if one has a diesel powered starter, then one should put fuel additive in
the fuel for it, lol.

would make a pretty heavy duty starter too.
and ..some giant engines have smaller internal combustion engines to start
then.

but then, some lifeboats have a  diesel engines, that have a lever that you
stoke a lot that builds up air pressure in a tank...
and it' uses an air-driven  motor to start the engine.   No batteries needed
that way.

but a good used starter for a diesel vanagon is a rare thing to me.
core value alone is about 60 bucks.

Scott
turbovans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: WTB used Vanagon diesel starter

> dear used
>
> a diesel starter ... this would be as opposed to the electric ones used to
> start indy race cars
> you must have some mill in that machine ...
> how big is it ... do you have to stand clear after start to make starter
> person safe
>
> i had some freinds who built a race cart out of boiler tube and a vw
> engine
> they had a transmission out of some three speed something or another they
> found in the woods and ran that transmission shaft off a timing chain that
> had a timing chain gear mounted on both the input of the tranny and the
> flywheel of the engine  ...
> i cant recall the clutch details . ... indeed it may not even have had a
> clutch as such  ...
> anyway ...
> to start this beast ... one had to either push it in gear or jack up the
> rear and wrap a rope around the extra rim welded onto the rear drive rim
> ...
>
> then drop it down and the machine would launch  ...
> upon reflection a diesel starter would have been a much more interesting
> addition to the set up and the mix of years that this contraption was ...
> (and you tell this to young fellows today and they wouldnt believe you)
> (cue
> monty python)
> yours
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Gilles H Turmel <
> gilles.turmel@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm looking for a used Vanagon diesel starter. Is there one out there?
>> Best regards.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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