Old Enfield diesel engine. First start in years. old start, cold start

[@timbassford7701]

Sheer madcap unadulterated enthusiasm, the only thing missing was the quintessential beer cans to compliment this wonderful video!

[@StuHarris60]

I restored the Enfield engine having bought is seized up solid having been stored with exhaust pipe open to the rain. It was a piece of military equipment presumably a system for air starting a much larger engine. I had real trouble getting it apart and had to make some new piston rings. As you found it is a bit of beast to start but once warmed up it starts really easily. I hope you will forgive the rough trolley which allowed me to move it about. I had to sell it and my other old Victor engines as we have moved home. I’m glad to see you enjoying it.

[@busterdee8228]

Never thought an entire engine could look like an afterthought. That one's got character. Well done.

[@DragonPlauge2806]

What a beast! I love a deisel engine they always sound powerfull and I love the general look of the thing, definitely give her a good degrease and wash and it'll look fab I reckon 👍

[@Fintoman]

Really enjoyed watching you get that old diesel engine running again. Excellent diagnostic approach to sorting it out, you know your stuff.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah i like to start with the basics.

[@bigbadwolf1966]

That is a lovely setup exactly as it is. A little cleaning & tidying and it will be a wonderful, useful bit of kit to show & use.

[@paulbillingham4594]

Hi Adam, Another cracking project!! The start pilot pumps used to be fitted to lorries and even vans many years ago for extreme cold starting. When I was an apprentice many Leyland, Ford and Renault lorries had these fitted, but had a glass bowl and you filled them by an aerosol connector from a can. Please be careful. The early Ford Transits fitted with York Diesels often had these from new. A ford dealer told me they were withdrawn as although making starting easier, the Ether cleaned oil from the cylinders and caused premature wear. Ford and York diesels fell out over the warranty claims. I recall a haulage owner laying into one of his drivers for using this stuff to start Lister donkey engines on tippers for the same reason it wore out the bores very quickly and these needing new cylinders, pistons and rings after short hours. I suppose this is where people say the engines become addicted to the Ether. I agree keep this in its original paint. They are well built engines which I believe were made in the Wiltshire factory built in caves during the war. I went in there once and there were still machines abandoned. Thanks for the video.

[@ronwalsh]

Love to see old diesels like this up and running again. I just wish they were more available in my area (FL USA)

[@NorfolkMancave]

I thought ion the states you folks were tripping over old engines like this?? I have a few Subs from up north (New England aera) that seem to have a load of the old stuff kicking about. But theu mainly seem to be 60s to 90s engines. Maybe the 20s and 30s engines are not that popular over there.

[@bobjohnston8316]

You need to come up to the Coolspring Museum in Pennsylvania. They have many old hit and miss engines, some of them quite huge, and they periodically fire them up. Several of their largest engines are natural gas powered and were used in the early days of the western Pennsylvania oil fields to operate pumps and gas compressors. I think that the US lagged behind in diesel technology. That’s just my opinion, but it took until the late 1920’s and early 1930’s for General Motors and Fairbanks Morse and ALCO to build the very first railroad diesels. Things were just getting rolling when World War II caused all production to be diverted to war use. General Motors also developed smaller diesels for buses and trucks in the 1930’s but they were also diverted to war usage until 1946 or so.

[@jesseamaya4413]

It is so cool to see an old piece of iron come to life.

[@The_DuMont_Network]

What a hoot! I would have you as a neighbor any time! As to the Sunday morning noise, well, the neighbors ought to be in church!

[@markamcampbell5795]

i love the diesel dripping all the time he was in working on the injector.

[@mikescudder4621]

1956! Interesting engine... cheers!

[@user-ek4tq4wy6r]

Thanks, really enjoyed that. Marvelous.

[@r.u.nuckinfuts7359]

Very cool videos. You truly get to work on some very vintage engines….very nice.Keep up the good work.👍🇨🇦

[@markthomas4083]

This was so cool! Keep em coming sir, please.

[@whitesapphire5865]

My kid brother's Ford A series lorry had a Start Pilot system on it. To fill that thing, the ether came in a pressurised canister, which you used to fill the reservoir in the cab. It was a bit like filling a cigarette lighter! One fill would give about a week's worth starts in cold weather, and it was only really needed in winter. I remember that improper use of Start Pilot resulted in broken piston rings and a lot of obscure language of an ancient Anglo Saxon variety! Once the reservoir was charged with ether, there was a pump similar to yours that you were supposed to give a couple of strokes before turning the engine. In truth, it was just about as easy to use a whiff of Easy Start, but even then, only if all else failed. However, you amaze me! We had a horizontal twin at the place where I worked, and there was only one person who could start that thing - One Mr O'Dowd, an wiry Irish lad who had the strength of ten men, and could start a car engine using a length of cord wrapped around the crank pulley! If you think your single cylinder Enfield is noisy, it's nothing in comparison to the twin - they ARE noisy!!

[@mikestewart2409]

Sounds great 👍

[@nickclarke587]

Good engines! I have a shed load of gaskets, valve springs, pressure relief springs and oil seals, all in original makers wrapping, and a workshop manual for V S 1 and HO 2..

