Anonymous-0
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Has anyone ever replaced the old 2 cylinder pony engines with a newer horizontal shaft gas engine? I know there is an electric starter motor pony replacement being made by a company, but I really don't want to update to 24 volts along with some other reasons. Seems to me with a little setup and basic engineering you could stick a small Honda, Briggs, or Kohler engine in there and have a much easier to start pony motor. Yes, you would lose the heat transfer to warm the coolant, but you could still figure out a way to pipe the gas engine exhaust around diesel air intake. And for that matter, if you wanted to get creative you could make a simple heat exchanger to warm the coolant also from the gasoline exhaust. I believe anything can be done, just curious if anyone out there has tried it.
Thanks, Nate
Thanks, Nate