A Tour Of The Waukesha Engine Historical Society!

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Here’s a video I did my 1st year on KZbin about Waukesha: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqSYXnqFr5Vpjcksi=PdL93vR5PvzlBQoQ

[@MarkGamble-wj9cm]

Have a 1961 clark.michigan payloader.with a gas Waukesha engine on the farm.now retired as am i.it still starts rite up and purrs like a kitten.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Gotta love the old reliable ones 😃

[@idessaoutlaw]

The Waukesha WAK engine was the Cadillac of the Oilfield Portable Natural Gas Compressor Units back in the 40s thru the 90s . I still have one of them in my yard today. 🍷😎👌

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

That’s awesome!

[@davidkellymitchell4747]

Yes, they were the oilfield standard in those days. I see a lot more CAT engines today in the oilfield.

[@Greenjeans2020]

I worked at Waukesha Engine from 1980 to 1982 and again from 1989 to 1998 as a Manufacturing Engineer. Over the years I had several departments. I bought several machines such as a CNC piston turning machine, CNC/CBN Cam grinder, CNC cylindrical grinder, Multi spindle drill press, etc. I was also responsible for rebuilding the GFM large crankshaft milling machine, and induction hardener. I really enjoyed working there and I'm still in touch with others I worked with. Sad to see it moved to Canada.

[@rdallas81]

Very cool 😎

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

That’s a great story, thanks for sharing 😃

[@dirtthunder1638]

Dresser was a pipeline and construction equipment company.The construction division came out of the remnants of IH's industrial and construction devision and American Standard's WABCO division. Dresser later went in to a partnership with Komatsu it build construction and mining equipment as 50/50 partners. Later Komatsu bought them out of. Dresser and Halliburton who was also a pipeline company and competitor to Dresser merged. Dick Cheney over saw the merger worth $7.7 billion. Later V.P Cheney was involved in no bid contracts given to Halliburton during the invasion of Iraq and occupation. Most recently the WABCO division bought out GE's locomotive devision.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Wow, good info, thanks!

[@adamsuess3449]

The elusive VRD330. Hard to find. I've been looking for one for years. Thanks for the tour.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching!

[@charleslambiase5670]

I'm loving this video I am truly loving this video.❤❤

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Glad you liked it!

[@garymessina1609]

They were awesome engines to work a we had several 16 cylinder engines on gensets great video thanks

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Thanks for watching!

[@Obamaistoast2012]

The Waukesha in my 1940 Loran crane still goes strong.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

They are well built engines

[@charleslambiase5670]

I remember working in on an old Alice Chalmers. It had the 6 on the engine that was actually a diesel block running on propane. Things would change dinner but that block was a diesel block it was heavy very heavy engine.....

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Nice!

[@SchnelleKat]

So super cool, you could make this video. I have a 180-GKB in one of our mid-70s fruit harvesters and it is a real PITA finding parts.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

What kind of fruit?

[@arffadailey8055]

You're not wrong. I have a Versatile 160 with VRD220 here in australia. Thank god the internet was invented.

[@charleslambiase5670]

I worked on many of those in those old Clark forklifts... Always condensation under the valve cover LOL

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yeah I suppose they didn’t run long enough to get hot

[@danielgrove7782]

I would love to build a street rod or rat rod with an off the wall motor

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yeah that would be sweet

[@MoreFormosa]

Wisconsin and Minnesota use to be the world capital of small engine manufacturing, which has largely fallen to cheap chinese knock offs of Honda utility engines. Great to hear we still make SOMETHING in these two states that use to be manufacturing beasts.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yeah Wisconsin is home to a lot of innovation. Too bad a lot of it has moved out of state/country

[@Nudnik1]

Beautiful. Thank you. I had a few Olivers and Wak motors. I have on little WAK on a Kohler Genset pickled in my barn in Virginia I would donate to a restoration guy free. I can load it up . Had it running on skid . No generator head . I worked on giant Genset WAK natural gas 500kva . Dresser name on it .

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Sounds like a good little project for someone

[@anschuelke]

I would love to get my hands on one of those vrg220s, be a great repower for a super 66 or 660

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yes!

