In Depth: Engine No. 3

Greg Cone is the Wright Experience's resident specialist in antique engines. Greg has been restoring both aviation and automotive engines for over 30 years. His work at the Wright Experience is based on exhaustive historical research and painstaking craftsmanship. He previously restored the Wright Vertical Four engine, Serial #20, making it the only original operating Wright engine in the world.

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The video clips below were made in February 2002, shortly before the engine returned to Dayton. Greg Cone, who performed the conservation treatment, demonstrates the now working parts of the engine by turning the flywheel.

Crankcase	Chain drive	Fuel and oil pumps


Ignition	Firing order

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