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[BravoXray]

I recently went through the USS Drum, a WW2 submarine. Powered by two stroke diesels. That itself not unusual. They had a crank on top and the bottom though. That’s unusual. The piston on the top crank meets a piston from the bottom crank and diesel fuel is injected at the right time for ignition. No cylinder head to speak of.

Those engines were Fairbanks-Morse engines, that were also used in Fairbanks-Morse locomotives.

 

[bcp]

Here's a diagram of one:

https://oldmachinepress.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/fairbanks-morse-38e-5.25.jpg

Bruce

 

[stuckmotor]

Those engines were Fairbanks-Morse engines, that were also used in Fairbanks-Morse locomotives.

I had a Fairbanks-Morse hit and miss in the early seventies. Got it running one time and had a time stopping it. That was the only time it ran well before I traded it.

 

[dodge man]

Those engines were Fairbanks-Morse engines, that were also used in Fairbanks-Morse locomotives.

I remember the plaque on it said Fairbanks Morse, Chicago Illinois.

 

[LouNY]

There was some renewed interest in an opposing piston engine a few years back for a while but I haven't heard or seen anything in awhile.
news: Achates 10.6 L opposed-piston diesel engine—status update

 

[MossRoad]

The USS Haddock SS-231 1941-1960 helps power the University of Notre Dame to this day.

"was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and sold for scrap to Jacob Checkoway on 23 August 1960. Checkoway used the large stock of oil onboard the vessel to start Checkoway Oil Company,[7] and two of her four Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines are in service at the University of Notre Dame as backup generators."

USS Haddock (SS-231) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[orezok]

 

[kenmbz]

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Doubt anyone would make it, just from trying to get the visa's and border crossings, no less the hostiles.
Someone else brought this up and many areas are not really walk-able.

 

[Pixguy]

Doubt anyone would make it, just from trying to get the visa's and border crossings, no less the hostiles.
Someone else brought this up and many areas are not really walk-able.

It can be walked cuz I saw Frodo Baggins do something similar!

 

[YanmarFever]

Was he wearing the ring?