4 HP headless Witte

Specs are:
Witte Iron Works Company. 4HP @ 500 RPM.
Bore X Stroke= 5½" X 6" serial # 17265, Build in 1914. Flywheels are 24" in diameter.

This is where I found the Witte in August 2001, on the shelve by a collector in Eastern Washington State.

We still had a few days left after the HOWT 2, so I started making a sturdy crate for the Witte. Of course there were more engines to be shipped to Holland. The other engine is a 2 HP Fairbanks Jack of All Trades. + some wheels.

The engine is quite small for a 4 HP.

The serial number is 17265, what makes it a 1914 built engine.

The piston was stuck in the cylinder and since it is a headless engine we had to come up with an idea to get the piston out. 
We thought the "grease-gun" method might work on this one. It sure did and the piston came out with very little effort.

We already had a bad feeling about it since we got a mice nest in front of the piston. The cylinder is badly pitted and needs to be re-sleeved:-(

The engine is already running again, and better than I expected. Unfortunately no picture of it yet.

More to come....

Question's or comments?    h.terpstra@wxs.nl