Date:         Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:11:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WTB used Vanagon diesel starter
Comments: To: Gilles H Turmel <gilles.turmel@sympatico.ca>
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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.
>



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roger w
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servant who becomes king ...
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