I have a diesel generator at home.

I don't know exactly how this works, but there is a lever which somehow
momentarily reduces the compression. Push in the lever; then when you pull
the rope or crank the starter, after a short time interval the lever pops
back out to it's starting position, engaging full compression. Makes the
generator possible to start with a pull rope.

Mark

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