EVERYTHINGS BROKEN!! Can we get this 100+ year OLD Engine RUNNING again?? ANTIQUE ENGINE REVIVAL!!

what a gorgeous engine when its done! this is a 1910s 2 1/2hp lauson built for DeLaval. a lot of parts where broken and I managed to break several others. hope you guys enjoy!

[@UpVoltageOverclocking]

As soon as he started hitting that valve with that hammer I knew it was gonna break!!

[@trevorhaddox6884]

tap-tap-tap-tap-tap CRACK Gasp!

[@BrickEngines]

@@trevorhaddox6884villager sound emmited*

[@cruddycornstalks]

and already had a new one and it worked great. but its always funky to see a cast iron valve head just plain crumbly before you!

[@rashton5730]

It took a hell of a beating, 😅 I'll have to send this video to Mortske Repair 😀

[@martinhambleton5076]

The fastest valve grind i have ever seen.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@martinhambleton5076 fastest in the west

[@SiaVids]

You certainly got it going but obviously have a lot to learn on using the correct types of tools to correctly approach the job in hand. Something of this age requires an amount of respect.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@SiaVids I agree and disagree at the same time I work on them damn near daily there is some respect to be had but a crescent wrench is plenty of respectful if you're careful with it. And this is a relatively common engine in the general spectrum of things so the only rare thing about it that is worth being really careful with is the paint job as there isn't a lot of nice originals like this left out there

[@danielgriffith7694]

If you don’t know how to do something right, please ask someone, before destroy it more 🤬

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@danielgriffith7694 you can do that next time you work on one. Worked on hundreds of them. And handled some of the rarest out there so im good.

[@RayScrafield]

I know nothing about these old "hit/miss" engines but my Dad would have loved watching your video. Very interesting. Well done.

[@RayScrafield]

Most folks don't know the correct way to use an adjustable wrench. I see them pulling against the moveable jaw all the time and that's what makes things go badly. Always pull against the fixed jaw.

[@tagomago2178]

Thought this was a spoof video at first, but no, it seems to be real. Thank you for putting the comedy back into mechanical restorations.

[@cruddycornstalks]

that's the same question I ask myself everyday!

[@weschaffin]

Wow. I typically don’t watch videos this long in length but this one was well worth it

[@philippvonferrarikellerhof1720]

I quite like that you left the original paint on. It gives it a bit more character.

[@cruddycornstalks]

thanks! original paint is by far more expensive and harder to get then any repaint you can ever do to an engine. the decades of wear and age make a patina and color you cannot make from any spray can or brush! people that say otherwise don't respect a machines history or age. now if its been repainted its free game!

[@terryuland6502]

I was waiting on you to pull a Mortske and snap off the top of that valve …. And you did! Lol

[@cruddycornstalks]

the decision was calculated, but god I'm bad at math.

[@sagenspezl612]

Hast Du kein Ordentliches Werkzeug?

[@brianrvd]

Rest in pieces, housing.

[@alexferguson9283]

Nice to see beautiful, well made and reliable machinery being bought back to life. Subscribed.

[@LymanTaiste]

What kind of heathen hammers a valve out? Adjustable wrench for everything?

[@cruddycornstalks]

I guess I could have used mind powers instead. and yes adjustable hammer for everything

[@MARRANCA2]

Yeah. The adjustable wrench screams lazy or poor. Or both.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@MARRANCA2 if you think a crescent wrench is a bad tool you either Don't know how to use one or have never used one properly to begin with. There's no harm in in using a crescent wrench. If using it correctly you can snap the bolt off before it would ever round the head.

[@MARRANCA2]

BITCH PLEASE...I've been a Field Technician probably longer than you've been alive. But please...tell me about myself while you're using crap tools. Hahahaha. You're a joke.

