Was in Berchtesgaten in September. The quality of the construction that survives from that time around that area is outstanding. Built to last by real craftsman.
The fit and finish of the stones and metalwork is exceptional. We've had to put up with 75 years of bleating from the 'victims' but today is the world any better off? I used to think so but I'm not sure today. However the reich was always destined to fail - if they'd allied with Russia would would be living in a different world, but they were never going to beat them in war, however good their technology was.
@@G-ra-ha-m They did ally with Russia, you fool (never heard of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact?). And of course, neither of them intended to honor their commitments - East Germany went through 40 years of brutal dictatorship, and unlike Russian-tied East Germany, West Germany didn't need to become a huge open-air prison to keep the population from escaping to the West, which people always wanted regardless of what their state propaganda told them about "Western degeneracy". Also, the world is definitely better off today, as we at least can get rid of our governments when they do ridiculous nonsense like start pointless wars, unlike the Russians, who currently get to gloriously die as cannon fodder to slightly enlarge the world's biggest country. Besides that, not even the Germans denied the victimization of the people/countries they murdered/occupied.
Axis was three Countries. Italy proved to be useless and failed multiple times in N. Africa with its Army and Navy and it took Rommel and the Africa Korps to bail Mussolini out in N. Africa. Japan was so far away that it was an Axis treaty in paper only! It took not only all of Europe but also the USA to defeat Nazi Germany! That is the measure of Germany's power, science & engineering capability
"Das Boot" by the one and only Wolfgang Petersen... this engine reminds me definitely (in my opinion the greatest U- Boat movie of all times). Fantastic engine. Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing.
The Generator is also a horrific bastard . Respect to the modern day operators that keep this beast running. My Daihatsu won't start and I can't figure it out. Cheers
NICE CATCH !!So few pay ANY attention to sounds around them. I caught it right off....haunting song. It is similar to 1,000,000 users of Linux Mint 17.1 that are clueless about the signon tones. The first two notes of the movie title song BORN FREE !!! [Linux is a free operating system for computers]
@@floro7687 Well compared to french diesel engines and some british they were easy to maintain...HQ machines always need more attention compared to very basic ones....Russians copied many aspects of the MAN and Mercedes Diesel systems later during the 1950s...their earyl diesels based on british and US patents that were pretty complicated (but reliable too)
@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 It's started by injecting compressed air directly into each cylinder to push the motor over, once it's started firing the air is turned off. The mechanical governor appears to be the horizontal mounted unit with the small hand wheel on it, left side of engine at flywheel end. It has a linkage connecting to the fuel rack which passes by and controls each high pressure injection pump. It's a beautiful sounding piece of German engineering, to think it's around 70 years old!
Hitler´s Generator... Do you think he serviced it himself? "No Hermann, I cannot go hunting with you today, I have to do an oil-change on my generator."
Dear ober...i'm profoundly impressed by the sound of that engine, it runs like it was built a day ago.As far as the german engineering is concerned.. A TRUE SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE .Thanks a lot for posting this MAN DIESEL.
God bless you Bro. I am at the point in my life if I can't fix it in my drive way I don't want it. I am now the proud owner of a 1987 Chevy C-10. If the trottle body injection take a shit it's getting a four barrel quadrajet or holly spreadbore. Those old IH were tough as granite, a friend has a mid 60's pickup with well over a million miles on it-still drives it every day.
MAN still manufacture terrific engines. German engineering is fantastic. I owned a MAN truck here in Australia. Was the best truck i ever owned and the cheapest over life. A lot of time for MAN engineering.
I stayed at the Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden a few times when I was stationed in Germany. There used to be a resort for US Armed Forces there. Had I only known about this magnificent beast back then, I surely would've found a way to visit it.
The generator made by "M.A.N." Diesel Augsburg / Nuremberg company and "Siemens Schuckert" Works Munich, together with "AEG" Berlin and "Hans Still" Hamburg the very best generators brand ever!
+Oldwives Creek Caterpillar never made U Boat engine powered electrical generators in WW2 :-) In every respect this machine is a miracle in quality crafts manship and engineering.
+Oldwives Creek German Technology was and still is just the very very very best, believe me, the Hitler engineers did knew whats the very very best. This machine runs so extremely silent and smooth, never ever any caterpillar can match this stunning vintage german master craftsmanship. This machine is more than 70 years old and unrestored!
+Oldwives Creek These dont spray oil around these have roller lifters so no need for pressure oiling the rockers, any Rocker has a seal ring closed needle bearing with separate oil reservoir :-)
There are three different buildings mentioned here: 1) the amazing Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus) built as a vanity project by Bormann for Hitler's 50th birthday. THe generator is for this. The only access is along a mountain road and then this lift. 2) The Berghof, Hitler's big house in the Obersalzberg, a few miles above Berchtesgaden but below the access to 1). 3) The Tea House, a sort of gazebo to which Hitler would walk from the Berghof with a group of people.
Indeed, Hitler only spent a few nights at Kehlsteinhaus but this generator powered Kehlsteinhaus. I am sure Hitler had another generator to power the Bergdof but if it even existed it was bombed into oblivion by US planes just like the Bergdof was bombed...
