Hybrid Lovers Read This and Lament
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Erik Meltzer wrote:
>>> A combustion engine would be a poor choice for a starter,
>> ...nevertheless, a great deal of heavy equipment was equipped exactly so.
> How did they couple starter and engine then? Clutch? Hydraulics?
With a pedal-operated mechanical linkage. Think of your standard starter
engagement fork and lever, only on a big scale and thrown not by a
solenoid but by the equipment operator's foot.
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