.
Beautiful work there sir! The engine has a very distinct sound as is captivating to watch when running.
Thank you Rickey, Just finished another small Detroit marine engine and I did a video, but not happy with video so will do it over again. New video should be posted in the next few weeks.
this engine is a ONE man band !!
NO check engine light ? those were the days
I am so hooked on Vintage engines and this one is awesome
Wow, what a beautiful little engine. Excellent restoration!
I just LOVE perfection! I've got an oldie, 60+ years since it ran, 2HP, 1911~1920.
I would like to thank you for restoring and posting your video. My wife has been looking to see one of these since finding out that I am Wadsworth’s great grandson.
Thank you for watching, Have you been to our website? (Link below). Check the history page out & many photo's & literature on the old engines. www.antiquengines.com/Detroit_Engine_Works_Menu.htm
Some people go to a lot of trouble to make a pot of tea.
You have done a terrific job on this, with something so rare it must have been a challenge. Seeing you reverse the rotation reminded me of my youth. I live near Lake Nipissing and in those years there were quite a number of Dispros on the lake. They were powered by what i believe were St Lawrence Engines. They were about the same size, possibly a little larger? and the operation was similar.
What a cute little engine. I want one! Wow 1906, where did you find a gem like this?
The simplicity and craftsmanship is the beauty of old engineering.. Imagine no need for a transmission. Thet saves thousands of dollars. The craftsmanship make it simpler to maintain and repair. A modern sailboat engine is thousands of dollars and much larger and often very difficult to work on at sea. It's the same design on much larger motors used in the marine Industry.
In the video I watched, the engine looked pretty close to what you have, but he spun the wheel in other direction. Had coolant pumping, one spin was all it took. I looked up you tube guile marine engine. Would love for you to get it running, or if not , just for display. Really nice part of history. Just trying g to help any way I can. Good luck n as always, thanks so much for inviting us to be a part of your knowledge, handing you tools. You are a very interesting to watch. A great mechanic, not a parts replace. You think out side the box. So glad I found your channel.
Yours also. Boy I feel stupid. Yes, it was to go to mustie1.
I would like to buy a brand new engine the same type and i did search on the internet at Detroit Wisconsin but i think they dont make a those anymore . I use to have a 2 cylinder engine the same type running a boat at the cottage for fun when i was young . If i ever someday found a engine the same type so i promise to myself to build a boat with a real antique style design and having the pleasure to run this boat slowly on a calme lake . It is a big souvenir in my life
I love going to the steam and gas engine show every year.
Music like this with the whistles are awesome and I always get my cornmeal ground while watching.
Love the engine
It is so satisfying to listen to the sound of an engine after restoration. Good job with the engine. Thanks for sharing.
I Love it. Have just got a 2 HP DEW marine engine, fuel injection unit patent date of May 14, 1912. Have build a mount...non "lean over" for it, and am disassembling. I watch your video as my inspiration. Thank you John!
Sounds like your on your way to having a nice running display. Look forward to seeing photo's and/or video. The patent date is for the fuel feeder not necessarily the date of when the engine was manufactured.
Lovely old make and break engine. On the east coast still some old Acadians and Lester engines kicking around. My neighbour got 4 on display as lawn ornaments.
You did one hell of a job restoring that man congrats that is awesome I watched your first video boy you sure changed it and a great way
What a smooth runner! Great work!
The oldest engine I own is a 1927 Maytag "hit and miss" I haven't gotten around to restoring it yet. Gotta Finnish my airplane first! This is a beautiful old engine. Thanks for the video, and a special thanks for no music accompaniment!
that reversing mechanism is a great party trick!
OUTSTANDING work on the muffler. Man o man what a nice looking and sounding machine. Great work on the restoration of that amazing engine.
Regards,
j
@MOFFETTEE
Thank you for the compliment on my little engine. I'm not really trying to sell it. Sometimes the Detroit marine engines show up on Ebay or Harry's Old Engines Classifieds. What kind of boat do you have? I would like to see some photos of your boat if possible.
I seen the video of your twin cylinder Vivian marine engine a few months back. What a real nice job you did on it and it runs and sounds so good.
Why would you give a thumbs down ? Sounds and looks superb
That has got to have the best sounding beat. I could listen to it all day long!
what a nice example beautifuly restored
Wonderful restoration. Looking forward to next Detroit marine start-up. Great job! ( and smooth)
What a beautiful restoration
I look for engines like this (or similar era) and can NEVER find them.
Nice engine, sounds great . I love the old marine engines
I think it is a cool old engine nicely restored.
Maaaaaan that is beautiful , mechanical art work at its finest !
Thank you..
shared this video in an old engines group I am in. you'll be the envy of all of them!
How cool to watch them old engines run !
I could listen to this all day.
You'd have to, if you wanted to get anywhere.
Lol
Very nice setup, you do excellent work.
That is a wonderful work of art, it purrs like a kitten. Thumbs up to this one.
Beautiful restoration. Very smooth running motor.
runs like a sowing machine, brilliant
Wonderful little engine, restorer did a great job so well done, but the muffler should be smaller so that nice tune can be heard more and better.
I love two stroke slow speed diesel. It's music, in magic. Too fine, the state of art.
WOW....sounds and looks BEAUTIFUL
This is a very nice engine, thank you for the video!
Aaaah! the beauty of simplicity.
Just bought one at a show today! Good compression, complete, looks like it will run. Set up with a cooling tank like yours. I took some pix, will compare with yours, but looks nearly identical.
Really appreciate the video demonstration, answered some questions.
