King Muradin looked at the frantic elders, his brow deeply furrowed.
This could not go on, so he said:
"Stop!"
"Don't waste any more time on this engine."
"Use the engine from a new tank for the experiments!"
As the saying went, as long as you did not let your thinking slip, there were always more solutions than difficulties.
As long as you wised up early, young wives were always better than young maidens.
Everyone froze at his words, then their eyes lit up.
"Right!"
"Why do we have to use this one?"
The group immediately relocated.
They went to another clearing.
They began removing the engine from the second tank.
With their experience from the first attempt,
they were much more practiced this time.
Although it still took them ages,
they finally managed to remove it without trouble.
After all, everyone present was a master craftsman. Their skills spoke for themselves.
They removed the battery and electric motor from the first engine and installed them on the second.
Balin pressed the start button again.
Rumble-
The engine gave a deep roar!
Elder Glen jumped up in excitement.
"Hahahaha! It worked! I did it!"
The other Dwarves cheered as well:
"These past few days of fussing weren't wasted after all!"
Taking tanks apart really was no job for Dwarves. It had nearly driven them mad.
King Muradin nodded in satisfaction.
"Very good."
"Now start studying why it turns."
Everyone gathered around the roaring engine.
They began observing it closely.
Drawing on their experience dismantling it, along with what they learned by probing it with magic power, they soon reached a conclusion-
"The diesel somehow burns and explodes inside the cylinders. That's why it rumbles."
An elder pointed at the engine and said:
"The explosions push the pistons."
"The pistons drive