I knew a man who lived in East Berlin after WWII. He worked of a crew that was clearing the roads and destroyed buildings. East Berlin was under Soviet occupation. They needed a truck to help move debris but gasoline was highly rationed. What they did was convert a truck to steam power the same way this briggs and stratton engine was done. He said they used that truck until gasoline was available.
I'm pretty sure it was running on smoke. That's what I was told and when I researched it I find many people using smoke today to run their trucks and generators. It make more sense. It's a lot easier than you think.It's called a Gasifier. ua-cam.com/video/yYGKn12Weu4/v-deo.html
You should pipe that exhaust back in to the water reservoir with a small coil. This would condense the used steam back into water to be used for steam againe. This would boost eficiancy and limit the amount of "re fueling" you need to do.
One of the best conersions I ever saw was made out of an outborad motor which had a rotating drum on top which acted as a rotary valve. The poppet valves in a gas engine suffer quickly when exposed to wet steam ,and as others have pointed out, the moisture gets down the side of the piston into the sump ,causing further wear, this is where an outboard differs , theres no oil pan to fill with water . If you got a smaller engine which you fed with the steam under pressure ,which then the fed the steam to your existing engine(with the cranks joined together) you would get a more efficeint use of the steam . Just a few thoughts.
I'm pleased I saw this! So I got an old lawn mower engine with vertical shaft and wanted to make it into a horizontal shaft go cart engine, so I'd have to put the carb on at right angles. But being a crappy Techumesh engine the intake and exhaust ports are right next to each other meaning if I rotated the carb 90 degrees it would be in the way of the exhaust outlet. So that dream has gone but now I've seen this there maybe is life in the engine because I can still run it with a horizontal shaft steam engine :)
You can get extensions and elbows for carbs for things like that. But there is also many more steps you would need to take to address the oil situation. There are UA-cam videos on it that explain it better
It would really REALLY suck being you if you hadn't have come up with such an elaborate contraption to electrify your little 12 volt light bulb. Especially living so far out in them woods and all! Proud of you.
I love it,, actually thinking of putting one in an old boat for the river... Despite all of the knockers and perfectionists I think you have all of the ingredience for full and fun life
I was thinking the same thing. I'm building a homemade pontoon boat and one of these would be perfect to run it. I need to figure out a transmission of some sort so I can switch off the prop and still run other things off of it.
@@flynnt77 Many years ago I put an Automotive Automatic Transmission in a boat (behind a V8) it really worked great. A small manual trans from a car would also work no problems. If I was to build anything now,, I would go a couple electric motors/thrusters and a solar panel. Yes it has a cost but no maintenance or hassles
@@pjetenere1 _"If I was to build anything now,, I would go a couple electric motors/thrusters and a solar panel. "_ I would use an electric motor but I'd use a steam turbine to turn a generator. Since it's a boat I'd probably use propane to heat the boiler. For home power I would use dead trees for fuel and use maybe a Pelton type turbine to charge a battery bank. The industrial revolution used steam engines in the beginning to power their factories.
@@awaitingthetrumpetcall4529combining the old with the new. Steam and generators with batteries and electric. If the electronics fail, revert back to steam until fixed.
Pretty neat, Jonathan! I have a couple of ancient B&S wrecks that I would like to try to make into one functioning steam engine. Bet that was fun project.
I did this exact same thing with a 3.5hp Briggs. The problem is that it is very inefficient. The valve is easily lifted of it's seat under pressure allowing the steam to enter the cylinder at the wrong time. You need a valve that isn't affected by pressure.
Be an amazing low Power Generator system for a backup to a solar or wind setup in the middle of nowhere. Lots of trees to burn and plenty of good ways to make a dedicated boiler system that won't freeze during the colder months. Would be cool to convert the engine to a two stroke system for power every rotation and see how overkill a boiler you can put onto it for long runs. I'd love to see a way to separate the water out of the oil for a long run to.
Do you have a tutorial on how you made it? How has the engine held up with the amount of moisture going into it? This is an outstanding project and very interesting very well done sir
Wow after reading the comments I realized how many keyboard warriors are out there. Yeah this engine isnt doing any work, but think of the possibilities... If one has the ability to make a fire, they could generate their own electricity. Good job!