[@cruddycornstalks]

a field technician isn't a hit and miss engine mechanic. between me and my father we have about 60 years in antique farm machinery repair, and we aren't going to tell you how to be a field technician , because there are almost completely unalike. if you haven't worked on antique engines maybe you shouldn't talk about how someone works on them.

[@philippephilou8116]

You're starting from afar, but the result is superb, even with these little accidents, well done.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@philippephilou8116 thank you

[@user-rm2kq3jw2t]

Варвар!!! Мало знать работу!!!! Главное понимать, что делать, как и чем!!! Варвар!!! Отобрать инструменты!!! И никогда больше не подпускать даже близко!!!

[@user-vb9zf7yn5n]

Достаточно разводной ключ отобрать и работа остановится))...

[@Evilslayer73]

Amazing ressurection!! i love those ancient hit n miss engines:)

[@thepotterer3726]

Sorry, I had to stop watching when the adjustables came out.................................

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@thepotterer3726 why do people hate a crescent wrench so much. If your rounding bolts off with one your using it wrong. They have easily enough grip to break the bolt before rounding it off so I still don't get why people hate them so much. They are a very useful tool that only novices say don't work especially in the old engine world.

[@Davide0033]

@@cruddycornstalks personally it's because it's big as fuck, it's easy to round bolt because they tend to have a lot of play and in general, they look like something that does the job badly i personally woun't use it, but i mean, it's not me working on that, and it clearly worked good enought to do the job. i think hammering straight into the valve might be worse than any wrench. again no hate, of course, i just want to discussion, but hammering into a stuck valve seems a good way to fuck stuff up

[@rashton5730]

@@cruddycornstalks You should use 100 year old Peck, Stow & Wilcox monkey wrenches on your 100 year old engines 😄

[@squarefour1]

Yep. Not only was he a goon with a Crescent Wrench but he held it backwards on the Nuts. Then used it for a hammer. Oh boy. Sure ran good. I don’t know how

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@squarefour1 and what did it do? Nothing worked perfectly fine. No rounded heads no problems with the wrench what so ever but people still complain like it is causing problems. And it ran because I did the work it needed to run.

[@rc-daily]

Lord have mercy... guy uses an adjustable wrench and you guys lose your minds.... who cares what tools he uses???

[@1943L]

It’s a great little engine, made to last. After some TLC and a clean it seems to be as good as new.

[@SharkRoads]

This is not restoration 😅 This is tortureration 😂

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@SharkRoadssure don't seem like you have delt with very many hit and miss engines. Do some learning before you make assumptions. And it isn't a restoration never said it was. 90% of people call repainting and engine a restoration. And I find the word over used and useless.

[@chrisacres]

So many experts popping up again.

[@christopherrobinkivisild5309]

I agree with some people, the last thing to use is adjustable wrench. But most of the people who watch this don't know how to restore an engine or the process of it.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@christopherrobinkivisild5309 they sure seem like it's the worst thing to ever touch this engine like some of the nuts haven't been taken off with a chisel and hammer before.

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

What a great little engine. Well done!

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@JasonSmith-vd1sz thank you!

[@ShawnColorado]

Great Video. I love seeing these old engines come back alive. I'm working on a John Deere now. Cracked magneto.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@ShawnColorado thanks! At least John deere mags are around. I was worried I wouldn't find another splitdorf but a friend found me one and I was saved. I didn't mention it in the video but the windings in mine where also bad so the parts one came it twice as handy.

[@jscott8695]

Well done! 🤣 Subscribed

[@KenthGustafsson300]

Great video,,,no talk that takes of the intress to se it...thanks!

[@cruddycornstalks]

thanks! i try to make the video as interesting as possible!

[@motorflusterer6307]

Well done, nice work, want to see it running with load...

[@igorchesalin3501]

Great job! Always enjoy watching your videos. So nice to see old machinery revived.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@igorchesalin3501 glad to hear it. Always try my best to entertain!

