1942 diesel engine governor information video

[kevm14]

I love these.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/2013122 ... dailydrive

Oh wow, SUBBASE NLON contributed!!

Ok, still not done yet but watching the inner workings of the hydraulic governor (yep, hydraulic) I immediately thought of the TV system on the 700R4. Initially I was like, geez, hydraulic? That seems complicated. But then I figured it would allow an easy way to provide/adjust the damping/response of the system to get it responsive but not oscillatory. Looks like that's why, if you watch the video.

Given this was made in 1942 and GM released their original hydramatic in 1939, I would bet a small sum that they had something to do with this engine and governor system (military contracting wise). Specifically it probably would have been the EMD folks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-Motive_Diesel
Maybe it didn't have anything to do with the transmission.

[kevm14]

Alright it probably wasn't EMD (new name in 1941) and it probably wasn't EMC (the old name) because:

General Motors merged EMC and part of Winton Engine to create the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) on January 1, 1941. All GM locomotives built prior to 1941 were built by EMC. Winton's nonlocomotive products (large submarine, marine, and stationary diesel engines) continued under the title of the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division for another twenty years.

But was probably still GM because:

In 1930 General Motors, seeing the opportunity to develop the diesel engine, purchased the Winton Engine Company, and after checking the Winton Engine Company's books, decided to purchase its primary customer, Electro-Motive, renaming it the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC).