Sold My Hit & Miss Antique Engines tubalcain

[@PurityVendetta]

I love these machines! They'll outlive us all. Here in the UK we have the old Lister diesel engines. They represent true independence to me. They will run on any light fuel oil, even vegetable oil. I did see a beautiful model of a true hit and miss engine at the annual modelers fair which my partner takes me to for my birthday as it falls a few days after. I really like the idea of building an electrical generator running off one of these engines that could power our cottage and workshops. Thank you for the tour of your collection Mr Pete.

[@mrpete222]

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[@michaelmcclure8673]

Mr Pete , thank you for posting your farewell tour of the single cylinder engines . I have a ole 2 cylinder opposed maytag now. Just love how people use them to churn icecream at steam shows.🙂🙂

[@mrpete222]

Yes I like them i used to have some

[@gutsngorrrr]

I love these old engines, there's something magical about them.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@stevebettany8778]

I had to give up my motorcycles I know that feeling deep inside. Thanks for showing them running.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Liquidation time. I say let the family take care of it. But you are a great man and will live to to be 100. Take care my friend. Say Hi to Jimmy for me.

[@OleGramps53]

Thanks for the memories of my grandparents Mr. Pete, that was sweet music to old ears.

[@user-wo7rz3yn4o]

May you find joy and some sort of blessing in reducing your inventory. I can imagine that is a difficult thing to do. I wish I could offer you some comfort in the difficult task.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@sydneyharbourscenery1206]

Thank you for sharing those engines with us Mr Pete. Selling them may make you a bit sad, of course it would. But better you sell them now, knowing who they go to, to another enthusiast, than somebody else sell then later, to persons unknown, while you push up the daisies. With your youtube body of work, we will all remember those engines, as well as all the other machines you have shown us. Thank you. Adam. from Bilgola. Sydney Australia.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@farmallpaul4518]

Thanks, Mr Pete!

[@mrpete222]

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[@drmertes58]

Great video Mr Pete ! I remember running one of those with my uncle in northern Wisconsin cutting firewood. Thanks so much Sir !👍

[@tpbeebejr]

Mr Pete, when I was in 8th grade at Garden Spot Jr/Sr High School in New Holland, PA, our shop teacher, Mr Don Reed, got hold of a Sperry Rand (made and headquartered in New Holland at the time) hit-and-miss engine. The restoration project was to be our after-school project for the year. Back in ‘74-‘75 student shop programs were still teaching their students about engines, having them completely tear down Briggs & Stratton engines, measure things with micrometers, set valves and timing, and make parts. We even did metal casting with a natural gas-fired forge. Then the lawyers must have decided that reducing liability was more important than teaching students about engines, probably right around the time that parents and school boards decided that students had to be segregated into “academic” and “vo-tech” tracks, with no mixing allowed. I wanted to do both and somehow was able to get involved in this restoration project. I vividly recall working on various aspects of this restoration, with guidance by knowledgeable and dedicated teachers like you must have been when you taught. These teachers each lead teams working on the mechanical systems, electrical systems, and even the painting and artwork for accurate logos etc. I loved this experience and I attribute it and others like it to the experiences that formed me as a curious person, eager to learn about anything and everything, including the things that got my hands dirty. I am still this way today at 59, perhaps to the dismay of my wife. For several years I have been trying to locate that very Sperry New Holland red with gold and white lettering hit-and-miss engine. People have told me that it is still somewhere in New Holland, perhaps under a tarp in a retired teacher’s garage or barn. There is a mini version of a similar engine under a plexiglass box in the New Holland Museum, but not the one I helped restore. Thanks, Mr Pete for another fun and informative YT video tour. Thanks also for the positive influence you must have had on hundreds of young students!

[@mrpete222]

That’s an interesting story, thank you for it. I lament those wonderful days when vocational education was in it’s prime

[@philfoster4298]

Thomas Beebe Jr I also remember everyone rebuilding a Briggs & Stratton motor in “Power Mechanics” H.S. class in 1970. We had to supply our own engine which was no problem in those days because everyone had a few ‘broken’ ones lying around. Also remember when the teacher went in the shop bathroom one time and someone welded the door shut. Two periods later someone gas axed him out. Ever happen to you Mr. Pete?

[@richardlincoln8438]

I appreciate very much Your showing these to us.... It is always sad to part with things meaningful... Thank You Mister Pete...