You don't have OIL changes with a steam engine,,The water would foul the oil,In stead you have a minute amount of oil constantly being added to the Crank case and Piston,,Or just squirt some in there every few Hours XD
How do you keep the bottom end lubricated? Does the cylinder wash down after awhile? I was trying to figure what the life expectancy would be for a engine like this. I can see a lot of uses for making one of these.
Great stuff. You probably know what you're doing but you will need to fit some kind of water drain to the cases so you dont get compression lock and some other way of lubricating the bearings. If you put an oiler inline with the steam inlet it will stop the valves rusting up.
if you run the exhausted steam output into some say 3 inch tubing and connect to a radiator will the steam condense back to water to recapture and use again...for those with low water availability ?
What problems have you encountered with lubrication? I assume you have oil in the crankcase but does water collect there also? If so how would you deal with it?
Pretty darn cool...wish you would have shown more about told more about your boiler set up...I have no idea ..... Now, as you apparently burn wood or coal or trash for that matter and heat up a cylinder filled with water and then the steam is under pressure that goes to the pipe in the carburetor inlet....how does that work with the oil crankcase? I mean as you pressurize the piston, some of the pressure in the form of steam will bypass the rings and get into the oil.... Is that what happens and how do you overcome this....? Turn in off let the oil gas separate and then drain out the bottom? Just wondering...also did you ever make a video that shows it running a generator and maybe charging a battery bank? Tks
My guess is, you reground the cam lobes to make this run like a 2-stroke. I do conversions also, but I use either a slide or spool value running on a cam on the crankshaft.
If you go to 1:54 and watch the valves open and close you can see that the cam was modified (gears) for a 1 to 1 with the crankshaft, the cam it would have to be changed also to a even intake and exhaust lobe. Yes, you could get maybe 12 hp out of this BUT ONLY with tremendous pressure. I don't think the oil would hold up too long as all that steam would really condensate in a short time, however it wouldn't get near as hot as a regular gas engine either so.... NICE JOB Jonathan..
I was going to ask that, has the cam timing and lobe location been changed in order to make it run but that seems to be clear now! cool little engine nice job!!
Pretty neat! Horse Power is a set amount of work over time, usually an amount of weight moved over time and distance. Steam Horsepower is measure differently, it is based on a set amount of water turned to steam in one hour and equals almost 10,000 Watts. Mechanical HP is 550 foot/pounds per second and equals about 745 Watts.That is over two million Watts per hour with steam measurement! Steam is different in power rating than gasoline and this conversion from gas to steam, depending on definition, could be greater than 12 HP by a large amount. Then there is Shaft Horse Power and Brake Horse Power. The large flywheel makes for up the lead and lag of steam.
Congratulations on making it work! My question is do you use it or is it for demonstration purposes only? How many hours can you go between oil changes?
I don’t think he has hardly any oil In it. You look at some angles you can see there is not an oil cap on it. In theory it could run for a while. You would have to watch the oil to make sure it doesn’t get too milky. Then again it’s spinning slow enough it could run for a while. If I had to guess the engine is probably pretty darn clean by running on steam.
These conversions usually use wet steam. By piping the boiler output steam once more thru fire dries that and gives off more power without increasing the pressure to dangerous levels
Nice! ;) Have you done any real work with it? I mean besides the 12v Light from the magneto. Maybe pump water, or hook to a gen set? Also love the fact your using actual steam instead of compressed air. I'm subing and going back to see if you have any how to vids on your work. Thanks for the Demo!
I did some calculations now I have a Bran new rebuilt BS 1hp or 750 watt gas engine. I'm curious does it actually make more than that on steam vs gasoline? I'm only 30s in. Maybe this is demonstrated further along. What a fantastic idea! Oh Holy Sophia I love the way that sounds!
Real cool, but do you have a video on how you converted the 12 hp engine to steam? I live off grid and think a back up power plant that runs on steam would be a great addition
Plausible. Lots of sunlight where you are? The older rear projector tv screens have large magnifier in them . Fresnel or frenal lens,I believe they are called. Set wood on fire,quickly.
Cold steam for electricity generation. water boils in a vacuum at room temperature have two vacuum chambers with your steam engine or turbine in between one side hot the other cold larger than the hot side with a condenser coil recirculate with one-way valves and use distilled water.
