Originally Posted by
rtstestpilot
Hello all,
What do you guys use (other than hand flipping) your larger (100 to 400cc) engines with. Tried searching the net for vendors of larger handheld electric starters but am finding little information. Some of the starters I have found are no longer available. I am entertaining building one from an automotive starter if I can't find a manufactured model already available.
Thanks,
Todd
Chrysler uses/used to use a reduction starter. It had a whine at initiation. I never looked at one, but it must be a smaller motor and maybe more compact for our uses. Based on my own limited experience with Chrysler cars, there musty be a zillion of them in the salvage yards.
Our field had 115 volt at the pavilions. I used an extension cord and my B&D 3/8 inch drill motor and started some big gassers that other dedicated starters wouldn't turn over. I used an appropriate sized hole cutter with the teeth ground off for safety with a standard rubber cone and chucked the arbor in the drill, tightened securely.
Best regards, Richard