[@Mariano.Bernacki]

would this engine have some sort of intake air filter in service? can't see it lasting long without one, but am not knowledgeable so asking.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@Mariano.Bernacki basically no hit and miss engine had an air filter. They just sucked crud in and spar crud out. That's why you can find a lot of them completely worn out from inhaling corn dust and the like for decades.

[@bernhardhofstatter3129]

What an expert 🙈

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@bernhardhofstatter3129 never claimed to be an expert but definitely delt with more of them then almost everyone commenting.

[@adhdrebel982]

When those were made those three tools were all the farmers had other than a big rock and first generation wrench🗜️

[@cruddycornstalks]

and here I'm destroying it using tools better then it ever had new!

[@adhdrebel982]

@@cruddycornstalks my grandfather had one a third smaller it had a brass handle that when started folded into the flywheel . He had a washing machine water pump (think late 40s-early 50s) and a pair of pullies and old fan belt and he used it as an irrigation system for his trees , he showed me how to start it and it just popped along.

[@GuildOfCalamity]

Great pacing for the video! No one likes a bunch of talking and real-time unscrewing of bolts.

[@cruddycornstalks]

gotta make taking out a bolt feel like pulling a pin otherwise, it makes the video way to slow and long!

[@anthonyvincent5892]

Speak for yourself!

[@ahmedtounsi79]

is this an 8 stroke engine !?

[@joem1413]

I see from the comments you got a lot of flack, but you get my respect. I wouldn't know what it is or what to do with it.

[@Mercmad]

I guess Delaval was the same company as Alfa laval ,which is familiar to me as makers of milk separators for dairy farmers. A huge company once. The little motor was typical on small farms for running the milking plant and separator.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@Mercmad it wasn't alpha laval it was alpha Delaval the whole time. The. It be same just DeLeval

[@zakaria1514z]

Great job awesome

[@cruddycornstalks]

Thanks!

[@nightrider5112]

I love old machines

[@davidheidbrink1135]

Somebody please take that hammer away and get him a set of wrenches, good grief!

[@cruddycornstalks]

nothing wrong with any of the tools I'm using or my methods. they where calculated. maybe not perfectly but it was calculated.

[@billchildress9756]

Bring back a lot of memories for me. When I was a teenager my friends Dad owned an antique shop and had a lot of old engines similar to this one and we started bringing them back and cleaning them up and getting to run again. This included some very old Tractors too!

[@rustyblade5845]

I was just thinking when you was thrashing that valve, how come whenever I hit anything it breaks.

[@cruddycornstalks]

the cast iron headed valves are always touchy. but I knew I had a way to replace it so I wasn't worried.

[@rustyblade5845]

@@cruddycornstalks monkey sees monkey does, this is the trouble. There is alot of young people who learn off KZbin before they attempt. They copy these bad practices.

[@christolbert4628]

A friend of mine has a few "hit and miss" antique engines.

[@user-tj4mr1nb3m]

WD применяют до разборки, а не во время. Можно было избежать многих сломанных вами запчастей

[@sovietrussian4977]

мотор Андижанец , до сих пор работает на водоотливных помпах в казахстане и ухбекистане и киргизии..

[@williamllorens2141]

If it works it’ll be a miracle. Lots of rusty components I apologize, it’s a miracle. It speaks volumes about the quality of the products built by master engineers ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cruddycornstalks]

its is always amazing to see how well they hold up over the years!

[@koningbolo4700]

Cool to have this machine powering an alternator or something slightly more period to produce power to charge an Edison battery...

[@maxhammontree3169]

Bro, use more lube earlier, and not WD40! Pb blaster! I’ll send you a can. Fantastic job tho!

[@cruddycornstalks]

been tested by many people both perform very similar. and wd40 was on sale. and I always get like halfway through something and remember that penetrant exists and is helpful!

[@maxhammontree3169]

@@cruddycornstalks I’m an industrial mechanic for 20ish years, and I have the option to use WD 40 or PB, and it’ll be PB every time, and I even hate the smell of PB. It really works better.

