Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | Yes. they used a 12 ga shotgun cartridge totally filled with slow burning powder, no wad or steel / lead shot like a real shotgun shell.
You turned the engine to the correct spot and fired the shell . The gas pressure it forced into the single cylinder 2 cycle diesel engine, caused it to spin and start.
I still have one laying around. Here is pictures of a Marshal starting cartridge.
Field Marshal was British, Lanz was German. Both similar single cylinder diesel tractors.
Edited by Jon Hagen 4/7/2020 01:51
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A shotgun shell to start a tractor?