[@171apples171]

"back breaking work" lol i would love to have this "problem" on a sunday morning. What a neat old motor, thanks for firing it up man. I agree the idea of a good cleaning and leaving it be. Its a survivor

[@JDWorkshop-wn9tt]

A nice engine the way it is! Good episode! Just subscribed.-JD

[@HITNMISSNUT]

Nice setup I say just a little cleaning You are right they only look like that once 👍

[@seanknecht4075]

Wow for each age has a really healthy engine no smoke no backfiring no choking nice those gauges might need swapped out find ones that are. Almost as old as the engine wonderful little toy

[@GrumpyTim]

Nice to see it running, cracking example of a VS1 - keep it as it is, it looks great. I've never understood the tales of these being hard to start, mine seems to be really easy - I've even started it at around minus 2 degrees C a few times - it's a bit more difficult but I've never had to resort to Ether, easy start or a burning rag. Maybe at minus 15 I'd need to rethink a little bit.

[@andymoseley2230]

Ours isn't too bad to start either

[@markdawson7429]

Enfield - Built like a gun!

[@theradioweyr]

Agree, just clean and keep original paint. Subscribed.

[@cornishadz]

My rallied my old one. It had no complaints with people. You can tame it down easily enough and not even a smokey engine

[@henrysmith8012]

Great job.

[@TBizzell68]

Good stuff

[@williamleinonen4888]

Nice running engine

[@georgegrimes2453]

Just clean.

[@terryengland1880]

Nicely done mate ,got a Honda Benly barn find, don't want as new love it 👍 the way it is (1983) keep 👍 yours like it is looks 👍 👌 good

[@matnaylor8939]

Leave it be ,lovely piece of engineering history old girl deserves to be shown .

[@andymoseley2230]

We have a VS1 sloper, not too difficult to start, i like that compressor setup, thats what i bought our for but have no clutch assembly

[@VintageEngineeringServices]

Nicely done

[@Arby1965]

I'm giving her all she's got cap'em👍

[@stevehill4615]

I've come across them start pilot units a few times on various agricultural machinery (never complete with the ether) and I've always assumed it used ether as John Deere combines use a very similar setup and their manuals state ether is to be used as a cold starting aid.

[@terryraymond7984]

I wish I would have had that Injector sprayer when i was working on my VW Rabbit Diesel

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

Well done a little tickle, but all old engines need a little love to crank over.

[@Reaktanzkreis]

I like how you fiddle with the old engine until its start. It reminds me when I try to start the diesel of an old genset many moons way back. It wouldn´t start, even with full charged batteries. It turns and turns and turns... no way. After cleaning air and fuel filters I found out little later there were an eletric valve inbetween the fuel filter an the injection pump. To start the engine a button must be pressed while crank the engine to override the valve circuit . It was part of a safety circuit which turn the fuel off when the engine run hot or the oil pressure drops. I had no idea about it , so I spend a hole day to find it out. ...but handcrank engine are another league.☺ Finally it run, a noisy air cooled 4 cyl. Diesel give a wakeup call to the neighbarhood. The power output was abt 20kW 3 phase 400 volts.

[@justicelut]

Well done sir, cow of a thing to start but you got there!

[@NorfolkMancave]

Shes a rum tool.

[@mikewinkelman7015]

She looks good in her workclothes.

[@alan4391]

very nice mr fen

[@bushratbeachbum]

Lovely motor. Definitely just a clean and an oily rag i say.

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

Cool! Sh.. that's a big enough compressor and engine that someone could hook up a big air tank to it, would make some shop a great air supply outfit. Just found your channel mate and subbed right away, I'm over across the pond from you, stateside, Kentucky to be exact! Anyhow, great stuff bub, keep up the good work! 👍👍🤘✌️

[@jamest.5001]

Id love to have a engine like this , to generate power a off grid home, to charge batteries when the sun isn't up to it! About 300 amps at 28v DC maybe 10 kw ac on occasion!

[@stevemenard5861]

Was a great video I’d slap that great engine on an older garden tractor

[@sog6841]

I bet your neighbors love you

[@558vulcanxh]

Wish my neighbours were like this 😊

[@MrJonah30]

Sounds great and runs great what did it power ??

[@kt3537]

Great bit of kit.... Wonder what's the next project???🤠

[@Grumpyoldman037]

Yes, take it to shows!

[@SteamCrane]

Lovely! Keep the original paint!

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yeah she to nice to pqint. Just a good clean i think.

[@SteamCrane]

@@NorfolkMancave Love originals!

[@andrewlyle7136]

a very nice engine i think you should just clean it up and keep just as it is

[@mikewinkelman7015]

My kind of neighbor let the goodtimes roll.

[@avianfish8732]

Right next to the neighbours bedroom hehe!

[@SidewinderProjects]

Went to Woolpit on the Sunday, it was bloody packed ( I mean well supported ) struggle to get any decent photos with people in the bloody way all the time......

[@gavmansworkshop5624]

When sockets won't go on, try putting the socket on first then use whatever depth of the square drive you have left. Less likely to round as well 🍻

[@mfrickard]

Keep it and show it.

