5 HP Standard Otto

3,948 views · Published 31 May 2008 · 1:15 · Indexed 9 October 2026

Channel: Wayne Grenning · 2008 · Autos & Vehicles

Watch on YouTube

This engine is the same HP and similar layout to the 5 HP Special Electric Video I have posted but without the special heavy duty features.  This example was made between 1905 - 1910 and spent its life pumping water into a cranberry bog in New Jersey.  It is of the hit and miss design, typical to American built Otto's, fueled by gasoline and is outfitted with a Sumter Type B Low tension rotary magneto.  The engine underwent a mechanical restoration in 2004 and was mounted on a reproduction sub base.  It is frequently displayed at the Canandaigua, NY and Coolspring, Pa engine shows

More from this channel