You guys make me feel old.
Back in the 60's (that's 1960's) I ran the family farm and had a MM tractor
that didn't have electric start, my brother still uses it a bit. Crank +
magneto. You had to worry about backfire and thumbs. I also had an SI Alpine
that I ran all one summer with no starter, the crank worked fine. It did need
battery, otherwise you had to crank it fast enough to get the generator to
charge (about 1000 RPM). In the winter I used to get someone to turn the
starter and then help it with the crank, Alpine starters don't turn the engine
over very fast at -20 or colder.
My current SI project has it's crank and I used it when I 1st started it after
14 years of storage. Put some oil in each cylinder, turned it with the crank
to spread it around, replaced plugs and cranked it. Then when it didn't start
I used the starter to do the hard work.
Try it, you'll never go back to electric.
Cheers
Al
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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