A larger fly-wheel would make the engine run smoother, also if you run it at a fast speed the steam will last longer due to the short duration the inlet valve is open.
That's pretty cool, I'd like to build one if I can figure out away of rigging up some kind of oiler on it to get some lube to the piston otherwise I can't emagine it lasting to many hours of continuous use.
I'm very impressed with your success converting ICE to steam! I've been working on the same project for three years with little success due to valve problems. When I use the standard engine valves the steam pressure would float them. If I feed steam from the carburetor or exhaust port the valves fail after 40psi. My engine is Honda GC160 OHC engine and my boiler will produce 140psi constant steam...any suggestions?
Find some stiffer springs from another engine, the issue is the spring pressure being overcome by the steam side. For tests you could more or less up the spring pressure with stiffer springs, maybe a beehive spring from an race engine etc. Also big deal for certain engines isn't so much the raw pressure but getting more volume into the chamber to. Food for thought.
Tienes que modificar el arbol de levas para que trabaje con 2 tiempos, no 4 tiempos. Osea admicion y escape. Te funcionara bien con 40 psi. PD. un motor de 2 tiempos no vale.
I have an two cilinders engine. I tested it with compressed air. It works. Are your rings enough for the lubrication oil protection? Which size is your boiler.
Can I ask silly Q. If it was a 4stroke, would the cam shaft need to be modified, so as to allow pressure in & exhaust on every stroke, [two stroke], but just using inlet/outlet valves..
question? you see the steam coming out that engine. Why don't you make a vacuum to take back that steam and use it back in your tank. to save water and it will be hot so less heating? correct me if I'm wrong?
Thank you for sharing. Can you get any productive work (charge batteries, pump water) out of it; or is this just "something to do to see if you could"?
I have only seen a few vids about conversion to steam, and know nothing about engines. my question is: What about the Oil? leave it in? or would the steam/water be enough to lube the engine?
the rod and main bearings don't care what's in the cylinder! they need lube no matter what. also, in real steam engines, there is a special oiler that injects oil into the incoming steam to lube the cylinder, piston, valves, and rings.
themadmailler mmmm? so could one create a oil injector. i am thinking yes yes one can lol. just curious i don't see myself trying to make a steam engine.
themadmailler ok never mind just seen a video, some one used a inline oiler for air tools. not really thinking today lol after i seen that i am going "Of course" lopl
Do you have a problem with the intake valve starting to float with more pressure ? I think this stuff is so cool but my thinking is that the steam pressure could not be greater then the seat pressure of the inlet valve . Great ! :) the first 4 stroke I seen realy using steam
Oil is mixed with the water. The motor itself has no water. The ram's are much less than a gas powered motor so this type of lubrication is adaquit. Same as on original steam engines. There is sufficient power to power a generator as long as steam is present.
Its a 12 hp briggs converted to steam, not a 12hp steam engine. I get it. I can see the exhaust port is the intake and the intake is the exhaust. Is this done just because the exhaust port is threaded 1" npt? what other mods have been done to this old L-head? Cool.
I've got a kholer k301a witch is 12 HP and I'm converting it to steam and when I do I'm gonna make a boiler like the ones that are on steam tractors but smaller and I'm gonna put the motor an my 71 shaft driven international cub cadet and I'm gonna put the boiler right above the motor and it is gonna be the ultimate pulling tractor
I knew a man who lived in East Berlin after WWII. He worked of a crew that was clearing the roads and destroyed buildings. East Berlin was under Soviet occupation. They needed a truck to help move debris but gasoline was highly rationed. What they did was convert a truck to steam power the same way this briggs and stratton engine was done. He said they used that truck until gasoline was available.
I'm pretty sure it was running on smoke. That's what I was told and when I researched it I find many people using smoke today to run their trucks and generators. It make more sense. It's a lot easier than you think.It's called a Gasifier.
ua-cam.com/video/yYGKn12Weu4/v-deo.html
@@user-zx7tg4ph5r they don't run on smoke, it's woodgas. A gas that is produced when you heat wood in a closed container.
Congratulations! Most people show there gas engine conversion running on air.
Nice to see the real thing.
