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Originally Posted by Matt L
Probably no glow plugs. I've seen farm equipment with ether tubes from the cabin to the intake for starting; you insert an ether pill in the holder on the dash, close the cover and push it to crush the pill. But that tractor did use an electric starter motor.
That ship engine likely has an electric starter motor as well, but it would start the starter engine, which in turn spins the big one.
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My grandpa has an old CAT that uses a small gas engine as a starter. 
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