Trivia:
The impetus behind the original design of the electric starter was when
Henry Ford's wife broke her arm trying to start her Model T. Thomas Edison,
a close friend of Henry Ford, designed the first starter. Back then if you
weren't really careful the kick back from the engine could rip the starter
handle from your hands and result in broken arms and fingers.
If you look at a Brit car, say a MGA, you'll notice that the starter nut on
the crank is a one way design and it disengages the starter handle if the
engine kicks back.
In the Datsun repair manual, if you look at some of the pictures of the
1600, you'll notice that strange nut on the crank. I do believe 1500s had
provisions for a starter crank.
Mike
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