Snort, Putt, Snort Snort, Putt

There is a bit of lost motion in the rocker arm pivot of this IHC hit-and-miss engine, but it doesn't seem to mind. This video gives you a good look at the ignitor hardware. Sparkplug ignition is mechanically simple, and electrically complicated; ignitor ignition is simple electrically, and mechanically complicated. And more fun to watch.

This engine was running last fall at the fall show at Boonville, Indiana.