Yeah you're damn right. These days you have to be an electronic technician just to service some of the cars around. My brother in law has a late model Passat. It goes like stink but servicing it costs him a packet and he can't do any of it himself. He has to take it to a specialist and 'plug it in' to get it checked out! I am slowly reviving an old U.S. made IH Scout and it's a jem. Solid as a rock and simple to fix. You could drive it through a brick wall no problem. Reliable too.Love old cars.
Not really worried about the rights or wrongs of WW2, just lovely to see a piece of great German engineering saved and in action. Whatever any of our failing they are magic at building lovely things just look at the Silver Arrows racing cars without the politics1
Something very satisfying about watching engine valves... completely different everything but I Love watching them on Detroit Diesel 2 strokes. I know it’s completely different but the same thing
After all those years of service that generator runs like the first day in service, wow, outstanding engineering, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico, Jesús Torres.
The 1940 MAN diesel engine still works !!! " So Schön " and almost like a tight cnc machine tolerances recently built 2018 Swedish Scania truck engine - LOL!!!
@@heyyo162. I understand the definition of obsolescence. I was asking what you meant by your statement. My original statement for this comment thread is referring to the practice of planned obsolescence where in a manufacturer will designe a product with a specific life span in mind after which the product will be rendered obsolete and will require replacing. My conjecture here is that technology of the era displayed in this video particularly in the case of survival shelter utilities were designed without this principle in mind but were instead designed to operate indefinitely only requiring repair and maintenance not total replacement.
@@huntsbychainsaw5986 Yes I am familiar with both the concept of obsolescence and planned obsolescence. Of course no survival shelters, no matter what era, are planned to grow obsolete. "You nuke bunker cannot process the latest software update, please dig up a new hole".
MAN, Siemens...immer Deutsches Qualitat !! Many thanks for sharing, visited eagle nest but access of these room was closed, just saw a postcard souvenir for this submarine motor wich is located in the cellar/ basement ( door is outside from the rear ot the house ) of the eagle nest...T.hanks for sharing : )
I had a 65 foot wood tugboat built in 1912 and repowered in 1942 with an engine nearly identical. It was an enterprise and was direct reversing meaning you had to stop it and restart to get reverse.
a M.A.N prime mover. Very nice. Hell, even to this day we still have 1990s M.A.N buses in NZ. Alot of Their trucks too. Good ol' german engineering eh - built to last - obviously :-)
Einer der letzten echten Made in Germany Motoren war der Om 352 von Mercedes. 5,6 Liter Hubraum auf 6 Zylindern. Inzwischen sind die Motoren Käsebrote.
@@habtihrmichendlich6109 . .Leider wird man bald keine vernünftigen Motoren mehr benutzen, weil man gezwungen wird mit Strom zu fahren. Gleichzeitig werden wir aber auch seit Jahren gezwungen Strom zu sparen (Sparbirnen, Staubsauger, usw.). Kraftwerke abschalten, die Fahrerei im ganzen Land auf Stom umstellen, aber gleichzeitig "Strom sparen wollen". Finde den Fehler!
@@Stephan..M. Das Problem ist das überhaupt ständig woanders sein wollen. Staaten wie Norwegen die Strom im Überfluss haben können sich sowas natürlich leisten. Auf meine Staubsauger steht noch Made in w. Germany und er hat seine 1000 Watt. (Der meiner Eltern nur 600) Und meine Simson kriegt auch noch 1:50. Es kann mir auch niemand erzählen das es nicht umweltfreundlich ist Produkte so lange zu benutzen und nicht immer alles ständig neu zu kaufen.
@@habtihrmichendlich6109 Sehr richtig. Wenn man etwas hergestellt hat und dafür Resourcen verbraucht hat, ist es sowieso die größte Sünde das Produkt (zb. Auto) nicht ganz aufzubrauchen. Wo waren denn unsere "Klimaschützer" bei Aktionen wie "Abvrackprämie 1+2 als 100.000de guter Autos in die Presse kamen, nur um anschließend wieder mit Stahl, Glas, Gummi, Feuer, Wasser und n haufen Energie (Ökologischer-Rucksack) neue bauen zu müssen. Einen Apfel schmeiß ich auch nicht weg, nachdem ich zweimal abgebissen habe, den ess ich auch zu Ende. Unsere Re****ung in ihrer Allmacht . . . . . .(such dir das Ende des Satzes aus)! :::::::Grüße aus Bayern::::::::::
@@Stephan..M. Eben, bestes Beispiel die alten mercedes Motoren wie der OM 352. Das sind Motoren die wenn sie geflegt werden auch gerne mal 1.000.000 km laufen und mehr. TSI Motoren, die Steuerketten und Hydros bei den Mercedes V8 und co.... alles künstlich begrenzte Lebenszeit
Now that's what I call German engineering. Built to last and ultrareliable. Before they fitted these engines into U-boats they'd run them flat out for 24 hours to test them and very few (if any) ever failed. The ideal behind this sort of engineering is why the German economy is strengthening today. Integrity, quality, durability, reliability, power, everything good that you can trust. A hell of a lot better than the cheap and nasty Asian products we see around. The original and the best.
