MJB
Gold Member
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2000
- Messages
- 499
- Location
- Syracuse, New York
- Tractor
- 1952 Case DC-4, 2001 JD4300 MFWD, HST
I have not personally seen it on a tractor, but I recall reading that the old Lanz Bulldog tractors used a powder actuated starter. These were single cylinder, two cycle, air cooled diesel engines with a rather large displacement. If you did not use the powder starter it took two strong men to turn it over using a long bar on the flywheel due to the high compresson ratio. I think I would opt for the powder starter./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif