What's happening here?

[Mikel]

Ancient dyno?

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

looks like a gas station

maybe a service pit under there?

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

or a vintage version of hold-my-beer-watch-this

 

[woods]

Clearer image:

 

[CDA 455 II]

Turn-of-the-last-century dyno'ing???

 

[woods]

That can read:

"GASOMETER MEASURES LEAKAGE PAST PISTONS"

Checking blowby?

 

[brmpipes]

First CARB compliance center in California.

 

[KarlVP]

It looks like a dynamometer.

The arm on the left side looks like it has gauges on it similar to a beam type torque wrench.

Even today's super fancy dynos have a moment arm.

 

[woods]

Getting more on here.

Its a slow day today.


Performing a "Wasson Motor Check".

 

[CDA 455 II]

Clearer image:

Talk about class; a mechanic wearing a dress shirt and tie under coveralls!

And probably is also wearing wingtips!

 

[woods]

https://ghostsofdc.org/2013/10/03/se...-florida-1924/




Bam! Mystery solved.

 

[CDA 455 II]

So it is a dyno?! :D

 

[woods]

Here's a run down of the process:

So sort of a dyno thing to check blowby. /shrug

 

[TatonkaII]

Thats pretty cool.

 

[ArTi54N]

yeah it is

 

[Splib]

Nice dig excavation boys