Took a look on RUclips at the Chevy. What an awesome beast! My Scout is a 1978 Traveltop and it's a work in progress. I used to drive it every day but I haven't for years and now I miss it...badly. I'm no mechanic but I've got all the time in the world cos I'm never gonna sell it even though I've had dozens of offer to buy it from me. I'll just take my time and try and do a good job on it. No plastic on this one! Made in the USA! And when I drive it EVERYONE gets out of the way! Way to go Bro!
So if i followed this correctly.... Step one: Charge the air pressure tank. Step 2: Manually turn over the engine at the flywheel to build compression (heat). Step 3: Power on the diesel pumps. Step 4: Open the fuel to the rails. Step 5: Use the built up air pressure as an engine starter.... Damn thats a complex procedure. Imagine that on a U Boat now, in limited space. Food for thought....
Step 2 is barring the engine over to get optimum piston position for the air injection starting. The expanding air pushes the piston down quickly building inertia in the flywheel and thus enabling enough speed for the engine to fire and run
Japanese engineering is awesome as well, and don't forget this engine was kept in top condition after the war, it was likely repaired as well if it sustained damage during the war
This Engine has not very much to do with Htler: It was a standard engine for U-Boots, small merchant vessels after WWII and emergency generator set. Yes, the were very robust and run long time. Later they been modified with turbo charger and higher revoution, capsuled and so on: Downsizing ... But for an engieneer the sound of this engines is like a symphonie!
Really?? I have 337.000 miles on my 94 trans am. Has the LT1 350 engine. Never been touched. Still runs great. I bought the car new. Even timing chain is original.
Looks like there are grease cups on the ends of the push rods that would lube the camshaft. But that young man should have had his oil can in hand squirting down those guides. On another note, I wonder if that Siemens generator was made by the Siemens that is in business today?
Das ist Nachhaltigkeit am lebendem Beispiel. Etwas mehr Ressourcen in die Hand nehmen und dafür um so länger davon zehren. Nicht so, wie das Heute fabriziert wird.
I must totally agree with you my friend, there's no doubt about it. They have made so many things in the past that are still today a symbol of quality. Take the VW beetle for instance. Practical, reliable, easy to fix, and there are models that are 50 years old still on the roads today. You can't beat that. That legacy lives on today, you can look at anything thats German made and you can see the pride and care that went into it. No cheap rubbish from them.
If You ever come to Copenhagen, you may experience the once largest dieselengine in the world, built by Burmeister & Wain Shipyard and still being started for the public once a week in its former home in the harbour - Electricity Plant. Do go see it! And today it is also owned by MAN, which bought one of its largest competitors, Danish B&W years ago.
@bear01ism There are engines in the USA that were put on oil-wells in 1906 and have been in almost 24/7/365 operation except for maintenance and are STILL operating (The ORIGINAL engine) as I sit and type this today. Even if you subtract 5-years for maintenance and repair that's nearly (rounded off) 885,000 total operating hours. If it were a car engine, and over it's life it maintained an average speed of 40MPH it would have logged 35,400,000 miles. I'd bet it'll last another 100-years...
Unfortunatly it is all going the Asian Way. Even German Company's like ThyssenKrupp are investing and resorting to Chinese manufacturing to keep their business running. Todays technology is that it breaks, its not repairable but replaced. I've seen the Elevator Industry change to this in the last 10+ years. I also own a 1968 Volkswagen. It's just amazing to see how it still runs. For whatever is left, just look after it and appreciate.
That's pretty awesome stuff. You must admit that the Americans aquired a lot of their knowledge from immigrant Europeans. Then those people became loyal Americans and continued to develop their skills to help build their new country. I have in my possession in Australia a 1978 International Scout 4X4 and although it's a work in progress it is without a doubt the most solidly built and tough car I have ever owned. You could drive it through a brick wall and not feel it. China, et al, try top that
Na wer sagt denn das Marmelade keine Kraft gibt.😀😀 Einfach geniale Technik aus einer vergangenen Zeit. Wir waren im Juni auch oben im Kehlsteinhaus. Ich fand es etwas enttäuschend, da man gerade solche Sachen nicht gesehen hat.
+JP JP A generator "head" is the alternator part of the generator in mechanic's speach. The "head" is siemens and the engine (including its own heads) is MAN
Deutsche Ingenieurskunst vom Feinsten! Ich bewundere die Deutschen sehr. Es ist eine Schande, dass sie jetzt unter dieser muslimischen Invasion leiden.
60 years later; the MAN U-boot diesel generator at Hitler's retreat works perfectly.
German Engineering at its finest!
+atiboyful but how are its emissions? LOL
Who cares about emissions when you are running a generator during black-out electrical conditions?
+atiboyful it was a crack at German engineering that I guess you missed.
+jimdotdev Depends who's checking ;)
@jimdotdev--Sorry, I don't pick up on cracks that much. I don't have much humor after all!
