Firing up a century old tractor engine

Tracmach member Bob Lukins demonstrates how to fire up a 100 year old Titan tractor engine. Video by Rhys Tarling.

Transcript

00:00that is the 1918 model

00:04so it's reasonably old Bob's just primed it up with a bit of juice

00:10a bit of petrol

00:20uh Bob said if anyone wants to have a go they can come along on the crank handle

00:23they've been doing he's going to start this by just

00:26crank handle set the impulse on his magnet

00:31make sure it's in neutral

00:37so this is a 1919, 1918

00:42Bob's going to get on the crank handle

01:12Bob's just set up his fuel mix there so it's not too smoky

01:18and that's as easy as it is

01:28right the boys are getting ready to start the nozzle