Got Witte...Now what

[bschwartz]

Casey, Thanks for the ebay link.  
HOLY COW this thing is BIG.
My poor 6/1 (that I used to think was big) looks tiny now.

......and Quinn..... It happened  

[LowGear]

Wow!  Fantastic.  It dwarfs your pick-up.

At first I thought you didn't get the nearly 3 gallon Witte oil sump but now I see you've got a great secondary support frame and it's all ready for this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE2Op0x4Ucs

So, how does it run?  With that extra frame I think its safe to run without being bolted down to concrete (as per owners manual).  I've seen the 12s run and seemed very smooth just as long as you keep those RPMs down in charted territory.

So what is the one year plan?

Casey

Oh, how'd you get it home?

[deeiche]

I hope the seller delivered, that thing is massive.  You don't know how many times I've thought I should have bid on it.

Now that I have my the TK Isuzu C201 I got with the hammernill at home I'm happy.  Talk about huge sump.  I really only wanted the hammer mill and was thinking about seling or scrapping the C201, but it only has ~40000 on the Hobbs meter.

[mobile_bob]

clean it all up, then shoot it with rustoleum flat black, about 4 good coats
then take some  000 steel wool and give it a good scrubbing, followed with
antique gold highlights on the small parts, and pinstripe the bigger bits in gold

far prettier than any shade of lister green!

nice sinister color for the killer engine!

good buy!

(what am i saying?  GREAT BUY!)

bob g

[bschwartz]

Yep, he delivered it!!
It took his 2 ton engine hoist on the engine side, and my 1 ton on the generator side (without the generator attached) to get it off his flatbed and onto my driveway.
A 1950's Oilwell (Witte) CD-12 rated 12.2 HP @ 750 RPM with the ST-12 generator head (I think it may need bearings) delivered for $1200...... Yep, I did GOOD!! 

As I get time over the next few days, I can post more pics.
Any specific viewes anyone want?

I am finding any info and parts to be rather difficult to come by.  I'd love a manual or any other literature, but no luck yet. 

I did crank it over (just to try) without bleeding the lines...... SCARY!!!  It puffed a bunch, popped a rew times, but never fired on every cycle.  The odd firings made it want to jump out of the driveway!  I'll bleed the air out of the lines and try again after my pulse rate drops....next week.

[deeiche]

you gotta change your sig now.   

[bschwartz]

Deeiche,

As you command.........

[bschwartz]

OK.... I'm impatient

UGGHHH!!! I think the starting handle is from a small engine....
It works, but is too tiny to get any 'pull'

This was WORK!

[bschwartz]

It pays off!!!!

[bschwartz]

My son had a brilliant idea....
Use the listeroid to start the Witte .....

[BruceM]

Damn, that Witte sure has big flywheels!  Sweet deal, Brett, congratulations!

[squarebob]

My son had a brilliant idea....
Use the listeroid to start the Witte .....

Gen head on one pad, Lister on the other, You got a smart kid there!!!!!

[quinnf]

In retrospect, better you than me.  But one of these days I'm going to have time . . .

Congrats on your success.

One of the things I'm interested in is whether, since that was an oil well engine and not a genny engine, it might have a different governor arrangement.  I read somewhere that the speed regulation might not be the same, but you know what advice gathered over the internet is worth . . .   


Quinn

[Chris]

good find at what I think is fantastic price.

[buko]

I think you did very well to get a CD12 for the price you paid! and it runs too! thats a real bonus.
A fellow by the name of David Johnson is my go to guy for all things Witte. wittemania@cox.net. He has Manuals and tech data for Witte diesel engines and dieselelectric gen units. He will also be your best source for parts.
Your CD engine is basicaly the same engine as the Witte B12 oilfield engine, w/2 flywheels. that being said many parts will interchange.