So angenehm wie dieses Aggregat läuft könnte es wohl die nächsten 200 Jahre auf dieser Drehzahl laufen.
Deutsche Wertarbeit halt 💪
Werrrrrt arrrrrrbeit von Onkel adi bv.m a.n.
Die Benzinmotoren der Panzer von Maybach waren grausam schlecht... muß man sich mal durchs Netz wühlen und lesen....
@@dennislischer8248 Engines of this size are in a completely different ballpark. We’re talking emergency generator for an entire city
@@dennislischer8248 so ist es , keiner hat verstanden , warum die keine Diesel eingebaut haben. Allein schon wegen der niedrigeren Explosionsgefahr
Was in Berchtesgaten in September. The quality of the construction that survives from that time around that area is outstanding. Built to last by real craftsman.
The fit and finish of the stones and metalwork is exceptional. We've had to put up with 75 years of bleating from the 'victims' but today is the world any better off? I used to think so but I'm not sure today.
However the reich was always destined to fail - if they'd allied with Russia would would be living in a different world, but they were never going to beat them in war, however good their technology was.
@@G-ra-ha-m They did ally with Russia, you fool (never heard of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact?). And of course, neither of them intended to honor their commitments - East Germany went through 40 years of brutal dictatorship, and unlike Russian-tied East Germany, West Germany didn't need to become a huge open-air prison to keep the population from escaping to the West, which people always wanted regardless of what their state propaganda told them about "Western degeneracy".
Also, the world is definitely better off today, as we at least can get rid of our governments when they do ridiculous nonsense like start pointless wars, unlike the Russians, who currently get to gloriously die as cannon fodder to slightly enlarge the world's biggest country.
Besides that, not even the Germans denied the victimization of the people/countries they murdered/occupied.
@@AAWT You call me a fool, and expect me to read further? Haha, very funny!
like built by the pharaones!
Awesome! Nowadays we want to build more complex machines that constantly break down,this was tough meant to last yet simple.
That is so true 👍👍👍
No wonder it took the whole world 6 years to defeat just a lonely country. These Germans are something. Beautiful machinery
agree with u
+Alfons Llana not tomention germany is pretty tiny. comp[ares to usa or canada russia
Check out the German Stealth bomber on RUclips if you want to be blown away by German engineering
Lonely? Ever heard of Axis?
Axis was three Countries. Italy proved to be useless and failed multiple times in N. Africa with its Army and Navy and it took Rommel and the Africa Korps to bail Mussolini out in N. Africa. Japan was so far away that it was an Axis treaty in paper only! It took not only all of Europe but also the USA to defeat Nazi Germany! That is the measure of Germany's power, science & engineering capability
"Das Boot" by the one and only Wolfgang Petersen... this engine reminds me definitely (in my opinion the greatest U- Boat movie of all times). Fantastic engine. Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing.
Was für ein geiles "Maschinchen", das läuft auch in 100 Jahren noch
Ja Toll ! Und man kann es in der neuen Diktatur gleich weiter verwenden ( SARKASMUS AUS ) .
Man engines last forever. Unless a bomber raid takes them out.
this is mwm
@@rileykirk11 MAN
@@rileykirk11 MAN. Watch the Video. MWM wouldn't last that long.
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MWM used to be DAIMLER industrial engines, also very excellent engines!@@davidwolff8903
Tolle Maschine! Und ganz ohne CAD und CNC gebaut worden :-)
The Generator is also a horrific bastard . Respect to the modern day operators that keep this beast running. My Daihatsu won't start and I can't figure it out. Cheers
any cylinder has its own mercury themometer on the top of the cylinder head!
GREAT fantastic German Quality!
yes, so it is, Hermann!
@Charlie K well its from the 1940s :-)
Well, it won't have been MANs "budget" model
Very cool video. I love these old engines, and it's cool to see something rare like this. Glad it's still maintained and runs so well.
Come on guys! You don't recognize the music? It's from the movie Das Boot. Therefore very fitting to this video.
NICE CATCH !!So few pay ANY attention to sounds around them. I caught it right off....haunting song. It is similar to 1,000,000 users of Linux Mint 17.1 that are clueless about the signon tones. The first two notes of the movie title song BORN FREE !!! [Linux is a free operating system for computers]
Excellent spot!
The finest engineering creation ever. A traditional diesel engine run generator. It has everything.
Einfach nur grossartig. Dem sage ich Qualität! Robust und unverwüstlich....
I can't fathom the amount of engineering that went into this. Incredible!
Old German engineering at its finest
Old? MAN is huge in modern day!
Peter Kapica shut up
yes this is superb German quality, not made in China junk :-)
@@Schlipperschlopper The MAN doble acting diesel was not known for uncomplicated service, I am afraid.