[@maxhammontree3169]

WD is excellent for cleaning and light metal moisturizing.

[@richardkitchen2469]

IF YOUR GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO TEAR IT DOWN' A SMART PERSON WILL CLEAN ALL PARTS AND SAND BLAST THE WHOLE THING. THEN PROCEED TO DO A FILING FOR BLEMISHES. AND SURFACE SAND ALL THE SHAFTS.. AND YES I CRINGED WHEN THE HAMMER CAME OUT...

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@richardkitchen2469 what sick person would sand blast something like this? Destroying all of the age and history it has and the original paint that's made it 110 plus years in the world. That sounds like someone that's never worked on preserving history very much. Let's save it by removing half of what makes it old and painting it with cheap paint that any one can put on anything, seems like a flawless plan. If you ever find an engine in this condition find someone else to save it because it sounds like you'd like to destroy half it's history.

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

Would you do that to an old shotgun or rifle as well? Asking for a friend.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@milwaukeeroadjim9253 yeah you can't have any of that old bluing on there you need to fully redo that

[@vinylexperience77]

Did you put a lead substitute in the gas?

[@cruddycornstalks]

There is no need there's nothing in this engine sensitive enough to care nor in most engines from that time. The lead in fuel wasn't as much for a lubricant or dampener then it was an octane booster as there wasn't ever metal lead in gas only tetra ethyl lead and that has no major help over modern octane boosters and oils.

[@alex4alexn]

new sub here, great rebuild, keep rebuilding and i will be back for sure, thanks for the content. Just a tiny bit of advise, flood the hell out of your camera shots with lighting for fine detail. Thanks again for the rebuild!

[@colin_5839]

What did you use to clean the engine at the end there? Looks to have worked very well!

[@cruddycornstalks]

it was a 50 50 of gasoline and kerosene. worked best with the grease the engine had without making the green come off.

[@GICK117]

Looks like you could do all that while your eyes were closed. Great job young man!

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@GICK117 thank you! Ive got a pretty good idea I'd say.

[@patricklamanna3924]

Never seen anyone belt a valve like that

[@cruddycornstalks]

a few before me had wacked on it for a good minute the stem was crushed to almost twice its thickness. so I had a replacement in line and had no reason to worry about breaking it, though it wasn't really expected. but hoh boy do people seem mad that I broke a valve that I had a replacement for ! and they seem to act like they know how to fix the world!

[@petersburgsummerresident2311]

Меня бесит, когда разводными ключами работают!! Что нормальных нет????? 😡

[@tronixfix]

Those “pot metal” parts are quite toxic… it’s usually a mixture of zinc, lead and aluminium. The ratio of metals can vary, that’s why some batches last and others rot away.

[@cruddycornstalks]

Yep never heat them very hot with a torch or you could get zinc poisoning

[@bobvarrica5541]

Diden't hone the cylinder or check for stuck rings?

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@bobvarrica5541 if it has good compression without , no need.

[@franciscoassis2862]

Magnífico trabalho, parabéns, sem música de fundo chata ,muito bom mesmo

[@cruddycornstalks]

thank you!

[@jimbritt2874]

Very nice job 👍👍🇺🇲

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@jimbritt2874 thank you

[@Drivingmychrysler]

Nice

[@cruddycornstalks]

thanks

[@DIY-vv4fu]

Abroad, it is mechanical respiration. good.

[@RattiDave]

I'd recommend having that green paint checked for arsenic content, just in case …

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@RattiDave licked it. Seemed ok

[@georgebrown8312]

Wow, that is amazing how you restored that old diesel engine to working order. It looks better and it works like a charm as well. Great work.

[@erikziak1249]

Diesel? Did you even watch the video?

[@Davide0033]

@@erikziak1249 what i was thinking. that thing has a fucking carb lol

[@Technoismystyle17]

nice video but did you clean the cylinder and piston ?

