[AT] Small Gas engines - OT

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I know that Troy built has a electric starter as an accessory for their weed whips. The starter costs $46. So far I have not bought one as the two cycle weed whip I have starts easy enough. Maybe later, I will be forced to invest about $46. Gil 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve W." <swilliams268 at frontier.com> 
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:15:48 PM 
Subject: Re: [AT] Small Gas engines - OT 

Paul Waugh wrote: 
> 
> Anybody besides me getting old enough, the pulling of a rope to start a 
> small engine is getting to be quite a chore. I wanted to use my power 
> washer today, I had it tuned 2 weeks ago, and last time I used it, one pull 
> and it was doing its business. Today I could not get enough oomph to start 
> it. I took the pull rope attachment of and used a 15/16 socket and 20 volt 
> drill. I had the drill set on low setting for power. It would turn over but 
> not start. I pushed the drill to high speed, and man it started up very 
> quickly. Pulling the rope I could not spin it fast enough, but the drill 
> took care of that. 
> 
> 
> 
> I wonder why they don't make a portable electric starter for engines under 5 
> hp. I know my daughter cannot start a lot of them, and as a single mom she 
> has yard to mow. One starter with different socket sizes would work on 
> several engines. Anyway, I got the neighbor's tiller cleaned up. 
> 
> 
> 
> Paul 
> 
> 
> 
> I am sure Dave will have fun with this one. 
> 
> 

There was a portable drill attachment around years ago that did this. 

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Steve W. 
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