The 'unit' outside of the flywheel is a small gearbox to assist with crank starting the engine. The gearbox converts 1 turn of the crank handle into 2 turns of the crank shaft, ...this means that you have twice the engine rpm for every turn of the crank handle. ...All good until you try to crank her over on a cold morning when the oil is heavy...!
Nice engine and that is one of the best fuel tanks i've ever seen 👍👍🇺🇸
Nice engine . I own one of them myself but it does not have that unit outside the flywheel,What is that unit?
The 'unit' outside of the flywheel is a small gearbox to assist with crank starting the engine. The gearbox converts 1 turn of the crank handle into 2 turns of the crank shaft, ...this means that you have twice the engine rpm for every turn of the crank handle. ...All good until you try to crank her over on a cold morning when the oil is heavy...!
I can only imagine ,you would definitely need to have had the weetabix first