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@Technoismystyle17 i removed the large chunks other wise that was all it needed. Rings must not have been stuck or it would have run very good.

[@enginecrzy]

Absolutely Beautiful Engine! I agree about the paint too, fantastic refurbishment as always.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@enginecrzy thank you! someday when I have more time down the line I'd love to get it completely spotless in the crankcase too but I had time restraints so I skipped that part.

[@shanepowers7566]

BFH takin’ care of business.

[@cruddycornstalks]

oh you know it!

[@NoName-gb9gp]

Never hamner a valve like that. 😮

[@vinylexperience77]

Right!

[@cruddycornstalks]

I will be sure to use the Schwartz next time

[@tonyhaddon2582]

How is it that you manage to spend so much time working on these oldies ?

[@cruddycornstalks]

no other social life or care for a sleep schedule

[@cptdavepilm3235]

Subbed, Quick, no bullshit rebuild, so many people nowadays are scared of elbow grease, and treat things like they are made of wet toilet paper. good job

[@cruddycornstalks]

thanks for the sub! a lot of people act like its a delicate machine but in reality its a 300lb cast iron brick with some bit on the outside

[@jorgemoraga2427]

Nunca vi martillar una valvula con tal brutalidad , ....como para llevarle el carro jajaja

[@darrellyea6470]

He makes it look so easy. Never like that in real life.

[@cruddycornstalks]

thanks! alot of labor went into the filming and the editing to make the video nice and short. and everyone that doesn't understand that is saying i missed steps and did it wrong

[@ilfarmboy]

good job just needs a muffler

[@vicvolk013]

Me hubiera gustado verlo desmontado completo, aún así buen video

[@Michael-ul8bv]

The guy is a hack, broke a valve and that housing for the igniter. Watching him break things is too painful.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@Michael-ul8bv good to know the person calling me a hack doesn't even know what I broke and what was already broken. Or the fact both had replacement parts waiting. Maybe go learn about something before you try to act like you know better.

[@sebastiansodini]

Nunca me paso de ver una restauración tan mediocre, con golpes innecesarios al punto de romper una válvula, y nada prolijo al trabajar, una vergüenza como reparador

[@ZAFARADIL-cd6xh]

😂😂😂Did anyone noticed,WD40 savings ! ! !

[@HshhdHshhd-ec3su]

Không làm zét không zơn mới lại cha ơi

[@restaurandocoisasvelhas]

Thank you for making such an incredible video my friend. You gained another subscriber. Give me strength too. Thank you my friend.

[@cruddycornstalks]

Thanks for the sub!

[@Stemenik]

So strange, after the 163rd hard hammer hit the valve went off in pieces...

[@cruddycornstalks]

who could have foreseen such wizardry .

[@robgriffin4716]

can't watch ant more!

[@cruddycornstalks]

ok...

[@boskaczastka]

Hello darkness, my old friend

[@cruddycornstalks]

how could this happen to me , I've made my mistakes.

[@boskaczastka]

Beautiful restoration though!

[@rodrigoolvera5983]

He visto dos motores asi en un antiguo sistema de bombeo para agua potable, uno es LISTER y el otro creo que es Fairbanks Morse aunque esta ultima también fabricaban bombas y motores eléctricos verticales

[@suhasturankar7566]

Very good 🫵🔥

[@josephhammond5219]

I guess it was really to far gone to do a proper restore? Not doggen you Sir just my observation. I gave you a like for your effort.

[@cruddycornstalks]

thank you!

[@ttff4459]

Treat yourself to a socket set FFS.

[@EnglishTurbines]

Sooooo, it cruises at 500 rpm....and the ignitor kicks it as the speed declines....?...Every now and then.....Must be very economic on gasoline....🤔😏🇬🇧... Here in the UK, these engines tended to be Diesel, or compression ignition but the exact same idea, slave engines.....😀😏🇬🇧

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

Hammering on stuck valve heads never leads to a positive outcome. Ask Mortske Repair.

