1915 Buick c37 engine

[@jamesb.9155]

Wow. It is so unique and obviously beautifully restored and runs like a top!

[@bertxblitzkrieg]

working parts of a machine. This was just what people felt they needed back then. This is when lubrication was by splash and oil can, because thats what was developed at the time. Technology grows with time, and as it does, it allows people to be more ignorant of how things work. These old pushrod engines are what every engine we have today evolved from, and they are what built the foundation for anything and everything we have today. You'd better start showing some respect for this equipment.

[@cargons]

View this engine with many years of working this way is something expectacular. Congratulations!

[@rickeymitchell8620]

it's running good. love the tappet sound. nice job of restoration.

[@ddkoda]

Overhead valve cylinder heads. The compression ratio was probably fairly low but still this is pretty advanced for 1915.

[@earlnut]

Buick's were always overhead valve. They were pretty proud of that.

[@jedclampett6466]

Extraordinary detail. Thanks for the upload!

[@bertxblitzkrieg]

a spark plug. That stuff was built beefy, and built to last, and was treated with the respect and care that equipment deserves - careful attention from a watchful eye. The other commenter who responded to your post noted that open pushrod engines were used for a long time, and he is absolutely right! They were (and still are) used in ships, power plants, and a lot of industrial equipment. And if you think there is nobody around to attend to the maintenance needs of an automobile - well, somebody

[@EmersonCapuano]

Supernatural, insane, at the same time beautiful to see

[@aleksandrold]

and the fan rotates in the opposite direction .... the motor does not heat up?

[@TruthOldSchoolStyle]

I like the Safety ring around the Fan blades

[@flyingmerkel6]

Strangely peaceful

[@williefleete]

All I could hear was the chitty chitty bang bang song! Love some of the older cars

[@Slithey7433]

A little jiggity at idle, but revs up very smoothly. 😊

[@BastianBense]

Apparently we made no progress in the last 100 years...

[@BigMac2222]

+Bastian Bense Apparent to you or to someone that knows engines?

[@flyingmerkel6]

We got the basics down 100 years ago.

[@hyzercreek]

Well Buick did, anyway. Ford didn't give up the skillet head until 1953.

[@billyfoster3223]

@@hyzercreek True, but Ford's Windsor V-8 makes up for it!😀

[@NorthernThinker]

Is the valve on number three floating?

[@sauluribe7082]

Curious you have an open valve setup and it seems no oil goes through it or are they greased periodicly?

[@hyzercreek]

Drop on each rocker every 150 miles

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

That is amazing for a 1915 engine!

[@bertxblitzkrieg]

man with an oil can. Back then people had to pay attention to their equipment - that just doesn't happen these days; people completely ignore what is under the hood of their car and they take it for granted. But tell me - why could old Fairbanks Morse power plant engines run constantly for 60 to 70 years? Why do old hit and miss motors and hot bulb engines start with a single roll back against compression? Most of that equipment has had nothing at all replaced - not even something as simple as

[@patmclean1951]

This is so cool!!

[@kens97sto171]

The drop of oil came from the can you would carry with u. Like any motorist of the day. Why would you need someone to watch over it?? A couple drops of oil before you leave and your done...seems easy to me. This type of design was very common in most engines made by various manufacturers. Look around on KZbin

[@douro20]

This engine was made with technologies that no one else in that day used. It was an OHV liquid-cooled engine when every one else was using flathead engines.

[@douro20]

Were any of these engines used in tractors?

[@copper4663]

That think looks good, what is the CC rating?

[@TheRealFobican]

Is the engine a lightweight construction?

[@ChevyToughRebel]

Thats pretty neat

[@tiger2338]

Back in those days you could fix the thing yourself.

[@bulldogblvd]

How is that engine so clean??

[@hyzercreek]

Starter motor is missing, I can see the gears it went to

[@dunn98632]

dam impressive if I say so myself.

[@silvergear2754]

I love an engine with exposed rockers

[@charlesnorte]

Gracias You Tube, maravilloso!

[@joebreaker100]

i wonder thus the valves, tappet,... gets lubricated............this video is music......more from Philippines

[@OldSkoolF]

Didn't the rockers have a sheet metal cover like the Chevy's did?

