[SEL] From a newsgroup: Lookin For: Crank for 1.5hp Economy

[Rex Hinz]

Engine crank ? ???    well I guess its up to the owner and how hard his head 
is , I got hit in the head more then once and I came up with the conclusion 
" IT HURTS " but luckley I had a couple Ole Mils in me and the crank had 
more dammage then me , I now start my engines without and its more fum , I;m 
also 60 years but if I use the crank much longer I won't make 61 ,  lets 
hear some  other ways you who have been collecting  longer use to start an 
engines with out the crank ? that won't hurt us younger generation pupils
Rex
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jlb94 at juno.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] From a newsgroup: Lookin For: Crank for 1.5hp Economy


> Hi Steve,
>
> I have no idea how old you are or even, what you look like.
> However, I must value you as a friend.
> I'm 61 and this old iron is getting heavier every year.
>
> There has been much discussion on the list about hand cranks.
> I had 2 in my lifetime.  I now have only one for my Stover CT-1.
> I have NEVER used a hand crank to start a flywheel engine.
>
> Last September at the Stumptown Steam Threshers Reunion, in New Athens,
> Ohio a man with a trailer full of engines ( a seasoned veteran ) was
> starting one of them on the trailer with a hand crank.  For some reason
> the engine misfired and the hand crank came around and hit the guy in the
> side of his face.
> It broke his jaw and cheek bones.  His head sweld up so bad his eye
> popped out.
> He was taken to the local hospital in Ohio and later flown to a hospital
> in Pittsburgh so they could operate.
>
> I have NEVER used a hand crank to start a flywheel engine.
>
> My Witte is my hardeset starting engine and I run it on kerosene.
> When it misfires and kicks backwards, when starting,  that engine jumps
> up in the air and reminds me of the power that is transferred to the
> flywheel.
>
> I have NEVER used a hand crank to start a flywheel engine.
>
> Real simple - IT'S TOO DAMN DANGEROUS !!!
>
> If you want it for DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY - - - GREAT !!!
> But you said "Yanking on the flywheel to start it is getting old fast!"
>
> I have NEVER used a hand crank to start a flywheel engine.
>
> Joe "Pip" Betz said that.
> jlb94 at juno.com - - - www.oldengine.org/members/betz
> ,-._,-.          http://community.webshots.com/user/pipbetz
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> the work."
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