[SEL] He knows that guy

[MaytagTwin at aol.com]

Hi Bruce, 
Note the rope start spool?  I have an Acme diesel, 9 HP air cooled, on a 
tiller.  It is easy to start using a rope.  The trick is to crank it by keeping 
the rope tight and pulling it like a yo-yo, letting it bounce back off the 
compression stroke.  Then, once you get it started bouncing, pull it on through and 
it starts.  Trying to just pull it through without bouncing it is almost 
impossible.
Ron
PS:  Do you suppose that rig would get through the auto inspection station?


In a message dated 10/26/2004 6:10:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
byounger at ci.lenexa.ks.us writes:
Not too much of it is visible, but it looks kinda like a Deutz diesel
single I used on a water pump back in the mid 70's.
No fun to crank, even with the compression release.