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. New York, here we come!

[@geckoproductions4128]

Loved the video Mr. Pete, thanks for sharing. Sometimes it's hard to let go of old friends, but you know they're going to a good home and not the scrap yard.

[@MrUbiquitousTech]

Very cool! I've kept an eye out for an old engine like one of these, but they're not that common out west and when you find even a trashed one they want big $$$ for it.

[@llapmsp]

A man and his machines, a beautiful site. Thanks for sharing. Awesome.

[@shopdogsam]

and a good morning mrpete, going to be interesting to see what is in store for these engines in the hands of DiResta,, the story goes on

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@ronaldkearn3322]

Could not have found a better home than Jimmy, Sam :-)

[@MrAvjones]

I just love old equipment, especially my wife.

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@92xl]

She's reading over your shoulder isn't she?

[@4SafetyTraining]

Thanks for the show and tell

[@mrc1539]

Lyle, I have a few engines, hit and miss, and throttle governed, and show them quite often at different events. It’s amazing how fast they reproduce when left alone in the shop, 😉 they are worse than rabbits. By the way my 3 HP Z engine which is just like yours only a couple of years older weighs 960 lbs , I’m sure yours is about the same. You may have to buy another Lathe or Mill to fill those empty spots now. Ha ha !

[@toolbox-gua]

Yes indeed I liked very much. I was going to say that they do not smoke much when “cruising”, acceptable at start and finish. Thank you for not missing a beat!

[@Tryin2FlyII]

mrpete I am SO GLAD you made this video!!! As I posted in a earlier video when you should these 3 engines. I have been wanting one for a while (Hit and Miss) but know NOTHING about them. All I can say is WOW!!! I could watch these run for hours and NEVER get tired of it! and the SOUND it is like beautiful music to my ears!Ha ha ( to me at least Lol) I thought it was Randy Richard who bought these? either way they are going to a GOOD Home ! Thanks for posting and as always TWO Thumbs Up Sir!!!

[@mrpete222]

Glad you like them. I love the sound as well

[@gordoneckler4537]

Thanks for sharing the engine demo with us.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@MabrayFarm]

Thanks for sharing Mr. Pete, enjoyed seeing those old engines running.

[@Library_of_Lunacy]

A traveling man you are I take it my friend? Was curious because of the title of your video! Loved the video I do so enjoy those old hit and miss engines. Best of luck in your endeavours God Bless!!

[@Peter-V_00]

Great video, sad to see you are selling some of your favorite things but I can relate, as a kidney patient living on borrowed time I too am gradually selling off some my hobby possessions as well, life's chapters come and go as time marches on.

[@mrpete222]

😂 yes

[@ihus9950]

Great collection you have, I have a feeling your going to wish you still had them. 👍

[@mrpete222]

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[@OLDBEAR123456]

Tubalcain I have been lusting for an Ajax engine for many years now. I was born in 1960 in southern Oklahoma right amongst the oilfield. When I got out of high school I went to work in the oil fields and got to see and learn about the single cylinder work horses before electrification. Many of engines I seen were very large and way too big for a common collector but every now and then I would see a very small one and would say to myself how cool is that. I would imagine 99.99 per cent went to the scrap yard. Thanks for sharing yours.

[@stanleydenning]

I keep hoping to find one of these old engines in a barn or garage for cheap. Something to rebuild to like new. Fun to do and fun to own.

[@Machineius]

Great video. So cool to see these engines run.

[@zippymcfearson2776]

You aren't fooling anyone. What machine do you need the floor space for ?

[@steveskouson9620]

Lyle, the hit n miss engines worked by holding the exhaust valve open, until the speed dropped. Holding the push rod in the open position, also disabled the spark. Push rod also controlled the magneto. Everett, at 805Roadking does a lot of "farm engine" stuff. His guys converted a Briggs & Stratton to be a hit n miss. steve

[@johnchristiansen1623]

I have the same feeling When I have to give something up. I might help just a bit as long as you know they go to a nice Home and they are being taking Care of.

[@carlwhite8225]

Mr Pete, My grandfather had a line shaft shop when I was a kid, he converted over to Electric motors on the 70s except for his power hammer which he kept on a hit/miss motor and that machine was so cool to work, learned how to shape metal on it in my teens, thanks so much for sharing.

[@mrpete222]

That sounds awesome

[@buckeyejim2989]

Hate to see a man get rid of his toys. Thanks for sharing the prelube and all.