@@floro7687 Well compared to french diesel engines and some british they were easy to maintain...HQ machines always need more attention compared to very basic ones....Russians copied many aspects of the MAN and Mercedes Diesel systems later during the 1950s...their earyl diesels based on british and US patents that were pretty complicated (but reliable too)
@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 It's started by injecting compressed air directly into each cylinder to push the motor over, once it's started firing the air is turned off. The mechanical governor appears to be the horizontal mounted unit with the small hand wheel on it, left side of engine at flywheel end. It has a linkage connecting to the fuel rack which passes by and controls each high pressure injection pump. It's a beautiful sounding piece of German engineering, to think it's around 70 years old!
The MAN diesel U-boot engine! A thing of beauty
Hitler´s Generator...
Do you think he serviced it himself?
"No Hermann, I cannot go hunting with you today, I have to do an oil-change on my generator."
+EinachserLS hahahahahahahaha youre funy man :)
why ur ass is burning ooo ooo sorry bcz this is not from ur bitch ass country
+THE FLANKER ONLY
NOPE!, Sadly you are wrong, but I guess at this point in your life you are used to it.
+EinachserLS FEGELEIN!!! FEGELEIN, FEGELEIN!!!
LMFAO!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! i laughed so hard at your comment. Thank you!
"Achten Sie mir auf den Schmieröldruck!" :-)
+taxi*05 die fahren da eher dünnes SAE 20 Öl, das ist schon okay.
+Haffschlappe "Wer sagt denn, daß Marmelade keine Kraft gibt!"
+taxi*05 Das ist ein Zitat, genau wie das von Haffschlappe. Beide stammen aus "Das Boot".
+Haffschlappe Ich glaub der läuft! XD
+Johannes Frank Das schafft was weg, was?;)
The music makes it feel like this engine is about to bring back the Third Reich. Lol 😱
Salty Steel I think you just wrote the plot to Kung Fury 2
Good
Ever seen Das Boot?
M.A.N SIEMENS
My father spent a year helping to install these engines in U-boats at Blom und Voss during WW2. Interesting to see this.
Hi lockbar, have you got some pictures of the U-boat factory your father could have taken ? Thank you !
Interesting. My Grandfather spent a few years sinking those boats. Strange world.
@@1keykneedeep At least they both had work and didn't hang around the street.
Lockbar thank you for your father's service
Respect to your father. My father built Pratt and Whitney single and compound 9 cylinder aircraft engines. R.I.P. pops.
I could watch this engine all day long....
This thing runs so smooth, you will not find another natural aspirated Diesel of this size running so silent!
Nothing special: this is a slow running diesel: all of them run smootly , a bit like a steam engine...
Haffenchapple - EMD's are just as quite.
Hafshlappe, you have no proof of what you just said. Pure conjecture and based on no knowledge to support your comment.
Dear ober...i'm profoundly impressed by the sound of that engine, it runs like it was built a day ago.As far as the german engineering is concerned.. A TRUE SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE .Thanks a lot for posting this MAN DIESEL.
Der richtige Titel sollte wohl "MAN Generator on Kehlstein House running" lauten. Der Hitler hat damit wohl wenig zu tun gehabt.
I think he personally designed it after failing to enter art school.
It can be started...in 80 easy steps !
Classic german stuff
God bless you Bro. I am at the point in my life if I can't fix it in my drive way I don't want it. I am now the proud owner of a 1987 Chevy C-10. If the trottle body injection take a shit it's getting a four barrel quadrajet or holly spreadbore. Those old IH were tough as granite, a friend has a mid 60's pickup with well over a million miles on it-still drives it every day.
MAN still manufacture terrific engines. German engineering is fantastic. I owned a MAN truck here in Australia. Was the best truck i ever owned and the cheapest over life. A lot of time for MAN engineering.
I stayed at the Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden a few times when I was stationed in Germany. There used to be a resort for US Armed Forces there. Had I only known about this magnificent beast back then, I surely would've found a way to visit it.
The generator made by "M.A.N." Diesel Augsburg / Nuremberg company and "Siemens Schuckert" Works Munich, together with "AEG" Berlin and "Hans Still" Hamburg the very best generators brand ever!
+Oldwives Creek Caterpillar never made U Boat engine powered electrical
generators in WW2 :-) In every respect this machine is a miracle in quality crafts
manship and engineering.
+Oldwives Creek German Technology was and still is just the very very very best, believe me, the Hitler engineers did knew whats the very very best. This machine runs so extremely silent and smooth, never ever any caterpillar can match this stunning vintage german master craftsmanship. This machine is more than 70 years old and unrestored!
+Oldwives Creek These dont spray oil around these have roller lifters so no need for pressure oiling the rockers, any Rocker has a seal ring closed needle bearing with separate oil reservoir :-)
+Oldwives Creek This one has compressed air starting :-) No need for acid lead batteries :-)
Honda makes good generators aswell 😁
There are three different buildings mentioned here: 1) the amazing Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus) built as a vanity project by Bormann for Hitler's 50th birthday. THe generator is for this. The only access is along a mountain road and then this lift. 2) The Berghof, Hitler's big house in the Obersalzberg, a few miles above Berchtesgaden but below the access to 1). 3) The Tea House, a sort of gazebo to which Hitler would walk from the Berghof with a group of people.
