Buda engines
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Topic: Buda engines
Posted By: AC720Man
Subject: Buda engines
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 4:20pm
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I’m reading a Allis Chalmers construction machinery book that my brother loaned me. Very interesting and I often wondered where the Buda name came from. They originated in Buda Illinois but outgrew their plant in 1891 and moved to Harvey Illinois. They began building Diesel engines in 1926. When AC purchased Buda in 1953, the Lanova or energy cell engines were being produced that were offered in WD45’s and then in the D17, D19. Apparently I wasn’t paying attention in history class because I was unaware of Buda Illinois. Yeah, I’m kinda embarrassed lol. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
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Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 5:59pm
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Buda IL is about 30 minutes from me, and there is nothing I've ever seen left of Buda Mfg. They were big into rail cars I think. ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 6:21pm
| We had an old railroad jack that had Buda name in the casting |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 7:02pm
| People are very devout to those engines, especially in asia. They call it buddhism. I think the cold is starting to affect my brain |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 7:21pm
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Yes, they were big into building items for the railroad. Also tow tractors for the airline industry and the Chore boy which was a material handling product. A heavy duty 3 wheel engine powered cart that often carried materials through manufacturing plants. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 12:30pm
I'm gonna hafta meditate on that one for a bit... ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
dr p wrote:Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 2:07pm
| Copied - Buda-Lanova engines were also used by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitcomb_Locomotive_Works" rel="nofollow - Whitcomb Locomotive Works of Rochelle IL. Two Buda-Lanova model DCS 1879 6 cylinder supercharged Diesel engines (6.75 bore x 8.75 stroke, 325 hp @ 1,200 rpm) were installed in both 65-DE-14a and 65-DE-19a Diesel electric centercab locomotives that were purchased by the Army and shipped over to Africa and Europe during WW II, helping Whitcomb to earn the Army-Navy "E" award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda_Engine_Co.#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow - These engines suffered from poor cooling and cracking in the cylinder heads and resulted in many locomotives being disabled while waiting for new heads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda_Engine_Co.#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 2:10pm
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Copied - The four-cylinder Buda gasoline engine was favored by many early truck manufacturers, who were converting horse-drawn vehicles to self-propelled models. In 1918 a 42-hp version was fitted to the American-built M1917 light tank, a licensed copy of the Renault FT These were flat head - as in the early Fork Trucks. ------------- When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money.. |
Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 2:21pm
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The tank was operated by a two man crew. The driver sat in the front of the tank in the middle and the commander operated the turret and gun. The turret was unpowered, and had no mechanism to move it, besides handles. The commander had too much to do. He had to look out for enemy targets and dangers, load the gun, traverse the turret, fire the machine gun and give directions to the driver. He also had to read the map and co-ordinate with other tanks and infantry units. The tanks were not fitted with radios, so the commander had to use flags, hand signals and shout commands at other units. Copied Kind of like operating a WC Allis with hand brakes and mech lift in a turn... :-) ... ------------- When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money.. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 2:29pm
But they don't go for stripped down bare basic motors... They want buda to make them one with everything...  ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 2:34pm
This popped up in my yt feed, yesterday: https://youtube.com/shorts/NzE25CSlk-U?si=jg7qv9wpN5HP_Tih" rel="nofollow - https://youtube.com/shorts/NzE25CSlk-U?si=jg7qv9wpN5HP_Tih ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 3:32pm
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Two Buda-Lanova model DCS 1879 6 cylinder supercharged Diesel engines (6.75 bore x 8.75 stroke, 325 hp @ 1,200 rpm) that is 1879 Cubic Inches... ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |