At 8:44 AM -0500 11/24/02, datsunmike wrote:
>
>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.
Is that the infamous "Ford Fracture" ?
>
>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.
The J engine for my 65 Datsun pickup has one of these nuts. Victor,
I found that a Spridget crank fits the nut perfectly, tho' it's
shorter than the crank that came with my 320. I'll think I'll use it
for valve adjustment type things but avoid using it to start the
thing ;-)
Marc T.
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