Indeed, Hitler only spent a few nights at Kehlsteinhaus but this generator powered Kehlsteinhaus. I am sure Hitler had another generator to power the Bergdof but if it even existed it was bombed into oblivion by US planes just like the Bergdof was bombed...
Yeah you're damn right. These days you have to be an electronic technician just to service some of the cars around. My brother in law has a late model Passat. It goes like stink but servicing it costs him a packet and he can't do any of it himself. He has to take it to a specialist and 'plug it in' to get it checked out! I am slowly reviving an old U.S. made IH Scout and it's a jem. Solid as a rock and simple to fix. You could drive it through a brick wall no problem. Reliable too.Love old cars.
Unkaputtbar diese Maschine 👍
Not really worried about the rights or wrongs of WW2, just lovely to see a piece of great German engineering saved and in action. Whatever any of our failing they are magic at building lovely things just look at the Silver Arrows racing cars without the politics1
Nobody talks about rights or wrongs when talking about a Lancaster bomber, and they slaughtered hundreds of thousands of women and children
Something very satisfying about watching engine valves... completely different everything but I Love watching them on Detroit Diesel 2 strokes. I know it’s completely different but the same thing
After all those years of service that generator runs like the first day in service, wow, outstanding engineering, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico, Jesús Torres.
Great respect for the German people. Great engineers and machinist. If the Germans make it, you are guaranteed that it will work!
Most of their panzers were notorious for breakdowns...🙄
Den hätte ich auch gerne im Keller, klingt gut und man hat genug Strom :-)
Und heizen täter er auch noch ;)
The 1940 MAN diesel engine still works !!! " So Schön " and almost like a tight cnc machine tolerances recently built 2018 Swedish Scania truck engine - LOL!!!
the background music gives it that chilling effect of a scary movie
M.A.N - nice stuff! i wish i could be there to see it running!
What beatiful piece of technical history! Thanks...
Good old school solid engineering. No designed obsolescence here.
The obsolescence came with the design of other machines.
@@heyyo162. Ok, would you mind elaborating?
@@huntsbychainsaw5986 sure: obsolete simply means outdated. with "other" machines I meant "later" and more modern.
@@heyyo162. I understand the definition of obsolescence. I was asking what you meant by your statement.
My original statement for this comment thread is referring to the practice of planned obsolescence where in a manufacturer will designe a product with a specific life span in mind after which the product will be rendered obsolete and will require replacing.
My conjecture here is that technology of the era displayed in this video particularly in the case of survival shelter utilities were designed without this principle in mind but were instead designed to operate indefinitely only requiring repair and maintenance not total replacement.
@@huntsbychainsaw5986 Yes I am familiar with both the concept of obsolescence and planned obsolescence. Of course no survival shelters, no matter what era, are planned to grow obsolete.
"You nuke bunker cannot process the latest software update, please dig up a new hole".
MAN, Siemens...immer Deutsches Qualitat !! Many thanks for sharing, visited eagle nest but access of these room was closed, just saw a postcard souvenir for this submarine motor wich is located in the cellar/ basement ( door is outside from the rear ot the house ) of the eagle nest...T.hanks for sharing : )
always back the valve off with a gate valve to keep it from sticking.
I had a 65 foot wood tugboat built in 1912 and repowered in 1942 with an engine nearly identical. It was an enterprise and was direct reversing meaning you had to stop it and restart to get reverse.
Our 1930 USA yacht's two Hill Diesels were same.
a M.A.N prime mover. Very nice. Hell, even to this day we still have 1990s M.A.N buses in NZ. Alot of Their trucks too.
Good ol' german engineering eh - built to last - obviously :-)
I like Japanese engines. They run forever, too.
Da möchte man doch gleich sein Feldbett aufstellen und in der Motorenkammer ein Nickerchen machen,
so schön brummt der Diesel!
Herrlich!🙂🙂🙂☺😉👌❤😇
Ich glaube der läuft :-)))
Da fehlt nur noch Klaus Wennemann und rotes Licht !!!
Great video , a marvel of engineering. This is the first time I have see this type diesel run a generator. Phil
Das war echtes
Made in Germany
In einigen Saugbaggern laufen die heute noch.
Einer der letzten echten Made in Germany Motoren war der Om 352 von Mercedes. 5,6 Liter Hubraum auf 6 Zylindern. Inzwischen sind die Motoren Käsebrote.
@@habtihrmichendlich6109 . .Leider wird man bald keine vernünftigen Motoren mehr benutzen, weil man gezwungen wird mit Strom zu fahren. Gleichzeitig werden wir aber auch seit Jahren gezwungen Strom zu sparen (Sparbirnen, Staubsauger, usw.). Kraftwerke abschalten, die Fahrerei im ganzen Land auf Stom umstellen, aber gleichzeitig "Strom sparen wollen". Finde den Fehler!
@@Stephan..M. Das Problem ist das überhaupt ständig woanders sein wollen. Staaten wie Norwegen die Strom im Überfluss haben können sich sowas natürlich leisten. Auf meine Staubsauger steht noch Made in w. Germany und er hat seine 1000 Watt. (Der meiner Eltern nur 600) Und meine Simson kriegt auch noch 1:50. Es kann mir auch niemand erzählen das es nicht umweltfreundlich ist Produkte so lange zu benutzen und nicht immer alles ständig neu zu kaufen.
