Couldn't help but notice that my request for help in locating my old Witte Diesel has once again sunk without trace! Can engines just disappear? Anyway I've given up on the idea, just hope it found a good home!!
Charles, The answer is quite simple, If no one replied it means that no one knows where your Witte has got to. I have sold a lot of Engines in the last 25 years but I don't know where
90% of them are now!-- Dave Croft Warrington England
Your Witte is probably still out there Charles, but if the new owner does not subscribe to this list, then you'll hear nothing of it.
I think it's quite a good thing about this NG that if we don't know something, there might be a bit of guessing and white noise, but if we don't know, we tend not to reply.
There are - what 400? - of us on this NG, and SE magazine has around 8,000 subscribers - try there, you might well have more luck ;o))
Regards,
Kim Siddorn
What was so rare & unusual about this particular CD?
Tom
No need to shout. You never qualified your CD's rarity on location in the first place, that they were made from 1948 for 20 odd years hardly makes them an endangered species.
A close examination of the mechanical design doesn't reveal any idiosyncratic deign features that could be construed as unusual either.
Tom
Most of us own engines that they never exhibit - me for one! I've a 1917 Amanco that has been out of the workshop twice in thirty years and a couple of Villiers WXII that are equally immobile - or even stationary ;o)) My Crossley at seven hundred weight is too heavy to handle on my own, so it sits in the workshop and gets started now and again for my private enjoyment. Frankly, I tend to exhibit engines that are close to the door and that my local club hasn't seen very often, although I do deliberately try to cycle them to include engines that have proved popular on display.
Perhaps your Witte CD just isn't close to the door and owned by someone just around the corner that isn't on this NG.
Regards,
Kim Siddorn
Using upper case to make a point is regarded as shouting on the 'net...
Perhaps your "CD" is more "rare" than you claim, as having Witte engine catalogs from 1938 through 1957-8, it is only in a 1948 (dated) catalog that the following is announced:
"New Engine" A new 12 horsepower Diesel engine has been introduced by Witte which retains the reliability and economy features and incorporates in its design new advantages. The new engine, known as the Model "CD" has been field tested for over a year and its performance record is excellent
The 12 horsepower Model "CD" is completely weatherproof with valves and all moving parts fully enclosed and maybe operated outdoors regardless of weather conditions. Contributing to its all-weather operation is the condenser cooling system which maintains engine temperature constant regardless of load or speed. The condenser-cooling system reclaims as water the steam that is produced through the cooling action of water within the cylinder jacket. Because of this condenser, it is seldom necessary to add water.
This engine is supplied with single-flywheel and clutch unit or with dual flywheels and stub-shaft. Cooling system may be the condenser, wall-type radiator and fan, or cooling tank. The Model "CD" engine retains such features as the precombustion chamber, counter-balanced crankshaft, renewable cylinder liner and cylinder head provided with large water passages. A by-pass type lubricating oil filter with replaceable cartridge will be standard equipment on this engine."
As for rareness, its only because of location and I'm still waiting for the clarification of the claim of unusual.
As for my own observations of said animal, I suppose I seen
3 or 4, but when all is said and done, they're just another stationary engine that have no observable design features that give pause for thought..Tom
Tom Having a picture of the Witte CD Charles once owned I see that it is a horizontal with exposed valves/pushrods and twin solid flywheels. Do your catalogues suggest that may be the earlier model ? regards Roland
"Tom" wrote in heavily snipped message
Roland, all is revealed!:-)
If it had exposed valve gear it's not a CD, more likely to be either a KD or MD depending on hp, both of which had solid flywheels, the CD had spoked flywheels.
Tom
I have now put the pics of Charles ex-Witte and a known type CD on my webpage under engine pics W. hope that helps sort this one out ttfn Roland
Interesting that in his mighty tome on American engines, Charles Wendel states that he has been unable to find a suitable picture of an early Witte horizontal diesel, but illustrates their general form with a pic of the later CD. An indication of the rarity of the earlier engines?
Hello Charles
I just picked up a Witte CD diesel that was frozen into the mud for the last 20 years. It's one that has the two spoked flywheels measuring 32 inches by 4 inches. I think the engine is @12 to 14 HRSP. It turns a little bit by habd so it's not seized which is great but I'm not going to try to turn it over until spring until it's sat a little while in the sun and penetrating oil. I was wondering where it is that you found parts for your engine. This one needs alot of love. It's missing the injector, pushrods, and fuel pump among other things. It came with a 7.7 KW generator end which also needs some parts. Any tips on finding parts would be appreciated.
Thanks
Dan
CHARLES HAMILT> Couldn't help but notice that my request for help in locating my old Witte
Go to Harry Matthews site:
Peter
My CD was one of a batch of 3 that apparently came over on "Lend-Lease" to an internment camp at Spadeadam. After they became redundant a guy bought all three at the disposal sale and ran one on a saw bench up til recently. He used the other 2 as a source of spares for the runner. I know where these
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