[@rotax636nut5]

Show it, it;s a nice piece of equipment

[@NorfolkMancave]

A bloody noisy bit if kit 🤣🤣🤣. My neighbours will love it on a rally field 😀

[@xcalibre222]

WOW, They put that HUGE motor with a HUGE compressor to fill that tiny air tank, lol. Go figure!

[@1969longshanks]

Id love to know the history of this engine, where and what did it do? How quiet can you make it?

[@stephengunrunnerhanson3550]

Beautiful clean the muck off and it look fantastic with the oily ragg treatment you can get them to run slower I had a few my self a Villiers battery charger a Villiers water pump and one to blow your tyres up and lister D and lister diesel and it ran great a lot slower ill health can not move them all gone to people that used them

[@charliejones7574]

NICE....but shouldn't the compressor pump be turning around 900 rpm?

[@ferstuck37]

Did you mention it had an air compressor attached, I saw the tank, I wonder what pressure it can get up to and how fast it can fill the tank. :)

[@listerfunwithmarcus6177]

I would show it runs well

[@BRI33NOR]

Leave it basic but get the compressor working too, show the assembly as original, spray gun or something working.

[@NorfolkMancave]

ow the compressor do work. I just left the tap open on the tank. Will have to show it working for you folks.

[@jesseamaya4413]

Am I seeing sparks right around the exhaust where it comes out of the head?

[@darploin5071]

Well if you don't want to sweat starting that engine take the handle off and hook it up to a powerful drill and used to drill the start the engine

[@MooneyAkaGod]

Air getting in fuel line around fuel filter?

[@WJCTechyman]

I always find it funny that people don’t use yellow fuel cans for Diesel but instead use the red ones for gasoline (petrol).

[@judgetk8327]

Nice old girl buddy.

[@ivanolsen8596]

Back in the late 70s bought a very old boat that had an Enfield opposed twin cylinder in it, the engine would start first go every time and would run all day. I had 2 water pipes for exhausts and make a slow popping noise that would bring people out to wave to us. It was coloured grey and had no guages, no pilot start, no filters and no ID. The one here is the only other I have heard of, always wondered if they were in any way connected with Enfield motor cycles.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yeah i do have a Opposed twin. But its a none runner due to flywheel issue. I must have another go at that.

[@ivanolsen8596]

@@NorfolkMancave I am hoping you will put on video so we too can enjoy it!

[@trevorjones4463]

Put the air tank on it with blow off valve will be good 👍

[@ianclifford4309]

Oilley rag it and put on a traller it would look very nice

[@garrybrischke53]

Mind your fingers in those V belts!

[@MartinKennedy636]

👍👍👍👍👍😎😎

[@goldcountryruss7035]

Compressor have oil?

[@terryraymond7984]

I heard a weird noise but it didnt sound like an injector firing

[@alanslade2319]

Wow why go to a gym, when you can just buy yourself a generator. All good not so clean fun 💯🇬🇧👍

[@craigdowney6438]

Would it be easier to turn it over if you removed the crank handle and used an electric drill?

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yeah that often works.

[@jimlowndes9980]

Put a Generator on it?

[@SidewinderProjects]

Morning Adam, I hope your neighbours are friendly......🍌

[@danwaters115]

I believe you fill the start pilot with diesel or oil which dumps in the intake to increase compression when the engine is cold and make it start easier. Similar to what’s on your other compressor but this just has its own reservoir and pump.

[@gregorymackenzie1527]

Leave it alone shows work

[@davidbatt6723]

I’m pretty sure you put petrol into the start pilot. Yes I know it’s a diesel motor. No more than 3 pump’s of petrol to start it

[@michiganmotorsports]

Same company that made firearms?

[@judgetk8327]

Make sure you paint the handle on the crank. Then it will feel better and run for you without having to pay it to run. Hahaha. Waitago champ.

[@geraldharkness8830]

keep it original!

[@johnburgess9185]

Now you got an Enfield ha ha

[@NorfolkMancave]

Indeed I have 🤣🤣

[@MrLeighton782]

ether start fitted to bedford mk mod vehicles

[@sinchrotron]

Sunday, 7:00am

[@slesar-podpolshcyk]

Ви поставили несправну форсунку на мотор. Чому не зробили ревізію форсунці, якщо вона не має гідравлічної щільності і тече?

[@snowflakemelter1172]

The worst thing about vintage Diesels is bleeding the fuel system, could they not have invented self bleeding injectors sooner ?

[@terryraymond7984]

Oh Im hearing something in the pump making a weird noise

[@gregorymackenzie1527]

The. Neighbors also run

[@timlee4204]

put some oil into the cylinder

[@geraldhaggard1018]

Can you connect a generator to it, I'd be tempted!!

[@NorfolkMancave]

Am sure it could be.

[@michaeljoseph9881]

I don't think you're feel pump's produce enough pressure to make that Dr fire.

[@edmcelhone4501]

either capsule

[@terryraymond7984]

s he runs

[@nikkidemers6291]

ether egg