Good Lord Jon......this thing could run a lathe or circle saw, in the middle of Alaska...Great Job
You should pipe that exhaust back in to the water reservoir with a small coil. This would condense the used steam back into water to be used for steam againe. This would boost eficiancy and limit the amount of "re fueling" you need to do.
One of the best conersions I ever saw was made out of an outborad motor which had a rotating drum on top which acted as a rotary valve. The poppet valves in a gas engine suffer quickly when exposed to wet steam ,and as others have pointed out, the moisture gets down the side of the piston into the sump ,causing further wear, this is where an outboard differs , theres no oil pan to fill with water . If you got a smaller engine which you fed with the steam under pressure ,which then the fed the steam to your existing engine(with the cranks joined together) you would get a more efficeint use of the steam . Just a few thoughts.
That is awesome. Old is better than new.
I'm pleased I saw this!
So I got an old lawn mower engine with vertical shaft and wanted to make it into a horizontal shaft go cart engine, so I'd have to put the carb on at right angles. But being a crappy Techumesh engine the intake and exhaust ports are right next to each other meaning if I rotated the carb 90 degrees it would be in the way of the exhaust outlet. So that dream has gone but now I've seen this there maybe is life in the engine because I can still run it with a horizontal shaft steam engine :)
You can get extensions and elbows for carbs for things like that. But there is also many more steps you would need to take to address the oil situation. There are UA-cam videos on it that explain it better
It would really REALLY suck being you if you hadn't have come up with such an elaborate contraption to electrify your little 12 volt light bulb. Especially living so far out in them woods and all! Proud of you.
Yes, this gentleman did that and all you have is this smart ass comment.
Love these videos, but i would like to see more home built boilers and steam generators.
I love it,, actually thinking of putting one in an old boat for the river... Despite all of the knockers and perfectionists I think you have all of the ingredience for full and fun life
I was thinking the same thing. I'm building a homemade pontoon boat and one of these would be perfect to run it. I need to figure out a transmission of some sort so I can switch off the prop and still run other things off of it.
@@flynnt77 Many years ago I put an Automotive Automatic Transmission in a boat (behind a V8) it really worked great.
A small manual trans from a car would also work no problems.
If I was to build anything now,, I would go a couple electric motors/thrusters and a solar panel.
Yes it has a cost but no maintenance or hassles
@@pjetenere1 _"If I was to build anything now,, I would go a couple electric motors/thrusters and a solar panel. "_
I would use an electric motor but I'd use a steam turbine to turn a generator. Since it's a boat I'd probably use propane to heat the boiler. For home power I would use dead trees for fuel and use maybe a Pelton type turbine to charge a battery bank.
The industrial revolution used steam engines in the beginning to power their factories.
@@awaitingthetrumpetcall4529combining the old with the new. Steam and generators with batteries and electric. If the electronics fail, revert back to steam until fixed.
Pretty neat, Jonathan! I have a couple of ancient B&S wrecks that I would like to try to make into one functioning steam engine. Bet that was fun project.
It spins and makes noise for now ! Bravo !
I did this exact same thing with a 3.5hp Briggs.
The problem is that it is very inefficient. The valve is easily lifted of it's seat under pressure allowing the steam to enter the cylinder at the wrong time.
You need a valve that isn't affected by pressure.
Or stiffer vanle springs
I'd use it to drive an alternator and charge a rack of batteries.
Be an amazing low Power Generator system for a backup to a solar or wind setup in the middle of nowhere. Lots of trees to burn and plenty of good ways to make a dedicated boiler system that won't freeze during the colder months. Would be cool to convert the engine to a two stroke system for power every rotation and see how overkill a boiler you can put onto it for long runs. I'd love to see a way to separate the water out of the oil for a long run to.
Do you have a tutorial on how you made it? How has the engine held up with the amount of moisture going into it? This is an outstanding project and very interesting very well done sir
Perfecto viento en popa saludos mister Ford gracias por su trabajo feliz año nuevo mister.
You've given me a lot of knowledge.
Perfect prepper engine. Just connect to generator. I would like to know more about lubrication? How does the oil runs??
Wow after reading the comments I realized how many keyboard warriors are out there. Yeah this engine isnt doing any work, but think of the possibilities... If one has the ability to make a fire, they could generate their own electricity. Good job!
