20 Jan
2009
20 Jan
'09
2:24 p.m.
Roger Holmes wrote:
No but it was run off a world war two air ministry
(diesel) engine
driven generator for a few years. The generator was a 1700 cc twin
cylinder unit with hand start and a flywheel weighing several hundred
pounds. I had to keep fit to get that to start on a cold winters morning
when the oil was thick and the cylinders were cold.
No luxury of air-start, huh? :-) Been there before with a 3-cylinder Dorman
and it's back-breaking stuff (thankfully the Dorman had an electric-start
option, so the hand starting was just "for fun")
I suspect there's something to be said for pre-heating the oil using whatever
means on something like that.