[@mrpete222]

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[@bobvines00]

Lyle, thank you for showing these engines. I hope to find one, one of these days.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@youcoulduseit7492]

yup! loved it. Not only will jimmy try his best to take good care of those, he'll probly find a use for them. powering god knows what... cant wait to see

[@gravelyman]

Thanks for showing us how the engine's work. I always wanted to know

[@mrpete222]

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[@DavoShed]

Great video. Keep a couple of engines just to smoke the place up. Love the sounds when they run. I think I’ll start mine on the weekend :)

[@mrpete222]

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[@TnMtnRdr]

My uncle living in MI had a McCormick Deering like that, it was hiding in his back shed some 25 years ago when I was visiting and I pulled it out and looked it over, it was in decent condition, found the ign coil was open circuited. Wired in an auto coil to the points and run it on a battery, got it running. He sold it soon after. He was fixing to move anyway and needed to clear the place. But since then I've set up foundry and machine shop to make my own machines.

[@mrpete222]

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[@nevetslleksah]

Neat. I like the sound they make. I have a 1/4 scale hit and miss engine casting kit that I need to machine and build some day.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@andyZ3500s]

The prony brake video that Mr.Pete did on the Fairbanks Morse engine is well worth watching. It is a amazingly simple way to check the hp of an engine. Also worth watching for the scientifically minded.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@mclem4u]

Great video. I will use this as a future reference guide because I found an old engine in a garage dated about early 1900 ‘s . Gonna try to get it started.

[@Tule54]

Nice engines, I love the sound of them. I am looking for one, but haven't found one yet. For the moment I am restoring a little hot bulb engine. They also have a lovely sound. Thanks for the video Mr Pete.

[@danedewaard8215]

Amazing to see that the piston skirt spends part of the time outside the bore on the last engine. I guess they were all made that way, just not as easy to see. I can see why you're parting with these engines. If you collect too many of them you need a barn to house them! Thanks for that video.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@gregjohnson5194]

Love those engines so much, I can just see I belt on them turning a wood mill, or elevator belt into a hay mound. If I had one I would have to make it do something useful around the house.

[@kendallwilliamson8193]

I got a 1 1/2 & 3 hp JD engines. Built an aluminum gas tank for the small one and welded the broken rocker arm for the exhaust and made it run after getting it unsiezed. 3 horse will give your knuckles a good rap if your not quick.

[@byrnejr]

It’s time for someone else to enjoy and take care of. We are all just caretakers for the next generation.i have been giving things to my son over the last few years. Thanks for sharing

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@franksgarageandcustoms8321]

Nice machines. I would run one if i had. Thanks for sharing,sir!

[@ricksaunders277]

I love hit & miss engines. The sound is wonderful.

[@christurley391]

I can certainly see the appeal. Thanks for the video.

[@thiggy1249]

Mr Pete, I beg to differ with your comment concerning "hit and miss" engines. The ignition is not interrupted, but the intake cycle is held off till needed for combustion. BTW, I'm a great fan, and always enjoy your videos. I wish I could have had a shop teacher such as yourself!

[@EVILDR235]

You would get along good with a friend of mine. My friend started a wrecking yard / scrap metal business in 1953 when he was just 11 years old and still runs it today. He likes old simple things. Him and his wife live at the business. His house was built during WW2 for Navy personal and their families. He uses a windmill for some of his water needs. He has been driving a 1940 Dodge 1 ton flatbed since 1956. One could drive with a learners permit at 14 with a licenced driver with you. In 1959 he bought a 1940 Dodge 3/4 ton and converted it to a tow truck. Both Dodges are still driven daily. In 1969 he bought a 1947 Dodge 5 ton garbage truck and converted it to a car hauler. He owns several dozen 1939 to 1947 Dodge trucks and several Plymouth trucks. Some of those run and some don't. Two of his 1940 Dodges are fire trucks that are used to protect his business. He also has 5 model T Fords, a model A Ford, 1951 Chevy and a 1957 Mercury. his wife has several old cars also. The Mercury is the newest car he owns. Everything he owns has a story about it. We have been friends since 1968 when I hired him to haul off a bunch of my old cars.

[@mrpete222]

Sounds like my kind of guy

[@Blackcountrysteam]

Thanks for the video I;m sure Jimmy will take care of them! Ifor one would like to see the others run when you can find time.

