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Author:  JRD [ Sun May 25, 2014 6:38 pm ]
Post subject:  me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engine
In addition to working on triples, I like old iron and help out at Rough & Tumble in Kinzers Pa at the working museum. The piston ring I'm holding is out of a 1913 vintage 485 hp Cooper engine that developed 21,000 ft lbs of torque. It was originally run on natural gas and was a pump for moving natural gas thru the pipelines. This engine plus an additional six others were in Medina Ohio.

Here's me with the piston ring
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The single flywheel is 14' in diameter and weighs 22,000 lbs. It has a 21-1/2" bore and a 36" stroke and is a "Tandem Double Acting" each pair of pistons has it's own cylinder casting and cooled in the center.

View from the front ( click for bigger pics)
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A couple pics of the compressor
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Here's how you bring an engine that weighs 150,000 lbs to TDC so you can start it. It's started with compressed air , 165 psi fed thru 2" steel pipe. The guy pumping is priming the oiling system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvBQSYRBzdA

Here's it's running on propane. Both ends and the center are saddle mounted to support the weights of the piston assembles. The large eccentrics run the intake valves on the top and the exhaust on the bottom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1jLYz9TtTY

Here's a view of the ignition system and the smaller eccentrics for the oiling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUaLLfqZx9U

Here's one I took two weeks ago from the flywheel side. If you listen closely, you can hear when the air is switched off and it starts running on propane ( just a few seconds after the video starts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYq8DO8L_k

Jeff
Author:  Ja-Moo [ Sun May 25, 2014 6:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
Dude, you are tiny.......... :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  JRD [ Sun May 25, 2014 7:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
Ja-Moo wrote:
Dude, you are tiny.......... :lol: :lol: :lol:


I'm almost 6' tall, it's just HUGE :mrgreen:
Author:  BarryB [ Sun May 25, 2014 7:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
Jeff, that is just WICKED cool!!!
Author:  JRD [ Sun May 25, 2014 8:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
BarryB wrote:
Jeff, that is just WICKED cool!!!


There was a lot of work that went into saving this engine and getting it running.

http://www.roughandtumble.org/cooperengineproject
Author:  Jim C [ Wed May 28, 2014 8:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
For days I skipped this post thinking this wouldn't be all that cool.
Wrong again; what an amazing piece of equipment; had to be way ahead of it's time.
Good on you and others for maintaing history
No substitute for displacement!
Author:  Jackman [ Wed May 28, 2014 4:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
JRD wrote:
BarryB wrote:
Jeff, that is just WICKED cool!!!


There was a lot of work that went into saving this engine and getting it running.

http://www.roughandtumble.org/cooperengineproject


Never heard of the rough and tumble, ggood to know might find a way to check it out :think:
Author:  JRD [ Wed May 28, 2014 7:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
Jackman wrote:
JRD wrote:
BarryB wrote:
Jeff, that is just WICKED cool!!!


There was a lot of work that went into saving this engine and getting it running.

http://www.roughandtumble.org/cooperengineproject


Never heard of the rough and tumble, ggood to know might find a way to check it out :think:



click on the website ----> http://www.roughandtumble.org <------- and look at the schedule on the right side.

If you can only make it down for one show, make it 8/13/2014 to 8/16/2014 for the 66th Thresherman's Reunion. It's their big show and all the attractions are going full tilt.
Author:  JRD [ Wed May 28, 2014 7:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
Jim C wrote:
For days I skipped this post thinking this wouldn't be all that cool.
Wrong again; what an amazing piece of equipment; had to be way ahead of it's time.
Good on you and others for maintaing history
No substitute for displacement!


They have a lot of very cool machinery there. They have one of about five of the original combustion engine there and it runs. Even the one the Smithstonian has doesn't run. ( they blew it up )
Author:  Bill B [ Thu May 29, 2014 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: me holding a piston ring for the 1913 485 hp Cooper engi
It is surprisingly quiet !
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