I want to try this so my question is can you tell me step by step and how you did this and thank you very much because this is really cool
ALSO. It may not be cost effective but Dry Ice will run a steam engine . Very Interesting
This a very cool. I can't believe how many negative nancyies out there have nothing but criticism!
Fascinating. can you put some oil in the water to prevent corrosion?
Good job. That looks like Kentucky.
Great conversion! Love to have such modified engine just for fun...
the same
You don't have OIL changes with a steam engine,,The water would foul the oil,In stead you have a minute amount of oil constantly being added to the Crank case and Piston,,Or just squirt some in there every few Hours XD
Nice little engine Jonathan, well done
How do you keep the bottom end lubricated? Does the cylinder wash down after awhile? I was trying to figure what the life expectancy would be for a engine like this. I can see a lot of uses for making one of these.
wow, this is cool, but how do you keep the valves from scoring from no lubrication... whats the crankcase got in there, does water get in?
Great stuff. You probably know what you're doing but you will need to fit some kind of water drain to the cases so you dont get compression lock and some other way of lubricating the bearings. If you put an oiler inline with the steam inlet it will stop the valves rusting up.
Perhaps run it upside down?
if you run the exhausted steam output into some say 3 inch tubing and connect to a radiator will the steam condense back to water to recapture and use again...for those with low water availability ?
The air compressor you have works great
What problems have you encountered with lubrication? I assume you have oil in the crankcase but does water collect there also? If so how would you deal with it?
Is it possible to capture the expelled steam, run it through a condenser then return it to the main water source?
Very nice. It would have more power if your supply line were bigger so it could pass more gas. This is a project I may attempt at some point.
Pretty darn cool...wish you would have shown more about told more about your boiler set up...I have no idea ..... Now, as you apparently burn wood or coal or trash for that matter and heat up a cylinder filled with water and then the steam is under pressure that goes to the pipe in the carburetor inlet....how does that work with the oil crankcase? I mean as you pressurize the piston, some of the pressure in the form of steam will bypass the rings and get into the oil.... Is that what happens and how do you overcome this....? Turn in off let the oil gas separate and then drain out the bottom? Just wondering...also did you ever make a video that shows it running a generator and maybe charging a battery bank? Tks
Nice job!!! Any thoughts on how to use the existing fly weight governor that's on a lot of these Briggs? Maybe with a regulator???
You would have to alter the cam, intake on down stroke, outlet on up stroke and no compression or power stroke. In other words , 2 stoke.
stuff like this is so awesome. if this world actually made sense, we would be completely enabled and encouraged to produce our own electricity.
My guess is, you reground the cam lobes to make this run like a 2-stroke.
I do conversions also, but I use either a slide or spool value running on a cam on the crankshaft.
If you go to 1:54 and watch the valves open and close you can see that the cam was modified (gears) for a 1 to 1 with the crankshaft, the cam it would have to be changed also to a even intake and exhaust lobe. Yes, you could get maybe 12 hp out of this BUT ONLY with tremendous pressure. I don't think the oil would hold up too long as all that steam would really condensate in a short time, however it wouldn't get near as hot as a regular gas engine either so.... NICE JOB Jonathan..
thanks
I was going to ask that, has the cam timing and lobe location been changed in order to make it run but that seems to be clear now! cool little engine nice job!!
Thanks
+jonathan strong have you made any refinements to it or made and more videos of it in action?
Pretty neat! Horse Power is a set amount of work over time, usually an amount of weight moved over time and distance. Steam Horsepower is measure differently, it is based on a set amount of water turned to steam in one hour and equals almost 10,000 Watts. Mechanical HP is 550 foot/pounds per second and equals about 745 Watts.That is over two million Watts per hour with steam measurement! Steam is different in power rating than gasoline and this conversion from gas to steam, depending on definition, could be greater than 12 HP by a large amount. Then there is Shaft Horse Power and Brake Horse Power. The large flywheel makes for up the lead and lag of steam.
Congratulations on making it work! My question is do you use it or is it for demonstration purposes only? How many hours can you go between oil changes?
I don’t think he has hardly any oil In it. You look at some angles you can see there is not an oil cap on it. In theory it could run for a while. You would have to watch the oil to make sure it doesn’t get too milky. Then again it’s spinning slow enough it could run for a while.
