Whitte hit-and-miss engine

[m16ty]

I got this Whitte 4 hp about a year ago. Since then all I’ve done is free everything up from sitting. It seems to have good compression and I want to see if I can get it running. Bought a model T buzz coil that was DOA, so I decided to build me one from a video on YouTube. I’m getting good spark from my coil so what is next?

I know next to nothing about these old engines, other than just seeing them run at shows.i don’t even know how to start it if i do get good spark and fuel. I’ve tried to just turn it over by hand but when I hit the compression stroke it just stops. Are there any good videos out there that show the basics of starting and running one of these things?

 

[Richard G.]

I got this Whitte 4 hp about a year ago. Since then all I’ve done is free everything up from sitting. It seems to have good compression and I want to see if I can get it running. Bought a model T buzz coil that was DOA, so I decided to build me one from a video on YouTube. I’m getting good spark from my coil so what is next?

I know next to nothing about these old engines, other than just seeing them run at shows.i don’t even know how to start it if i do get good spark and fuel. I’ve tried to just turn it over by hand but when I hit the compression stroke it just stops. Are there any good videos out there that show the basics of starting and running one of these things?

When you say it just stops, can you not turn it anymore?
It has to go on to top dead center where it fires to ignite the gas fuel mixture.