18 Jul
2007
18 Jul
'07
12:12 a.m.
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 19:35 -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
I never had a carbureted engine that I didn't
convert from automatic to
manual choke. But, I gave up on that 20 years ago, with electronic fool
injection. And it has been 30 years since I last used a crank to start a
car engine (2180cc VW with Botch fool injection - too much voltage drop
for the "brain" when using the starter motor)
Hugely off-topic, but it's funny you should mention that... I just
handle-started something for the first time in about four years - my
mate's Landrover Series 3 had just about enough in the battery for the
ignition, but not the starter. Prior to that I'd handle-started my 1983
Citro?n GSA when we had a very severe winter. Nearly every morning it
was the only car on the street that started first time, thanks to the
Mk.1 Armstrong starter.
There's a knack to it...
Gordon