If I had to guess the engine is probably pretty darn clean by running on steam.
These conversions usually use wet steam. By piping the boiler output steam once more thru fire dries that and gives off more power without increasing the pressure to dangerous levels
I have seen just a copper pipe wound in a 44 gallon drum as a boiler with a header tank
That's pretty cool. I want to make one now
yes they did. thanks for the coment. do you have yours on youtube?
Interesting concept engine went from 25% to 5% in that conversion. I see you used a pipe flange cover as second flywheel
nice job with the boiler and engine
Nice! ;) Have you done any real work with it? I mean besides the 12v Light from the magneto. Maybe pump water, or hook to a gen set? Also love the fact your using actual steam instead of compressed air. I'm subing and going back to see if you have any how to vids on your work. Thanks for the Demo!
good job. so, what power can you get out of it? How long does a one filling of the boiler lasts?
It is simple and easily duplicated. What I want to know is how big a gen set can you run off of it?
I did some calculations now I have a Bran new rebuilt BS 1hp or 750 watt gas engine. I'm curious does it actually make more than that on steam vs gasoline? I'm only 30s in. Maybe this is demonstrated further along. What a fantastic idea!
Oh Holy Sophia I love the way that sounds!
Real cool, but do you have a video on how you converted the 12 hp engine to steam? I live off grid and think a back up power plant that runs on steam would be a great addition
To maximize power and efficiency, as well as keep water from condensing in the block you should insulate everything.
Smart and good lookin😉
The engine is really just the steam itself, it's what drives anything. The moving parts are just dummies that go along for the ride.
Please, at what pressure was that running,... Planning to run one with a solar concentrator... You think that is feasible ?
Plausible.
Lots of sunlight where you are?
The older rear projector tv screens have large magnifier in them . Fresnel or frenal lens,I believe they are called. Set wood on fire,quickly.
Cold steam for electricity generation. water boils in a vacuum at room temperature have two vacuum chambers with your steam engine or turbine in between one side hot the other cold larger than the hot side with a condenser coil recirculate with one-way valves and use distilled water.
Can you show the boiler? What do you do for a water feed pump?
nice,
have you had any durability issues with the steam, cast iron, and crankcase lubrication?
my question is , is there a safety blow off valve on the boiler tank at the highest point of the tank ??
A larger fly-wheel would make the engine run smoother, also if you run it at a fast speed the steam will last longer due to the short duration the inlet valve is open.
@TheDave570
Can that flywheel GET any larger?!?! haha He needs to take that big ass thing off for more power.
That's pretty cool, I'd like to build one if I can figure out away of rigging up some kind of oiler on it to get some lube to the piston otherwise I can't emagine it lasting to many hours of continuous use.
Good Job.I never now it could be done
I'm very impressed with your success converting ICE to steam! I've been working on the same project for three years with little success due to valve problems. When I use the standard engine valves the steam pressure would float them. If I feed steam from the carburetor or exhaust port the valves fail after 40psi. My engine is Honda GC160 OHC engine and my boiler will produce 140psi constant steam...any suggestions?
Find some stiffer springs from another engine, the issue is the spring pressure being overcome by the steam side. For tests you could more or less up the spring pressure with stiffer springs, maybe a beehive spring from an race engine etc. Also big deal for certain engines isn't so much the raw pressure but getting more volume into the chamber to. Food for thought.
Start with a 2stroke ICE first.
Tienes que modificar el arbol de levas para que trabaje con 2 tiempos, no 4 tiempos. Osea admicion y escape. Te funcionara bien con 40 psi. PD. un motor de 2 tiempos no vale.
What camera did you film this on the distortion is hypnotic
It's UA-cam's anti-shake image stabilization, I hate it but there is no viewer option to turn it off, it is the uploader's choice.
Thanks for the reply I actually like it it reminds me of holograms, nice steam conversion too by the way ;)
I like the exhaust just belching out steam
I have an two cilinders engine. I tested it with compressed air. It works. Are your rings enough for the lubrication oil protection? Which size is your boiler.
Can I ask silly Q.
