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Old 01-28-2013, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by KarTek View Post
I've seen one of the engines sitting in his shop but I've never looked closely at it to see if it has a fitting for an electric starter. What I understand is that it starts with the Coffman starter but that it's hard on the engine.

I think He was planning on converting the Coffman to a compressed air starter.
I wonder if it's still possible to buy Coffman cartridges or whether you'd have to reload your own.... I guess a good reason to convert to compressed air. Sounds like a fun project.
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