On the road visiting family before deep snow sets in. In southern Illinois I came across a bone yard in the country for old pump jacks. One still had an engine on it. Long story short, 4 hours later I heard it run. 12 HP Witte diesel, single horizontal, twin flywheels, top mounted radiator. Serious rust but clean inside, starts on second flip. A hundred dollar bill and it was mine. The rest of the story, I'm now in northern Ohio and still two stops to go til we get home. I'm am counting on a brother-in-law to get it to his place til spring when I can return with a truck, and he had a hungry look in his eye. But I know where he lives, so all should be ok. I will post pictures when back to Texas. The only problem I saw was the exhaust consisted of about 14 inches of 2 inch pipe, welded in, and it made a serious thump on each power stroke. I purely hope the head can be salvaged, a replacement would be hard to find. As it is, it is not even close to quiet. I may just cut it back some, weld on a fitting, and add a muffler to it without ever trying to take the pipe off.
