[SEL] Crank handle attack

Fri Aug 31 09:31:38 PDT 2012

Question for those that have full cranks, do you lube them (or shaft) or are they supposed to be a loose dry fit?
Oh, just remembered, I do have a couple of Wisconsins with full cranks.   
I keep my thumb out of the way on those and it's been a few years since running them.
David

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From: Glenn Wilson <wilson at stny.rr.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:03 AM
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I had one crank handle stay on. It scared the begeebers out of me. I yelled for people to get out of the path then found a stick. By then it had come off the tang and was sliding off the shaft. Eventually it just fell on the ground. I gained even more respect than I had previously!  

Glenn Wilson
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On Aug 31, 2012, at 10:21 AM, David Myers <walking_tractor at yahoo.com> wrote:

I admit to having been rapped a few times myself.
My biggest worry has always been a stuck crank.  Saw it happen when I was a kid and the fellow actually was successful at knocking it off while running.
I've NEVER been that coordinated (and mostly have been a chicken) to have tried it.
Old proverb:  "Better to be live chicken than dead duck".
Have started this engine so long this way I don't rightly remember if I thunk of it myself or an old-timer taught me.
Have always listened to experience, sometimes I even paid attention.
David

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From: "jlb94 at juno.com" <jlb94 at juno.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 9:44 AM
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I didn't catch this thread from the beginning - But - Sounds like the proper way to use a handcrank to start an engine.
But - There are times when the engine won't start and you get more & more aggrivated and the timing betweem the left and right hand gets outta synk and the next thing you know, you got hit in the jaw and you're on the way to the hospital.

I was lucky, it only knocked my glasses off.

Joe "Pip" Betz said that. 
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---------- Original Message ----------
From: David Myers <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [SEL] Crank handle attack
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:26:31 -0700 (PDT)

If it applies to your engine situation, my method of attack on my Hercules is this.  
Hold the intake valve open with my left hand, crank with my right.  While engine spins REMOVE CRANK, then let intake valve close, momentum starts engine.  Has saved ouchies more than once.
David

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From: Patrick Livingstone <patrick.livingstone at gmail.com>
To: ATIS <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; Oldengine <stationary-engine at oldengine.org> 
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:55 PM
Subject: [SEL] Crank handle attack

For the second time in 30 years I have been injured by a crank handle. Last
weekend Samuel wanted me to start an engine for him so I decided to give the
2hp R&V a run. It has been a while since I started it and I forgot to retard
the magneto. It fired up easily and the built in crank handle gave my hand
and wrist a good whack. I am pretty impressed with my self control that I
did not swear in front of the little one (which is a good thing as he is at
the age where he repeats everything).
My little mishap means that I am not up for the 6 hour drive to the Rusty
Iron Rally this weekend which I am sad to miss. The Challenge is all loaded
ready to go but it is not going anywhere :(
I now have to rest up ready to take the big Austral to our rally in two
weeks time.
Patrick

Patrick M Livingstone
0418 692013
Earlwood NSW
http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/Index.html

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