On Apr 22, 7:51*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

One nice thing about the Volvos is that they were relatively easy to
crank start by hand thanks to large fly wheels and a compression
release lever. * The trick was to open the compression release, get
the fly wheel spinning at a good clip with the crank, and then close
the release lever. * The fly wheel had enough momentum to kick it over
a few times and get the engine started. *

Yeah, heavy flywheels. Like the old air cooled Lister-Petter diesels,
It seemed like the flywheel weighed more than the whole rig.