As of now I have functioning electric starters and conventional batteries. But I've thought about starter ropes for my vehicles- at least the 3 and 4 cyl ones- for years. It would be nice to ditch the battery
and the starter, wouldn't it? Would just need a magneto on the non-EFI ones for ignition; for the others a wee battery and charging system for the electronics or maybe a bigger deep cycle battery and plug-in regimen.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/vie....php?p=3148116
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