It's like music, man.

Kinja'd!!! by "Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
Published 10/10/2017 at 16:00

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1909 10HP Blackstone oil engine was used for pumping water from a river to a market garden. The engine was sabotaged in the 1920s by someone blowing up the cylinder with explosives. A new cylinder was installed and the engine was returned to service for a number of years when it eventually fell into disuse. A number of river floodings submerged the engine and it was eventually partially buried in silt. It was recovered in the 1990s and in 1997 it was dismantled, cleaned and started again after many years of neglect. The starting procedure requires heating of the hot bulb with a blow lamp in order to vaporise the fuel ( kerosene ) and to preheat the internal combustion chamber to allow fuel ignition.


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Kinja'd!!! "farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
10/10/2017 at 16:12, STARS: 1

like music you say?

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Kinja'd!!! "Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
10/10/2017 at 16:16, STARS: 1

Tractor can be it’s own damned drummer!

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Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
10/10/2017 at 16:21, STARS: 0

“like”

I think you misspelled “is”

Kinja'd!!! "Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
10/10/2017 at 16:25, STARS: 1

Much like a woman in labor, I got it taken care of with a contraction.

Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
10/10/2017 at 16:28, STARS: 0

THE “LIKE” IS NOT NECESSARY

Kinja'd!!! "Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
10/10/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 2

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
10/10/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 0

lol... my uncles band used to play that song

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Kinja'd!!! "Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
10/10/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 1

That band needs a tractor.

Kinja'd!!! "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
10/10/2017 at 17:17, STARS: 0

A strange beast, the hot bulb engine being neither spark ignition nor fully compression ignition. Hideously inefficient but they had the virtue of starting fairly dependably no matter how cold it was so long as you applied enough heat first.