Re: Adaptation of Golf Cart Starter Generator


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I am interested in adapting a small engine starter/generator such as
might be found on a golf cart or lawn tractor to fit my Lincoln SA 200
welder (old enough to never have had a starter - or ring gear). I have

in mind to simply drive the crank pulley with a synchronous (toothed)
or v-belt. The engine is a low compression four cylinder flathead of
about 162 cu in producing something like 30 hp and is not hard to turn
over with a hand crank. Does anyone out there know what sort of pulley

or gear reduction is used on those golf cart starter/generators. I
suspect that the starter/generators don't spin nearly so fast as a
typical automotive starter, nor is the driven pulley nearly so large as

an automotive ring gear.

I recall the starter/generators having about a 1 to 3 or 4 belt ratio. I
really don't think one will adequately start your engine as they are
intended to start the one cylinder engines of about 10 hp or so and the
torque is pretty limited.

What about adapting an outboard flywheel with a ring gear? It might be
possible to use the welding generator as a starter. Onan generators used
a scheme like that for many years

Don Young

I have cranked on welding machine from another by briefly connecting the
welding lead from one to the welding lead of another.We had 4 welders on
the job..just hand cranked one the "jumped" the others.

we would hook the 2 leads together with the machines at whatever setting
they were left at from welding.They were all sa 250 and 300 machines if
iremember right.I dont remember if we went ground to ground and bumped the
stingers together...or opposite.(ground to stinger)
Its been 12 years or more.If you hook them backward the machine will spin
backward and not crank up.
The boss said it was not good for them...so we did not do it when he was
around.


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