If it was a 4stroke, would the cam shaft need to be modified, so as to allow pressure in & exhaust on every stroke, [two stroke], but just using inlet/outlet valves..
After the apocalypse, this would run my snow thrower.
wow cool engine I built one out of a R/C plane engine and put a drill Chuck on it for mounting a drill bit
That's slick. What's the lowest psi that it'll run on?
Do you have a video or link to what all you did to the motor to make it work right?
Is the steam being fed through the carburetor hole?
Did you modify the cam? A steam engine only needs to be a 2 stroke so if you use the stock cam you're not doing any work on two of the strokes.
you using a garden hose for a steam hose?
Is this just the engine without the spark plug just steam going in the outlet
Why a piston? What happens if you try to turn steam pressure into rotational motion using a turbine?
question? you see the steam coming out that engine. Why don't you make a vacuum to take back that steam and use it back in your tank. to save water and it will be hot so less heating? correct me if I'm wrong?
you are right yes, lots of modern steam engines recondense the steam into water for that reason.
+Luke Schofield how much psi is it running with how much hp?
+Mohmed Adam sorry mate can't help you there, I wasn't involved with building the engine I was just answering your question.
Thank you for sharing. Can you get any productive work (charge batteries, pump water) out of it; or is this just "something to do to see if you could"?
I have only seen a few vids about conversion to steam, and know nothing about engines. my question is:
What about the Oil? leave it in? or would the steam/water be enough to lube the engine?
the rod and main bearings don't care what's in the cylinder! they need lube no matter what. also, in real steam engines, there is a special oiler that injects oil into the incoming steam to lube the cylinder, piston, valves, and rings.
themadmailler mmmm? so could one create a oil injector. i am thinking yes yes one can lol. just curious i don't see myself trying to make a steam engine.
themadmailler ok never mind just seen a video, some one used a inline oiler for air tools. not really thinking today lol after i seen that i am going "Of course" lopl
How did you keep the valve from lifting off its seat from 50 psi steam. Did you use a valve spring with higher spring pressure or... Good job btw.
Can you pop the exhaust back into the tank and put a check valve in line keep reusing the same water to the boiler?
Good idea
@@jstrong67 condenser engine
Do you have a problem with the intake valve starting to float with more pressure ?
I think this stuff is so cool but my thinking is that the steam pressure could not be greater then the seat pressure of the inlet valve .
Great ! :) the first 4 stroke I seen realy using steam
Oil is mixed with the water. The motor itself has no water. The ram's are much less than a gas powered motor so this type of lubrication is adaquit. Same as on original steam engines. There is sufficient power to power a generator as long as steam is present.
Its a 12 hp briggs converted to steam, not a 12hp steam engine. I get it. I can see the exhaust port is the intake and the intake is the exhaust. Is this done just because the exhaust port is threaded 1" npt? what other mods have been done to this old L-head? Cool.
What about a four-sylinder steam generator for Electric locomotives?
Did you do any modifications to the valves?
I love the sound of it.
Do you somehow have instructions on how to convert such an engine? and which are the best to start out with? thanks
Does its lubel oil remain clear?
Must the carter water drain?
how did you figure out size of counterbalance on Briggs.
So im very unsure of myself here but could i run a 2 stroke like this by just running pressure to the intake?
Did you convert the engine to a two stroke before you added the steam? Doesn't the compression stroke cause problems for the engine?
Does the boiler hold the pressure with the engine running?
Question. What if you ran the steam to a second engine set up the same way? Would it run also?
i started from watching youtube videos
How did you make the boiler? Did you have to modify the cam shaft?
Hello my friend! Did you use a 4 stroke engine? I have many Honda 4 stroke GX 160 broken. Do you think I can do a similar steam machine, like you did?
I've got a kholer k301a witch is 12 HP and I'm converting it to steam and when I do I'm gonna make a boiler like the ones that are on steam tractors but smaller and I'm gonna put the motor an my 71 shaft driven international cub cadet and I'm gonna put the boiler right above the motor and it is gonna be the ultimate pulling tractor
You should make a recondenser out of a car radiator and put the whole system in a small car and it could be your apocalypse car
and thats a vertical shaft engine . i.e. no lube , the oil slingers not slinging......WAIT maybe it has duralube in the crankcase 👍👍👍