"Jim" wrote in message
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nom=de=plume wrote:


Ok, I'm no diesel mechanic...


And neither are those who give you half-assed answers.
Yanmar still sells a 10 horse with hand cranking.
Bigger engines usually aren't hand cranked because it's just too hard to
do, but you can get this
http://www.springstarter.com/application_guide.asp
Starts bigger diesels than you'll normally have in a boat.
If it has a compression release, it can normally be spun up to start
without a battery.
But if it needs juice for any controls, you'll need the juice.
Just have to know what you're getting.
They call that specificity. It usually works.

Jim - Just trying to bring some sense into a useless exchange of
non-ideas.




Interesting... thanks for the link!

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