Old tank engine

[ezcurra]

Old tank engine revived

Not cummins related, but I think you may find this interesting. Some years ago, a T34 tank from WWII was recovered from a swamp in Estonia, after being underwater since that time. The video below shows the V-2 engine being started after being 60 years under water.



http://www.diving.ee/video.php?f=t34.AVI



http://www.diving.ee/articles/art035.html

 

[rrausch]

First linkie no workie.

 

[ezcurra]

First linkie no workie.

There is link for the video in the second link. Click on "Start diesel engine - video ... "

 

[The patriot]

Pretty cool.

I heard that after the first few hours of running, you'd typically get a few POUNDS if metal out of the oil pan of one of those.

Saying that, I'd bet that's the oldest T-34 that's still running. :-laf

 

[WDixon27]

some of that stuff was crude at best, saw a sale listing for a russian version of a duck and the guy commented that at the moment it ran and drove fine but if you ever needed replacment parts it looks like you could remake any part on it with a hacksaw and a ******* file :-laf

Pretty cool.

I heard that after the first few hours of running, you'd typically get a few POUNDS if metal out of the oil pan of one of those.

Saying that, I'd bet that's the oldest T-34 that's still running. :-laf

 

[ezcurra]

V-2's were fantastic diesel engines. Well ahead of their time - They have been in use until recent years, in modified versions. WWII-era engines were built under HORRIBLE manufacturing conditions, with terrible raw materials, by mostly unskilled people. I read recently that these had an expected life of about 30 hours - Which was not a problem, since the average T34 usually didn't last that long



Interestingly enough, one of the oldest surviving T34's (a 1941 model) is in the US, at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It was sent by the Russians to the US for evaluation after the US entered the war. Here is part of the evaluation: Link

 

[KBennett]

That is cool. I know that feeling of finding an old piece of junk and making it run. Oo.



Thanks for the links.