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Joe Michaels
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JHolland:
What we are seeing is a Pakistani clone of a Ruston-Hornsby engine. It was built in Pakistan under the name "Rashid", which is cast into the mainframe. I've watched a number of similar youtubes. It is apparent that that the Pakistanis 'reverse engineered' this type of Ruston-Hornsby engine, and a few firms in Pakistan have been manufacturing the engines. This type of diesel engine is a lot more complicated than the "Listeroid" types made in India. In the youtube, we get some insight into how rural life in Pakistan is carried on. Seeing the conditions under which this engine was installed and used, it speaks quite highly of the Pakistani engineering shops being able to build this class of diesel engine. Seeing the conditions under which this engine is installed and used also speaks quite highly of the Ruston-Hornsby design, as it is able to survive under really bad conditions, not just for the engine, but for the people who operate it.
In about 10:25, it appears that the grist mill belted up to the engine flywheel has developed what-on the railroads- was called a "hot box". Not just a smoking hot box, but a real blazer. Either they forgot to lubricate the shaft bearing on the grist mill, or were running it too fast. No one in the youtube seemed particularly excited over the blazing bearing, so maybe this was business as usual- cool it down, punch in some grease or oil, wind up the diesel and play her again.
The Pakistanis are used to working conditions that would have most of us running the other way. Throwing belts onto moving pulleys is a dangerous practice, let alone a vee belt onto the engine flywheel. The splice in the flat belt is made up with bolts, all the better to catch those loose garments the Pakistanis wear.
I've seen a number of youtubes of Pakistani engines of this type in similar settings. Apparently, in rural Pakistan, one engine is mounted in a location to drive a variety of equipment with lineshafting and belts. I tend to think this is a 'communal' or 'village' engine. The village relies on that one engine to mill grain or corn, saw wood, cut fodder, and pump up water from the village well, or to pump water from a creek for irrigation ditches.
Why the Pakistanis chose to copy the Ruston-Hornsby engine rather than the simpler Lister engine is a good question. Maybe it was a matter of licensing, or what they were used to working with. Could have been that Pakistani engineering works started making parts for the English-built R-H diesel engines, and when R-H ceased production, they were up to making entire engines. The Pakistani R-H clones are as close to bulletproof as it gets if those engines can survive in the conditions shown in this youtube. My hat is off to the Pakistani engineering works as well as to the Pakistanis who operate and rely on these engines.
What we are seeing is a Pakistani clone of a Ruston-Hornsby engine. It was built in Pakistan under the name "Rashid", which is cast into the mainframe. I've watched a number of similar youtubes. It is apparent that that the Pakistanis 'reverse engineered' this type of Ruston-Hornsby engine, and a few firms in Pakistan have been manufacturing the engines. This type of diesel engine is a lot more complicated than the "Listeroid" types made in India. In the youtube, we get some insight into how rural life in Pakistan is carried on. Seeing the conditions under which this engine was installed and used, it speaks quite highly of the Pakistani engineering shops being able to build this class of diesel engine. Seeing the conditions under which this engine is installed and used also speaks quite highly of the Ruston-Hornsby design, as it is able to survive under really bad conditions, not just for the engine, but for the people who operate it.
In about 10:25, it appears that the grist mill belted up to the engine flywheel has developed what-on the railroads- was called a "hot box". Not just a smoking hot box, but a real blazer. Either they forgot to lubricate the shaft bearing on the grist mill, or were running it too fast. No one in the youtube seemed particularly excited over the blazing bearing, so maybe this was business as usual- cool it down, punch in some grease or oil, wind up the diesel and play her again.
The Pakistanis are used to working conditions that would have most of us running the other way. Throwing belts onto moving pulleys is a dangerous practice, let alone a vee belt onto the engine flywheel. The splice in the flat belt is made up with bolts, all the better to catch those loose garments the Pakistanis wear.
I've seen a number of youtubes of Pakistani engines of this type in similar settings. Apparently, in rural Pakistan, one engine is mounted in a location to drive a variety of equipment with lineshafting and belts. I tend to think this is a 'communal' or 'village' engine. The village relies on that one engine to mill grain or corn, saw wood, cut fodder, and pump up water from the village well, or to pump water from a creek for irrigation ditches.
Why the Pakistanis chose to copy the Ruston-Hornsby engine rather than the simpler Lister engine is a good question. Maybe it was a matter of licensing, or what they were used to working with. Could have been that Pakistani engineering works started making parts for the English-built R-H diesel engines, and when R-H ceased production, they were up to making entire engines. The Pakistani R-H clones are as close to bulletproof as it gets if those engines can survive in the conditions shown in this youtube. My hat is off to the Pakistani engineering works as well as to the Pakistanis who operate and rely on these engines.
paul39
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Probably the same reason they decorate their trucks: decorated pakistani trucks - Google Search
Maybe to let the village know that the engine is running and if they had work to be done, bring it.
Paul
Barkers were put on oil well pumping engines in nearby Titusville & oil city, pa.
As they ran 24/7 un attended, the operator could simply listen from home to make sure
things were going good.
The Pakistan engine has people around it, working it, but yes, as a community asset,
the barker could be for just that.
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