Thinking of getting a starting handle for my series petrol, why are all the second hand ones on eBay seam to be 40 quid or so but I can buy a new one from paddocks for about a tenner? Are the new ones no good, from the picture I can't tell if there is something different?
Starting handle
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blue beasty
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Found mine yesterday while cleaning out the workshop and my lad thought he'd give it a go for a laugh.
Neither of us could could get it past compression more than once
I suspect the new ones are made from toffee.
Neither of us could could get it past compression more than once
I suspect the new ones are made from toffee.
Bobsticle
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Be very caerful out there.
Rivitus III chapter 8
and he went forth to OEM with ponderous parsimonium to satisfy his lust for originality and was thwarted as our lord Sworf had reduced them to plastercine.
Rivitus III chapter 8
and he went forth to OEM with ponderous parsimonium to satisfy his lust for originality and was thwarted as our lord Sworf had reduced them to plastercine.
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neither of us could could get it past compression more than once
just like i couldnt, in works car park with a flat battery.
for me its purely a tool for adjusting the rockers
I bought a second hand one and shortened it to fit with my capstan winch.
When I hydrauliced my engine crossing a river , got towed out removed the glow plugs and attempted to turn over via the cranking handle it bent like it was made from rubber.
Mind when I stripped the engine two conrods where bent and one was jammed against the lower cylinder skirt so no wonder it would not turn.
Was quite impressed that I could bend steel that thick by hand at 64 years of age.
When I hydrauliced my engine crossing a river , got towed out removed the glow plugs and attempted to turn over via the cranking handle it bent like it was made from rubber.
Mind when I stripped the engine two conrods where bent and one was jammed against the lower cylinder skirt so no wonder it would not turn.
Was quite impressed that I could bend steel that thick by hand at 64 years of age.