[@dennislecloux2086]

WAUKESHA SURE MADE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF ENGINES AND STUFF THROUGH THE YEARS !

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yes they did!

[@JamesBerlo]

Thanks for doing this, So many great American Companies are gone that created - built fantastic Machines, these engines are an Example, they have a unique Style that is Beautiful, the Plant is Hige, of course it would be big but not that Gigantic? Its too bad they no longer make Deisel's,

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yeah it would have been amazing if they still made the engines here and I would have gotten to tour the factory

[@clarencetrice4442]

😊😊 very cool and neat 2 see 👀 there should be alot more places like 👍 😅 W the history of the engines that were made many years ago gas and diesel 😊😊 OMG 11 2 2O24

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yes! I was glad they had this to preserve the history of this great engine manufacturer.

[@timwhite9255]

Good video, i paused about 10x to read the placards. Really cool. You said they moved engine manufacturing to Canada, where to and what name do they go by. 🚜

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

In 2018: “Advent International purchased GE’s Distributed Power and formed a new company - INNIO. INNIO is now the parent company for: Waukesha and Jenbacher engines and the Welland factory in Welland, Canada.”

[@VHP7044]

@@WisconsinOliverNut The Waukesha location is where the test lab, materials lab, re-up, sales and training are located.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

@@VHP7044 nice, thanks for the info

[@VHP7044]

@@WisconsinOliverNut One of the engines in the Historical Society is a wood or plastic model that was used for trade shows. The survivor engine downstairs is from the VHP engine family and is still manufactured but only in gaseous fueled models. The CFR is very significant as it is still used in refineries to test gasoline octane values. I was there at the factory a couple of weeks ago. If your contact is able to get you access to the remanufacturing areas and the test lab you would find it interesting. And then have a stop at the training facility.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

@ that would be epic

[@tallfarmboy1975]

Do they still offer rebuild kits for the engines used in the Olivers?

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

You have to use other suppliers like M&W. Gasket kits you can get through Agco. Totally rebuildable yet, just have to source from other places

[@SOU6900]

Is the group that makes the engines the same one that makes the transformers that my dad use to wind coils for back in the 90s?

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

I’m not sure, would have to look into it. Transformers made by Waukesha?

[@SOU6900]

@WisconsinOliverNut Yes sir. There's a plant here in NC that still builds Waukesha transformers. It's part of a GE subsidiary now I think.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Hmm, interesting

[@gn5673]

what is the humming noise?

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

I think it’s the lights. Ballasts

[@jamieebersole6755]

I remember reading about the Waukesha power units at the twin towers before. I live about 3 hours away from there.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yeah it’s insane how big of generators those buildings used

[@jamieebersole6755]

@WisconsinOliverNut those buildings were insanely big. At least I've been told. I was 8 years old when they went down, so I never saw them.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

I was 21 when they went down. I remember where I was and what I was doing that day

[@donschofield4849]

GET RID OF THAT OLD EXPENSIVE LIGHTING, AND SAVE MONEY!!

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yeah, wonder how old it is

[@Cougracer67]

What is that annoying hum?? Sure makes it hard to hear!

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

I’m not sure, something making that noise in the building. Yeah it made it harder to hear the guy. It might have been some sort of air circulation for the plant or something. No idea

[@johnsteffen2248]

That hum sounds like ballasts in the overhead lighting ...

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

@@johnsteffen2248 could be

[@martinsuter3531]

Great video, terrible audio.😥😥😥

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

I mean…I did what I could with what I had. There was a humming there and the gentleman talked low. I’m surprised the go pro picked up what it did cuz it was hard for me to hear him. Oh well, still was great to see

[@wk2268]

Sad... GE bought them and put that plant out of business.... They employed a lot of people at one time.....

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Yeah, happens to a lot of companies unfortunately

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

Interesting topic, but shoddy camera work & awefull sound quality...

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

There was a buzzing in the building, and the guy didn’t want to be shown on camera. I did what I could. Maybe try being more positive in life 😉