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Old 24-10-2012, 12:49 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Diesel rotavator

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:28:03 PM UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:

Baz say's he has had it started, the procedure for that would be a give
away. It's a pretty damn well near impossible to pull start a diesel
without releasing the compression, spinning it up, dropping in the
compression and hoping the flywheel has enough inertia to take it through
compression and for it to fire.


Its funny when I hear people say that, I used to do it daily. I daresay its true for car sized engines.


NT