Starting Elmore's Atlas

[@craigmclean8260]

Thanks for showing us the startup procedure...I have some photos from the engine room of Elmore (previous owner?), taken while exploring engine rooms of various tugs at the 2000 Seattle Maritime Festival tugboat races; some neat old engines there!

[@crankman219]

I rebuild the Atlas in the Westward and the Washington Estep in the Catalyst over 23 years ago. I was the engineer for Tom George and Hugh Riley.

[@SM-Flyers]

RIP Henning.

[@charlieleahey1516]

I used to work around the M/Y Thea Foss and her twin inline six cylinder Atlas engines. Amazing sounds and efficiency. I love the leather engine parts.

[@badenpascoe3976]

That is fantastic. What a lovely old machine. We had these motors in New Zealand in our 75" tugs during WW2. They were the 6 cylinder model. A few still exist.

[@haroldbrown1998]

I was a draftsman for White Motor Co. In 1960. They had acquired Superior Engines Springfield Oh and Atlas Engines Oakland California. I remember their drawings. Our Chief engineer was John Seagram from Oakland California.

[@LukeCasten]

Awesome! Such lovely music.. Awesome video,.

[@davidotness6199]

My earliest memories include the Atlas on my grandfather's longline boat in SE Alaska. Being held by my dad as I learned how to do the oiling from an early age. There's nothing that brings back old memories like the sound of that old engine chugging away. Thanks for the visit.

[@stonward]

Beautiful. You are a man who has a piece of heaven....

[@ctg6734]

Awesome! Such lovely music.

[@wazza33racer]

How very quaint old chap, a real museum piece for sure.

[@GLF-Video]

That engine is thing of beauty.

[@caphenning]

Yes it is.

[@Lucianrider]

Very nice and smooth running engine!! Love to see these old engines still running in a boat.

[@h2oboater]

Absolutely Beautiful. Love the sound ... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@7892rl]

Fantastic !! love the old iron....

[@wernerfeil7900]

Herrlich, genau das richtige für eine Wärme-Kraft-Kopplung!

[@Tatersalade]

I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing.

[@n17ikh]

Excellent video. There's a tug for sale up at Orcas Island (the former Palomar, now Restles) that has one of these engines and I was wondering what running one was like.

[@ericcommarato7727]

That is a work of art and engineering!

[@caphenning]

Yes it is, they built them to be art back then.

[@mw6593]

Rebuilt and operated a six cylinder version, in the 1970s. Tug San Antonio......former Pan Five, built by Levingston / Beaumont in 1940.

[@backbayboy1]

Fantastic !

[@christopherhampson265]

Lovely lovely sound !! Good for another 100 years 😁👍👍👍 ! Did you do a blow down of the cylinders before filming ? Thank you for sharing your beautiful piece of history !!

[@caphenning]

Kind of. I have the blow downs open as I manually jack the engine around to START timing, then I close them all off for the start up.

[@pauldormont4470]

Sweet music, that!

[@petenash7994]

No danger of someone sneaking in and stealing your amazing vessel then!

[@윤태근-e9o]

중속엔진 소리 아주 듣기 좋아요. 잘 관리하셨내

[@DONNY223]

Awesome video,

[@BarcelonaAustinA35]

Enjoyable video

[@sbkenn1]

I think the people did all the work, the engines just make a noise !

[@peterwiremuormsby9383]

Awesome video. What are the 2 things that look like push rods Or pipes between the 2 push rods

[@caphenning]

There’s four push rods, intake, air start, injector, exhaust. The injector one barely moves to lift the needle.

[@peterwiremuormsby9383]

@@caphenning thank you very much for your reply.

[@gmeredith8834]

Luv it!

[@International110]

where does the surplus oil end up? in the bilge?

[@caphenning]

There is a trough at the bottom of the engine it collects in that you can just wipe it out of. It really doesn't amount to much as typically it gets wiped up before it makes it there.

[@Tailwheel828]

Henning, are you still flying any? Cheers!

[@caphenning]

Very occasionally, with the boat project, flying money is slim...

[@فالحعمرعثمان]

👌👍👑

[@RRaucina]

Where was the engine made?

[@caphenning]

Atlas Imperial engines were made in Oakland California I believe.

[@RRaucina]

@@caphenning Great! Too bad it is a homeless camp now. All the foundrys except one are gone.

[@VenturiLife]

That's wild.. like something out of a WW2 movie.

[@caphenning]

It’s a literal WWII engine built right before the war.

[@blackf350]

How are these engines on fuel efficiency?

[@caphenning]

Excellent, about 2.5 gph for 100hp.

[@blackf350]

@@caphenning Wow that is good, I bet the torque is also good.

[@caphenning]

@@blackf350 100hp at 300rpm... yeah, that’s a lot of torque.

[@shawnbottom4769]

That would be 1,750 ft/lb @ 300 rpm (2,372 Nm).

[@DB-thats-me]

100hp might sound small, but it measured in Clydesdales not Shetlands. 😳

[@randyjohr5276]

set the timing, so what is your purpose for this what is your goal here?

[@caphenning]

One sets the crankshaft to the correct position so when you start feeding air to the cylinders, the engine starts rotating.

[@johnburgess5534]

The rockers all had grease nipples and you oiled either side of them??????

[@caphenning]

There’s not one grease nipple, they are all oil cups and holes.

[@alansailing1387]

LOL, full throttle is like 400 RPM higher than idle

[@caphenning]

225… It idles at 75 and hits the governor at 300.

[@hassanrahimdoust3126]

The engine is leaking air from starting valves.

[@caphenning]

Yeah, they’re old valves and there’s 250 psi in the system at full pressure, I don’t try to make them seal perfectly as it just ends up ruining the shaft seals faster. The leaks are noisy because of the pressure, but it’s not losing much, and goes away once the engine starts and I shut the valve.

[@randyjohr5276]

who is your apprentice?

[@caphenning]

I have none.

[@ttm2609]

wheres the pre lube herb!

[@samanli-tw3id]

Sounds like a train

[@randyjohr5276]

I hope you have big bank account your going to need it.

[@dorothyburry42]

Where is the boat homebased sir?

[@caphenning]

Right now in Port Townsend WA

[@dorothyburry42]

@@caphenning Do you let people tour your boat? I would love to see the engine in action

[@caphenning]

@@dorothyburry42 Right now she is out on the hard and for sale.