@@habtihrmichendlich6109 Sehr richtig. Wenn man etwas hergestellt hat und dafür Resourcen verbraucht hat, ist es sowieso die größte Sünde das Produkt (zb. Auto) nicht ganz aufzubrauchen. Wo waren denn unsere "Klimaschützer" bei Aktionen wie "Abvrackprämie 1+2 als 100.000de guter Autos in die Presse kamen, nur um anschließend wieder mit Stahl, Glas, Gummi, Feuer, Wasser und n haufen Energie (Ökologischer-Rucksack)
neue bauen zu müssen. Einen Apfel schmeiß ich auch nicht weg, nachdem ich zweimal abgebissen habe, den ess ich auch zu Ende. Unsere Re****ung in ihrer Allmacht . . . . . .(such dir das Ende des Satzes aus)!
:::::::Grüße aus Bayern::::::::::
@@Stephan..M. Eben, bestes Beispiel die alten mercedes Motoren wie der OM 352. Das sind Motoren die wenn sie geflegt werden auch gerne mal 1.000.000 km laufen und mehr. TSI Motoren, die Steuerketten und Hydros bei den Mercedes V8 und co.... alles künstlich begrenzte Lebenszeit
Now that's what I call German engineering. Built to last and ultrareliable. Before they fitted these engines into U-boats they'd run them flat out for 24 hours to test them and very few (if any) ever failed. The ideal behind this sort of engineering is why the German economy is strengthening today. Integrity, quality, durability, reliability, power, everything good that you can trust. A hell of a lot better than the cheap and nasty Asian products we see around. The original and the best.
I seriously thought there was an engine running at the start that had a nasty cam and was quickly disappointed
Matt Larson it’s a generator dude.
He probably had a small suit cased sized one for carry on
Took a look on RUclips at the Chevy. What an awesome beast! My Scout is a 1978 Traveltop and it's a work in progress. I used to drive it every day but I haven't for years and now I miss it...badly. I'm no mechanic but I've got all the time in the world cos I'm never gonna sell it even though I've had dozens of offer to buy it from me. I'll just take my time and try and do a good job on it. No plastic on this one! Made in the USA! And when I drive it EVERYONE gets out of the way! Way to go Bro!
"the lift" - to the Eagle's Nest as shown in this video.
Old Swiss made Sulzer Diesels are also superb! Very similar to this great old M.A.N.
Aren't the Sulzers two-stroke?
not all@@bingola45
the engineering of the germans ww2 is among the best
and the engineering of the germans 2012 is still among the best.
I would argue this.
My only, sadly unfulfilled wish, was to see this motor when i visited Kehlstein!
Top wir die Deutschen bauen immer noch gute Qualität.. robust und zuverlässig...
😂 Schon was länger her...
Das war mal...
Es war einmal, mittlerweile wird das Verfallsdatum mit hineinkonstruiert.
So if i followed this correctly.... Step one: Charge the air pressure tank. Step 2: Manually turn over the engine at the flywheel to build compression (heat). Step 3: Power on the diesel pumps. Step 4: Open the fuel to the rails. Step 5: Use the built up air pressure as an engine starter.... Damn thats a complex procedure. Imagine that on a U Boat now, in limited space. Food for thought....
Step 2 is barring the engine over to get optimum piston position for the air injection starting. The expanding air pushes the piston down quickly building inertia in the flywheel and thus enabling enough speed for the engine to fire and run
nice to see its still running!
That is a great piece of machinery. A joy to see & would live to be there.
Rocker covers; We don't need no stinkin rocker covers ;)
it is an old engine ... what do you want :)
Achtung! That's German engineering for you.
Who needs rocker covers when you have a group of men to clean it with rags and check over every part
@@K-Effect Das schafft was weg was?
*You actually need them becase they are going to wear out if not lubricated!!*
Japanese engineering is awesome as well, and don't forget this engine was kept in top condition after the war, it was likely repaired as well if it sustained damage during the war
This Engine has not very much to do with Htler: It was a standard engine for U-Boots, small merchant vessels after WWII and emergency generator set. Yes, the were very robust and run long time. Later they been modified with turbo charger and higher revoution, capsuled and so on: Downsizing ... But for an engieneer the sound of this engines is like a symphonie!
German subs used usually Germaniawerft diesels.
Thank you for sharing beautiful engine. Air start pretty cool.
I would think in a country like Germany he wouldn’t be allowed to open that high voltage bus bar side of the panel without wearing full PPE.
Of course this video of a cool and historic piece of engineering turned into a debate about WWII like almost all other videos here. Only on RUclips!
As much as I hate to say it the Germans do build good engines. I know a few e36 bmws that have done nearly or over 300,000 miles
@@truthexposed9916 I bet he is.
Just a pity the E36 BM's are driven by such dickheads.