[@hyzercreek]

Buick got valve covers in 1919

[@gojoe283]

Overhead valves, exposed push rods? very interesting...

[@Jjosh1358]

that exposed head is so bizzare

[@kens97sto171]

Most engine of that time had open valve train. Just a drop of oil every once and a while, and your good. It was simply not needed. Considering it's still running after 97 years.. Maybe Chevy DID do it right. You think whatever you or I drive today is gonna be running in 97 years. NOPE. The simplicity of it is what saves it. Open valve train was used for a long time.. mostly on bigger engine. WW2 Sub diesels were all that way.

[@hyzercreek]

Most engines? Only Buick and Chevy did. All the other cars had flatheads.

[@flaviotorigoi3827]

Hello, where's the carburetor?

[@hyzercreek]

Left side down low, updraft carb under the manifold

[@DesertDigger1]

The beginnings of the "Munstermobile"?

[@tuhimatajohnston]

you got the chitty but no bang bang :D

[@annamarco13]

motor music

[@adoreslaurel]

Ok Ok all right re the car,but on a very dusty road you could not stop it getting in around the cam followers and wearing them out and if the dust got into the sump it would get pumped around the engine with premature wear occuring,it was not good engineering,just a cost cutting excercise and a lot of people would say "next time" I will oil it,just like people putting off oil changes in the motor mower, I know,I used to service small industrial engines and the oil often came out like treakle.

[@adoreslaurel]

But where did that drop of oil come from,who carried an oil can,subs had someone on hand to watch over and lubricate no airborn dust under water but plenty on a dusty track,97 years running ? after using the shit oil of the period and cast iron pistons? I think your engine is like granpa's axe, 2 new heads and 3 new handles.

[@adoreslaurel]

Just like chevrolet,no cover for valve gear, how did they lubricate it and keep dust out of the engine? most unusual and not good engineering practise.

[@adoreslaurel]

Ok have it your way,but motor companies try to save money on anything they build and they do not want you driving it for ever, there is no argument that it was bad engineering then just as it would be today, but Hey, it was fascinating toshow the rubbernecks just how the engine works and most people would have not known their arse from their elbow about things mechanical then.take a look at a good continental engine of the period,1913 Delage with DOHC,4 valves per cylinder,now that's engineering

[@homeofthemad3044]

Still more power and grace than a civic

[@adoreslaurel]

You want amazing, take a look at the engine in a 1913 Delage,DOHC with 4 valves per cylinder,but of course that was Europe where motor vehicles were not for the average Joe and fuel was very expensive so only the rich could afford, GM and Ford produced for the masses and fuel was cheaper [we screwed the Arabs and now they are biting us on the backside]

[@jorgedanielbelenda2557]

Eso no es de 1915 !!!!! Es mucho.mas nuevo

[@seapeddler]

Needs a smoked lexan hood.

[@vitobelflores6510]

i wanna see rolling!

[@AtariFTW]

And to think that engine was made for unleaded gas.

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@82markyboy was wondering that myself

[@72fordmaverick]

wheel stand PlEaSe

[@Furyfromthesky25]

well, a little more bondo and you're there.

[@EmersonCapuano]

runs like a clock

[@bertxblitzkrieg]

You seem like you've never really been around real working equipment. Small industrial engines - you sound like you're talking about lawnmower engines. Of course the oil in them comes out looking like horse ass, because people ignore maintenance on those engines. You should take a look at things like farm and mine equipment - coated with grease, coated with dust - but the moving parts keep themself clean. Take a look at the old, open hit and miss engines - lubricated by drip cup, and a careful

[@JOJOBANANAZ1]

waterpump.....

[@bertxblitzkrieg]

is driving that automobile! So yes, there most certainly is an attendant around on an automobile: the driver. YOU. YOU are the one who attends your car while it is running - and a drop of oil once a day is not a bother at all - unless you're lazy and ignorant, like most people are today. And noting that you say "most unusual and poor engineering practise" makes you look very ignorant. Open valvetrains were not "cost cutting" - those were what worked, before everybody decided to shroud all