making engines electric start?
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There are what is known as a genestart too, it's just a DC electric motor belted to usually the flywheel side of the motor.. Turn the juice on to the motor it works as a starter.. Let off the starter it becomes a DC generator to charge the battery.. Usually on bigger stuff, the old kohlers, most two stroke golf karts
here is a electric start on a older small block tecumseh that is mounted on the front of the flywheel(aluminum). you could also convert the 120v over to 12v by finding a 12v motor that would swap out the 120v. if you are thinking of going with a 12v system? you might be better off with a front mount dc starter, because i believe most if not all lighted coil tecumseh engines come with a starter flywheel(aluminum) or can be converted over by press fitting a starter ring gear on a cast iron flywheel. for example a hs40 or a hs50 in the later 70's and 80's. is there something your trying to build?
I have been spending time on old Honda ATC's, three wheelers, and the electric start models are 40 pounds heavier than the pull start only models. From that , I decided that I really don't need electric start. Although it is less on a minibike, the weight of the starter and battery is just too much of a compromise. A compression release and a valve adjustment, to make the engine easier to start, seems more worthwhile.
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are sure? i thought he was talking about tecumseh's.......:shrug: so i guess he was looking to see if briggs made a flywheel mount starter? i believe i have seen some real old big blocks,for example 6,7,8's on snowblowers. but nothing on a 5hp. only the front mount starter like i have on my bike......:shrug:
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I had a '60s Cushman Truckster with a Kohler K301 that used that kind of starter arrangement. It sucked. :laugh: Aside from that, the generator was an all-iron, full automotive size one that had to have weighed almost as much as a 5hp Briggs.
There are smaller ones, though. I think they're used mainly on "instant start" golf cart engines and similar setups. John Deer Gators are another, but don't expect to get anything cheaply for a Gator.
There are smaller ones, though. I think they're used mainly on "instant start" golf cart engines and similar setups. John Deer Gators are another, but don't expect to get anything cheaply for a Gator.