Would love to see photo's or video of your engine. Fell free to email me if you have any questions with your engine. My email is listed on my website. www.antiquengines.com
@@DetroitEngineWorks Found all kinds of good stuff on your DEW site!
Flywheel is 4 hole, approx 14" dia x approx 2-1/4" thick, so apparently 3 Hp?
Complete, good compression, nice red paint. Somebody did a real nice job on the cart and tank plumbing. No sign of a serial number.
Carb is not like any shown, it's a Lunkenheimer, but it has what looks like a needle valve going straight out the end, but it's level, not angled down. Flat top, but with a little round valve handle on top instead of a lever. Need to open the top to investigate. Cart has a lovely little battery/coil box, too small for a buzz box. Will it run OK on a 6V car coil secondary/high voltage side? One question, does the water pump have a leather, or what does it have? Lube it?
Probably won't run it right away, multiple projects, but may go get a car coil to try it. May get a new buzz box at Coolspring.
Pictures + video, maybe soon.
Thanks for all the info!
@@SteamCrane Water pump should have a bronze piston if it is original no lube on the water pump but it does have packing with two nuts. Please email me photo's when you get a chance & I can tell you more about it.
@@DetroitEngineWorks I looked at it again, and see what you said about a packing gland. Haven't pulled the pump piston yet. Folks were pretty clever back then, instead of a piston with rings, just a closed pump chamber, and the piston just varies the effective volume of the cylinder. Several projects going now, but hope to try running soon. Thanks for the info!
Simply jazz, wonderful!
Lovely old engine. Would love to hear it rev right out to its max
The engine was not designed to run at max power. It's a 1906 engine designed to use the momentum of the heavy flywheel to do most the work. In 1906 boaters were happy to be putting down the river or lake going 10-15 mph. Not a racing engine.
Very nicely restored congratulations
John, soooo nice. I was given a 1912+ 2 HP a few months ago, and now have it down to the crankcase. I shall visit your video often for inspiration. Thank You! My drip oiler is 2-channel. Piston currently frozen in the head, for maybe 50 years....Original color dark bluish-green. Serial Number B-232 (stamped on outside edge of flywheel). Thanks!
How do you plan on freeing the piston? Email me if you want. Have a few suggestions that might help. My email is on our website, Link listed at end of video.
That is a priceless piece of mechanical history
Beautiful and sounds like modern music.
That's a hypnotic sound .. . ..Great looking ! Thx for sharing.
This engine is incredibly similar to engines used in sampans on the Mekong and other rivers in SE Asia back in the day . Cool video and thanks .
Yes, The lever advances or retards the spark and also has a on, off switch. So the timing can be changed with the spark on or off.
I'll bet it runs a whole heap sweeter today than it ever did in 1906. Oil then was thick like treacle and petrol was (probably) about 70 octane.
+Colin Gantiglew With modern oil ( fully synthetic ) there will be probably no wear at all.
So, chances are good this engine will run another 200 or 300 years :-)
+Colin Gantiglew
Actually back in the early 1900's the engines ran just like this one does. Very simple design and very reliable.
Saw a reference in mustie1 23 Feb 2020. This one is VERY nice!
Great job, it sounds great and the exterior detail work looks great. And "by the looks of it" I would assume the internal machine work is of similar quality.
what a wonderful engine..thanks
What a beautiful machine. Thanks for sharing.
ive never heard a motor make a beat
That's a little gem.
What a great engine. runs so smooth.
My Grandmother told us about her Father & his Father who came to USA from Germany & they built each of them commercial boats here in Mobile Al. To do commercial work for the state docks & pull Cyprus logs to the mill in Hog Bayou where they keep them tied up. She described single engine Put Put motors they had that was cranked by spining the flywheel.
Every weekend they took Neabors & a net & caught fish in the Delta & the community helped remove fish for the weekend fish fry. She talked about fish freezing in the net wile hanging on a fence they used to pick them & feed the community. What I would give for a photo of that.
love it! love the sound it's making. you're one truly bugger ;P
what a beautiful little motor
What a talented man
Cool little machine. Love the sound!
did that just start going the other direction? thanks for saving this beautiful piece of history.
Yes, One of the features on many of the old two stroke engines back in the early teen's was that you could go from forward to reverse on the fly with out stopping the engine. All done with the timer lever and a on & off ignition switch on the timer lever and slowing the RPM down.
So civilized ! wouldnt we all like a small launch with nice quiet motor like this ?
@1:16 it's playing YYZ by RUSH
Very catchy syncopation!
What a work of art.
That's some real Americana right there.
Superb aesthetics job
You got that running good I come from family commercial fishing my uncles knows all marine engines
i like the way it sounds
double thumbs up ! great job !
Nice engine.... I didn't know Detroit ever produced gas engines.
+Video17 rest of the world almost is petrol , gasoline is american , they will catch up one day lol
+Joel
First factories on the Detroit river were antique marine & stationary farm engines, steam & Gas. These were the same people & factories that started the American auto industry in the early 1900's. Detroit, Michigan.
lovely engine i love the sound
Beautiful work.
that's got a really hot island beat going
I love this, I have been trying to find one with that de compression lever
I'm not sure what you are talking about as this engine does not have a decompression lever or valve. Maybe you are thinking the primer cup valve is a decompression valve? Or may you think the ignition spark timer lever is a decompression lever? Not really sure what you are thinking?
@@DetroitEngineWorks yes I’m sorry I soon realised it was a throttle or governor.
Yes, There's a lever on the bronze mixer which is the throttle that controls speed of the engine. The timer lever can also effect the speed of the engine.