Re: Hot Bulb Engine

Posted by Tom from Ontario on June 24, 2000 at 19:26:34 from (216.129.12.70):

In Reply to: Hot Bulb Engine posted by Russ Hubert on June 24, 2000 at 18:03:59:

They were also referred to as semi-diesels and crude oil engines. Popular in Europe, they ran real cheap, would burn anything flammable and were simple to maintain. Usually a horizontal single cylinder engine of HUGE dimensions, the engine head was to the front and the head was bulb-shaped. To start, you took a big blowtorch and heated the head. The heat of the head along with engine compression and a hefty swing on a crank or a flywheel got them going. In later versions, the British Field Marshall used a modified blank shotgun shell which was put in a chamber and ... fired. The older Lanz Bulldogs were probably the best example, with derivatives being the Field Marshall, Vendeuvre, early Landinis, as well as others. Landini made them up to about 1960. But they had limited power output for their size, were incredibly dirty, and limited application, no small chore tractors here.
Hearing one working makes a John Deere 2 banger sound like a weak tenor.

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