Trash Picked German Air Cooled Engine, Can it Still Run?

I will never get tired of Mustie’s laugh when he gets a motor to fire off for the first time !

The ILO-Company was founded 1911 in Hamburg, Germany. Initially they produced track tamping machines, later two-stroke engines for small cars, mopeds and motorcycles. In 1959 ILO was taken over by Rockwell and produced engines for snowmobiles for the American market. In 1977 the company was sold to Tecumseh. In 1990 the company was closed down because the competition was too big.

Mustie is the most epic trash picker/yard sale known to man..the early bird gets the prize..always amazing what strays he brings home as we enviously watch ..

I have watched many of the small engine mechanics on YT and for some reason Mustie1 is the only one I really enjoy, I have watched him for years and his exuberance and excitement is infectious he is by far the most competent and knowledgeable guy I have watched he is informative educational and always explains in layman's terms what he is doing and why.

My favorite part is how Mustie can just laugh every time something he made (like the bendix retainer) just blows apart and he's like "welp, I guess I'll make a better one..."

Sunday ritual…. Cup of Tim Hortons and Mustie1! Thank you for keeping me company my friend and hope you are well!

Rockwell? No wonder I feel like somebody's watching me and I have no privacy.

It’s so funny when an old engine turns over and Mustie laughs, he knows he won !

“Alright, we’re gonna stop there because that’s gonna catch on fire.” Words to live by. 😅

We use those engines here in Thailand for longtail racing boats. Lots of YouTube videos building these to high horsepower.

That's a JLO engine (called Jello in Quebec when they were in snowmobiles). They were used in Moto Ski's & other manufacturers. Scorpion also used them & ended up building them in Minnesota I believe. When Scorpion closed down, a group of employees got together & purchased the engine tooling & rights. The engine was renamed "Cuyuna" & electronic ignition was added, along with Mikuni carbs. They were sold as Ultra Light aircraft engines in the 80's. I was involved in the development of prototype snowmobiles for the Inuit in northern Canada in Montreal in the late 80's & we used these engines, however it was the 428 cc model, 35hp. They also built a one cylinder version. The upgrades of electronic ignition & mikuni carburation was a big upgrade. The company may still exist.

Thank you Mustie for all you do.

The only bad thing today? I'm 😢drinking instant coffee. Thanks mustie. You brighten my morning..

Nice to see you back at the house. It just feels right

I’ve been with this guys since he had around 10k subs. I would watch his videos every night to fall asleep haha. It’s amazing he has been able to make it this far doing something he loves to do.

I was 11 when that paper was printed and visited New Hampshire for the first time the summer of '81. My great Grandma and great Aunt lived near East Andover.

Just love how Daren includes you in the conversation when you're not really there lol it makes you feel like you're there wrenching with him 😊

Hi Mustie I’d just like to comment on what you said at the end of this weekend’s amazing meeting with you… we dont even care if you fail to get a project to run or not we just enjoy spending our Sundays with you my friend. Hope you and your dear wife are well and until next Sunday afternoon take care of each other sir..

Mustie could be a top fuel crew chief. The engine fires and I thought he was getting away and instead he's going for the gas bottle to keep it going. Love it!

And I thought some of my old Rockwell tools were old! This is going way back. Epic find, epic channel.