[@cruddycornstalks]

was more worried about getting it out then saving it as it was pretty messed up from past attempts on getting it loose. but cast iron head valve do like to make a fuss about percussive maintenance

[@user-wv5bt4jc9p]

Wow 100year old hit n miss motor?????

[@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858]

Yep

[@cruddycornstalks]

sure

[@garyhuss8728]

That's a cool old engine, got an IH LA engine myself, but I cringe when you break out the crescent wrench and hammer, if you would take the time to use the proper tools and leave the hammer in the toolbox you would save yourself a lot of headaches

[@cruddycornstalks]

I don't know what people expect you to get the valve out with other then a hammer. A press would have a good chance of breaking a cast iron head valve and or bending it as well. And only people that don't know how to use an adjustable wrench don't like an adjustable wrench.

[@driverat8s]

They called it "White Metal" back when.

[@cruddycornstalks]

we call it white metal still today. and still use it in alot of materials.

[@driverat8s]

@@cruddycornstalks Thanks, and yes, I can tell!

[@maxiflow8695]

Super Like!!! amazing job!!!

[@tewdogs4475]

go to harbor frieght and get a set of sockets

[@cruddycornstalks]

nothing rounds off an old bolt or nut like a low quality 12 point socket set. try learning how to use a good crescent wrench before you decide to hate on it. and don't get them from harbor freight that's your first mistake .

[@tewdogs4475]

@@cruddycornstalks who said anything about 12 PT, numbnuts? and i have been using harbor frieght 6 pt for years and it still beats a crescent

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@tewdogs4475 harbor freight hardly ever has 6 points around me especially if you need wrenches but I use vintage industro sockets and wrenches when I need to. But a crescent is a lot more reliable when you're dealing with rusty bolts that aren't always a standard size anymore. And if used well they wont ever round off a head

[@tewdogs4475]

@@cruddycornstalks use a pipe wrench then it won't round out

[@emanuelgoncalvessantos4499]

Had to pause for a while to do not leave the video with a dislike when you broke the valve. It was moving, why didn't disassemble it and file...

[@cruddycornstalks]

was crushed beyond saving on the stem from people before me. and I had a new valve already in the works so had no worry if it broke . but a lot of people left right after even though the valve was replaced with no damage done to anything important.

[@enginecrzy]

DON'T BREAK THE VAL😐...😑...😁✌👍

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@enginecrzy aaaannd it's gone.

[@vinylexperience77]

WD-40 is not a penetrating oil. Never, Never, Never hammer a valve like that! FYI

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@vinylexperience77 wd-40 is as much of a penetrant most brands. And if you can't hammer the valve Guess I should have just cut it off from the get go.

[@vinylexperience77]

@@cruddycornstalks wrong

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@vinylexperience77 been tested by dozens of people that almost all main stream penetrating oil works pretty much the same so not wrong. Acetone and transmission fluid works better then almost all of them and heat beat them all my a mile but if you head a stem like that that guide will split almost always.

[@petersburgsummerresident2311]

Понятно.. Зарубежные механики слабы в технике... Сказывается западное образование😢

[@davidhall5520]

Loved the vid bud!

[@cruddycornstalks]

thanks!

[@Anton-cf3xd]

Relax I am mecanic

[@octane613]

Im glad im not the only one who noticed how much of a hack-job this was. Didnt even clean out the waterjackets or clean the rust off the cylinder? Or at least dress the head surface? Sure yeah it runs but jesus man. Awful work.

[@cruddycornstalks]

@@octane613 I guess if it wasn't in the video it never happened. Every one on here acts like they know better like they have worked on hit and miss engines much. But don't think how much has been cut from the video. If the engine in the end runs good "which it does you can't deny" then maybe you should have a little faith in what someone does in there work. If the work was hack job it would not run that good, I know because I get to fix actually hacked engines all the time.