[AT] Small Gas engines - OT

[Carl Gogol]

About 25 years ago I found a starter kit that consisted of an aluminum piece 
with a tapered depression socket (about 1.5" maximum opening and tapering to 
maybe 1" minimum over about an inch of depth) that attached to the mower's 
engine using the same bolt holes that the recoil starter mechanism uses for 
attachment to the flywheel.  The recoil remained in place and the cover over 
it was some how altered or replaced so that there was direct access to this 
female taper from the top of the motor.  Once installed it was safe and no 
easy way for  anything to get caught up in it.  The second part was a fairly 
hard rubber part that mated nicely with the female taper and had a shank for 
attaching it to an electric drill.  A 3/8" electric drill had more than 
enough torque to turn the motor fast enough to easily start the Briggs 
engine.  It worked by placing the rubber part in the tapered socket and 
turning the drill on.   Once the motor started just lift the drill and put 
it away.
Don't know if it is still made or if the more common battery powered drills 
of today would work as well.  Worked well for my mother for many years.  I'm 
thinking it was sold by Harbor Freight or Northern Hydraulics, but haven't 
seen it advertised in years.

Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve W.
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 7:15 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
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.

-- 
Steve W.
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