20 HP Fairbanks Morse

[@Rob-fc9wg]

Harley Davidson's new prototype engine undergoing some final testing.

[@boonsitajanprakob5283]

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[@lonnybruce9407]

Glad to see it get running clockwise so it can throw the oil properly to lube the rod and main bearings.

[@myronhorvathsk]

Beautiful old Fairbanks !! 😁 They just make me smile!

[@kjellsagverkjosefsson4569]

Titta

[@themadmailler]

ticks over great! i am by no means an expert, but i believe your issue with the air start is that you're giving it air for too long a duration. i think you want to shut off air before the piston uncovers the exhaust port. that way the inertia from the spinning flywheels doesn't have to overcome compression AND the extra air that you're giving it with the compressor. good luck!

[@CosgroveNotts]

Looked to be starting it backwards to me

[@bourbonfan1]

@@CosgroveNotts I'm an expert too! hate them more by the day.

[@StupidEarthlings]

Cool. Can i stick my arm in the spokes?

[@deepsleep7822]

😊 OSHA purist must be grabbing their chests. These monuments to Darwin awards. If you’re dumb enough to do stupid things around them, you deserve what you get. My dad had a 5HP FM engine. He got it when I was about 12 years old. He told me to be careful around it. It didn’t take much of a genius to figure how much pain it could inflict if you weren’t careful around it.

[@tedium37]

Sure. Once

[@russ3045]

Did you get a larger air line yet?

[@tonyloechte9994]

Start it once Let it run for ever.

[@rvtssrvtss3630]

Good luck starting that out in the field

[@myturbogt6]

I’ve got it down and it starts right up by hand. Thanks

[@mudflapq]

THATS A GREAT VIDEO THANKS FORD SHARING ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@Semparo]

Fun thing to do with these is get a good good audio recording if it and lay it over itself 4-12 times with a small delay in between it layer of audio. Literally sounds like a common modern engine!

[@frikbrits6335]

I see this Fairbank can also do that running with zero revolutions !!, all big single cylinder 2 strokes can do that i think. Buldog lance tractors does the same :-))

[@icgcaboose4330]

Not hot enough and flooded. If you get it hot enough and give it 2 shots of fuel it'll take off by hand rolling it hard towards the head and let it go!

[@myturbogt6]

Thanks that’s an old video. I have got it down pretty good on the start up now. I own another one now that is a 15 hp they start very easily

[@bourbonfan1]

looking back, first time seeing one started on coal

[@wesleycallison2079]

That guys name must be John.

[@anythingthatmoves9609]

Why does it seam like it fires every stroke

[@Pme998]

2stroke engine

[@anythingthatmoves9609]

What I meant was it’s a hit and miss...

[@jamesbecker3203]

@@anythingthatmoves9609 not a hit and miss it's a 2 stroke diesel. It's suppose to fire every stroke

[@Cypress_Stoned]

Cool a propane diesel engine.

[@charlienorton2337]

Anything that moves Channel if it fires every stroke it’s a 2stroke engine not hit and miss

[@brenohighland1168]

magic sound

[@winonabigbrownbeavereater2218]

Great start ! Now If we can figure out how to boost it's hp's up to about 2,000 and mount it on the rear of a motorcycle frame....

[@dennistaylor5052]

I'm in, but you kick start it

[@bourbonfan1]

grab a hold and pull thru

[@bourbonfan1]

old fashion way

[@myronhorvathsk]

LOL, sure pull it through. Good luck with that one.

[@oliviamonkey]

It was great, at the time ,

[@vinhtranquang4697]

They ere good

[@hugodanielgomez3369]

K lo

[@CosgroveNotts]

Nothing more annoying than wife in background

[@Jay-fb2lv]

He needs some practice lol

[@hiramjonesjr1887]

Hit miss motors are so good to watch but smokes a lot

[@jamesbecker3203]

This is not a hit and miss it's a 2 stroke diesel