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Originally Posted by Fingie
a friggin' buggy would be nice, but we have a pretty cold climate sometimes.
I am looking at traditional ladas, anyhow.
I could fit a 1200L with magneto ignition, I could hand-crank it to start even if the battery's dead, due to the mechanic fuel pump  |
Have you ever tried to start a cold engine on the handle?
I had three Humber Sceptres (1725 H120 engine, 1725 standard engine (there's a 20hp difference)), all with a handle. If the engine was warm or hot, a little choke and it'd fire off the crank before it even did a revolution. Cold soaked on 9.0:1 compression not a chance, and this is summer in the UK.
I'd have probably broken something if I'd tried to cold crank that motor in the winter.
That said yours will probably be lower compression.. But still don't rate the chances, and have someone show you how to do it properly, if it kicks back you will be in a world of hurt, nursing a broken thumb.