I was amused, at the age of 18, that my car not only had the provision for
crank start, but acutally HAD the crank in the trunk! Incidentally, you note
that you should be careful when the car starts and it kicks the crank out. In
the teens, this caused what was known as a 'Ford fracture'. Nuff said! Bill
Marc James Small wrote:
> At 09:00 AM 2/28/02 -0800, Lloyd Elliott wrote:
> >Can you really start an Alpine with a crank? The owners manual refers to
> >doing so, but does not give a procedure. Might be nice if the battery is
> >discharged. How do you do it?
> >
>
> It will not work with a discharged battery if the car has an alternator, as
> some current is required to "flash the field".
>
> To start:
>
> -- set handbrake (vital!)
> -- put car in neutral (vital!)
> -- pull choke out as needed by ambient temperature and conditions
> -- turn ignition key to "on"
> -- insert crank
> -- turn crank (be cautious -- when the engine catches, it will kick the
> crank out of the bolt)
> -- drive off or whatever
>
> Yes, I have done this on my Series V a number of times, just to prove to
> others that a road car marketed in 1967 still came with a hand crank.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315
> Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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