[@vilsiran]

Yes I do know what Reos are,have two on reel mowers. And they run.

[@jimm2442]

That's awesome, thank you for showing us!

[@stevef01]

Much nicer sound than my modern stand by generator....

[@AK-ck7cy]

I'm sad that you have to get rid of your engines. But it's good to know that you have a friend that has them and will enjoy them. I did like the video of the engines. I have 30 or so engines, drag saws and fairbanks morse engines and maytag engines and international engines. As always love your videos.

[@mrpete222]

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[@beaddemon2572]

How very cool. I wonder what engines will be like in another hundred years.

[@karm65]

the old farm across the road from me as a kid had one of these on the irrigation pump was still working when I left the farm in the late '80s

[@bocody]

Thanks for this video. I love these old engines and have always wanted one.

[@aaronanderson7619]

Thank you, you turned me on to machining for myself. If you can call it that hahaha. Best wishes Mr pete. Only a few of you guys left.

[@willardsmith8016]

My uncle had a place in norther Wisconsin. I remember my dad wrestle with the generator. It was out in the woods just past the wee hoo in the tool shed. Oil this prime here and give it a spin.My dad did not cuss but he came close. The lights in the cabin would pulse . It was so cool to a 6 year boy. Eventually they brought power out to the peninsula.Its just not the same.Will Smith

[@user-uk5bx1kz2k]

Low rpm. for 2 poles AC generator to produce 50Hz you need 3000 revolutions per minute (60/3600). The engine shown would require 4 pair poles unit to generate same frequency

[@EVILDR235]

Years ago at work a fellow brought in a FM model Z engine so he could put it back together. When he did put it together he had a piece of linkage for the throttle hooked up wrong. When he got it started it went wide open throttle and the engine was jumping all around the shop floor. We had a heck of a time safely catching it. It looked like something out of a 3 Stooges movie.

[@mrpete222]

Wow, I had one run wild on me as well. Pretty scary

[@jxgreer]

Any chance you would make a video on building a simple hit-and-miss? Seems like it would be a fun project.

[@apistosig4173]

Fabulous!

[@KM6VV]

Nice engines! Wish I could find one.

[@jksebright1]

i sure enjoyed it....

[@donmelton1512]

Nice engines. None of this battery and coil nonsense, all have their magnetos on board! All should bring good prices!

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@tedsykora1858]

I enjoyed the two pronyy brake videos suggested. Very interesting

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@wrav47]

at the antique tractor club I used to belong to, some of the members had small Maytag engines that I think were for Maytag washing machines. they were very nice and small, I think they were two stroke motors.

[@mrpete222]

Yes, they were two stroke. I had many of them

[@fm1224]

Thanks for sharing...neat!

[@83gt17]

I'm down to a 1923 Nelson brothers 1Hp and a 1909 Greendale 3HP. At one point my father and i between us had over 40 different ones.

[@eyuptony]

Enjoyed that. Learnt about throttle governed opposed to hit and miss.

[@mrpete222]

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[@Jim-ie6uf]

I’d miss them, too.

[@LonePinePoultry]

Thanks for the concert!

[@techedfireman4981]

Can't wait to see these at Jim's place. I will think of you each time.

[@mrpete222]

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[@reg.treg.t]

They are going to a good home I'm shore Jimmy will let you go and visit them

[@TheGuitar1962]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@badgerbob2226]

very nice video. I have a 1 1/2 - 3 - and 6 hp model m,s there very nice engines thay wont leave the farm till I do, keep up the good work. Bob

[@mrpete222]

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[@4speed3pedals]

REA - Railroad Express Agency. This is what came to my mind when you said that. My Grandfather and great uncle used to work for them.

[@fattguy21]

I was always impressed that their on-board agents wore revolvers.

[@4speed3pedals]

@@fattguy21 I did not know that, thanks.

[@jodydoakes8754]

Great video. I played with little B&S, Clinton, Maytag, Lausen and Reo's as a kid. I think the Reo uses the cam shaft as the output rather than the crankshaft--if I remember correctly. That meant it ran the opposite direction of what you needed, usually.

[@mrpete222]

That is correct, I have two Reo engines

[@jodydoakes8754]

@@mrpete222 Do you know if they were they made by the REO car and truck company of Ransom E Olds?