@@truthexposed9916 piss off
Brainwashed MORON >>>>>> @@bbbf09
Really?? I have 337.000 miles on my 94 trans am. Has the LT1 350 engine. Never been touched. Still runs great. I bought the car new. Even timing chain is original.
Looks like there are grease cups on the ends of the push rods that would lube the camshaft. But that young man should have had his oil can in hand squirting down those guides. On another note, I wonder if that Siemens generator was made by the Siemens that is in business today?
Yes the same Siemens.
Sebastian Gems Thanks, Friend!
Sam King Regular motoroil reservoirs is my guess, top up as needed.
Yes it's the same good old german company Siemens! 😊
Ich glaub der läuft - DER LÄUFT !
Wer sagt denn dass marmelade keine kraft gibt..
+SmokyMcPot78
Genau DAS ging mir auch durch den Kopf :) NOT YET KAMERADEN NOT YET
+TrekZero
:-D
Ein traum mit dem Ventile einstellen, 10min ist man durch xD
Deutsche Technik, als immer spitze!
Nicht ganz, die Stockerfeuerung habt ihr leider nie ordentlich hinbekommen und bei den Uhren sind wir Schweizer immer noch besser :)
Das ist Nachhaltigkeit am lebendem Beispiel. Etwas mehr Ressourcen in die Hand nehmen und dafür um so länger davon zehren. Nicht so, wie das Heute fabriziert wird.
Two world wars? Germany was hardly solely to blame for the first
I must totally agree with you my friend, there's no doubt about it. They have made so many things in the past that are still today a symbol of quality. Take the VW beetle for instance. Practical, reliable, easy to fix, and there are models that are 50 years old still on the roads today. You can't beat that. That legacy lives on today, you can look at anything thats German made and you can see the pride and care that went into it. No cheap rubbish from them.
What a lovely smooth running piece of machinery. So it's still used? The switchgear cabinet looks modern.
Just for show.
If You ever come to Copenhagen, you may experience the once largest dieselengine in the world, built by Burmeister & Wain Shipyard and still being started for the public once a week in its former home in the harbour - Electricity Plant. Do go see it! And today it is also owned by MAN, which bought one of its largest competitors, Danish B&W years ago.
Made in Germany.
Deutsche Wertarbeit.
İst Musik für meinen Ohren.
That weird ambient noise at the beginning is just the sound that part of Germany makes after the war
@bear01ism There are engines in the USA that were put on oil-wells in 1906 and have been in almost 24/7/365 operation except for maintenance and are STILL operating (The ORIGINAL engine) as I sit and type this today. Even if you subtract 5-years for maintenance and repair that's nearly (rounded off) 885,000 total operating hours. If it were a car engine, and over it's life it maintained an average speed of 40MPH it would have logged 35,400,000 miles.
I'd bet it'll last another 100-years...
read these and more stupid madeup storys in the book "propaganda of the stupid states of dumbfuckistan"
Unfortunatly it is all going the Asian Way. Even German Company's like ThyssenKrupp are investing and resorting to Chinese manufacturing to keep their business running.
Todays technology is that it breaks, its not repairable but replaced.
I've seen the Elevator Industry change to this in the last 10+ years.
I also own a 1968 Volkswagen. It's just amazing to see how it still runs.
For whatever is left, just look after it and appreciate.
German engineering 💪 quality over quantity 💪
That's pretty awesome stuff. You must admit that the Americans aquired a lot of their knowledge from immigrant Europeans. Then those people became loyal Americans and continued to develop their skills to help build their new country. I have in my possession in Australia a 1978 International Scout 4X4 and although it's a work in progress it is without a doubt the most solidly built and tough car I have ever owned. You could drive it through a brick wall and not feel it. China, et al, try top that
After all these years,it still runs like a Top.
That's the beauty of diesel engines. They can sit forever without locking up.
Na wer sagt denn das Marmelade keine Kraft gibt.😀😀
Einfach geniale Technik aus einer vergangenen Zeit.
Wir waren im Juni auch oben im Kehlsteinhaus. Ich fand es etwas enttäuschend, da man gerade solche Sachen nicht gesehen hat.
man diesel siemen head, last forever sweet sounding
+JP JP A generator "head" is the alternator part of the generator in mechanic's speach. The "head" is siemens and the engine (including its own heads) is MAN
It's nice to see a German World War 2 Generator
such is the genius of deutsch folk. hats off
I just wish they had a Junkers Jumo engine to drive the compressor like they did in U Boats.
Deutsche Ingenieurskunst vom Feinsten! Ich bewundere die Deutschen sehr. Es ist eine Schande, dass sie jetzt unter dieser muslimischen Invasion leiden.
Wow I would love to see that engine in action. Thank you for posting this.
Magnificent German engineering
8 cyl MAN diesel sound is fantastic!
Wunderschön :)
very well running machine. simply amazing. must have ran for hours when it was in use. I imagine that could power a good size hotel.
If you think this is great, wait 'til you see the sewage pumps!
Only if they pump Democrats through the sewer pipes.
MUST we have the suspenseful, thriller music in the background?! Sheesh.
It's from Das Boot