06-19-2012, 08:21 PM | #1 |
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Hand Cranking
If hand cranking a model A, do you crank clockwise or counter clockwise while facing the front of the car?
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06-19-2012, 08:24 PM | #2 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
Clockwise, start at 6:30 o'clock and pull to 11:45 o'clock , keep your thumb on the outside of the handle or your arm will end up in your ---------
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06-19-2012, 08:25 PM | #3 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
The hand crank will only engage clockwise.
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06-19-2012, 08:26 PM | #4 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
Ok then, when facing the radiator, which hand are you supposed to use to engage the hand crank?
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06-19-2012, 08:52 PM | #5 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
You can use your left foot if you wan't ..., It's still clockwise facing the radiator .
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06-19-2012, 08:58 PM | #6 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
and be doubly sure you are in neutral with the hand brake set or the car will run you over and ruin your day.....it has happened many times ....
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06-19-2012, 10:29 PM | #8 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
Left hand. Then WHEN it kicks back, your forearm is less likely to be in the way.
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06-19-2012, 10:51 PM | #9 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
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Was this thread intended just to amuse yourself? We're not a bunch of idiots!! Get Real!! Bill W.
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Re: Hand Cranking
If you can crank your engine in either direction something is wrong. Looking at the front of the engine you should be able to crank it clockwise. Turning it counterclockwise should push the crank out of the front of the engine. If this doesn't happen there will be a big problem when the engine starts and the crank spins with the engine.
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Are you ever happy? So much anger in most of your replies. Why is this? It appears this Ford Barner had a legit question. Just because you know the answer doesn't mean everyone else does. Get real!!
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I'm NOT angry, I try to check the validity of everything I read. Some things prove TRUE, and some are unadulterated BUNK. Bill W.
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Re: Hand Cranking
When I was in high school my first outboard was a big old Evinrude Speeditwin, which is a large opposed twin where both cylinders fire at the same time (lots of torque). I wrapped the rope around the pulley and gave a pull, but forgot to retard the spark. I thought it was going to shoot me right out the back of the boat!
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06-19-2012, 11:59 PM | #15 |
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When I was 15, I weighed in at a whopping seventy pounds, that is exactly the way I would do it. Set the crank at 1:00, face the drivers side and get on the bumper with my left foot on the crank then put my weight on the crank. It only kicked back once and I never used that method again, ever.
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06-20-2012, 12:44 AM | #17 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
I had a '16 T with no starter so I got good at cranking, thumb under and never go over the top.
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06-20-2012, 01:05 AM | #18 |
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Re: Hand Cranking
I still have a scar on my right hand index finger at the knuckle from pulling up hard on my crank and slipping. My knuckle caught the edge of the fender where it meets the edge of the radiator splash apron. Yeoooocchhh !!!!
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06-20-2012, 06:54 AM | #19 |
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Re: Hand Cranking - Dumbest trick ever
When just a very young person (6), I decided to crank an F-20 Farmall. Didn't have enough strength to pull the crank through so set it at 3 o'clock and jumped up on it an hung over the crank. The weight of my body pulled the crank down and the engine started.
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Re: Hand Cranking
On the "make sure the spark lever is retarded" statement. Let me add that if you have a good friend (like mine) near by. Be very leary of them
advancing the spark just as you go into spinning the crank! It is one of the "funny" pranks we like to pull on each other with his Model-T's. Back when I was in high school I had an original '29 Chevy. Once when the starter Bendix spring broke I had to do a lot of hand cranking. It was especially annoying if I stalled the car at a red light. I would jump out of the car grabbing the crank handle as I went. Run to the front, stick in the handle and most of the time I was lucky. She would fire up before I was through the first spin cycle. Nobody ever got mad and started honking their horn. I guess they enjoyed the show and times were easier on the road back in the mid 60's. Bob-A |
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