[@cyrilhudak4568]

4-stroke hit and miss blocks the exhaust valve open until the revs drop.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Imagine a rural setting on a farm in the 1920's, no electricity. The farmer wheels this engine, oils it and belts it to a 'generator ' and cranks it. There, electricity for the farm house..!

[@raymondhorvatin1050]

It's really sad to let your toys go at least they are going to a good home take care and good health to you

[@mrpete222]

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[@gwharton68]

Its hell when we get to the place in time where we have to start getting rid of all the toys that we have a lot of fun collecting over the years.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

There are still places here that the co-ops do not serve. Ive got several off grid generator customers that installed solar and a genset cheaper than they could get power brought in.

[@mrpete222]

Really

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

@@mrpete222 yes. Some in Ozark county, some in Carter, some in Texas county that I know of for sure. If you had a choice of spending $20,000 to get hooked up to the coop or $20,000 to put in pv and a genset, what would you do?

[@edwardwilson990]

What a trip down memory lane. I had a friend, mentor, second father that used to collect these, I would help him restore them, paint , pinstripe them and ready them for shows. One day I went up to his farm he wanted to look over a little Fairbanks Morse he had just bought. After I was done looking it over he gave that little motor to me as a gift for all I had done for him. We restored it together, he passed away a few years later. 🙁 I'll never sell that one, my family will be selling it off when it's time for my long dirt nap.

[@mrpete222]

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[@Daledavispratt]

I've often wondered why so many old engines like these did not provide for air filtration, especially considering the environment in which most of them operated. I've seen air filtration on other types of engines as old or older than these, and tractors of the day had them..but even some old Maytags didn't have air cleaners, but then some others did..Looks like you just made some room for another piece of machinery. According to the chart I have, that type M is a 1929. Mr. Pete! :-)

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@scottvincent7666]

Shopdog Sam is a old friend of mine although I’ve never met him! Thank you for this video Mr Pete.

[@Rusty_ok]

The start up sequence on the 3 Hp model makes a sound very similar to my ex-wife eating hot soup.

[@ianbutler1983]

Hehehe, good one!

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@jimm2442]

I don't care who you are, that's funny!

[@Tule54]

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[@rrabbit1960]

LOL

[@benbaker553]

At 77 years old in the bottom of the fourth quarter the clock running and I have no timeouts and I still want one

[@mrpete222]

I kind of miss those engines. But I am so glad I sold them

[@gordbaker896]

As I recall, you never wrap your thumb around a crank handle. A great piece of equipment. Be great to have that running a lawn mower or roller. Those babies have Torque! What actuates that intake valve on the second one?

[@bwyseymail]

It is a straight poppet valve. As the piston falls the vacuum in the cylinder sucks the valve open.

[@gordbaker896]

@@bwyseymail Thanks. Novel idea.

[@derfvader6951]

hi mrpete222 I enjoy your videos and look for then with great anticipation now that said, I always watch your videos to the end (some I watch parts more than once) but I remember that you said most people only watch 8 min on average and I also notice that when I look at videos in my history, I have watched to the end i frequently notice that it shows the progress bar on the video not going to the end youtube might be cooking the books so keep up the good work

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@whitehoose]

That engine is straight out of a Danny Kaye film. Not the vessel with the pestle - I guess it already leans to the left when the wind is from the east, but it's unquestionably the machine that goes ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa for walter mitty.

[@mrpete222]

Yes lol

[@ron827]

I thought some hit and miss engines did not interrupt the ignition but rather held the exhaust valve open until the speed has fallen off to a predetermined point.

[@creast56]

Sad when we realise we have to part ways with such wonderful engines. Thanks for sharing.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@OldtimeIronman]

Awwww bummer, I wish I could, but I'm not in any position to offer a fair price. Good luck! I hope they go to good homes.

[@1995jug]

Mr. Pete a junk man came by other day ask if would sell some of my junk farm equipment I told him I might when I get thru using it.

[@user-neo71665]

Had one stop by, by the time I noticed he was behind my shop looking around. He didn't find the .357 very funny until I pointed out the signs on each side of my driveway. Told him next time I catch him nosing around any of my property I was gonna make sure he would need a walker the rest of his life.

[@MikeF1189]

@@user-neo71665 He found it funny after you pointed out the signs? Which end of the .357 did you point at him?

[@johnm840]

Thanks for sharing, like sending a son off to school

[@mrpete222]

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