We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Liquorice"
saying something like:

On Mon, 24 May 2010 02:53:21 -0700 (PDT), freepo wrote:

I fixed it with a homemade fixed pulley which is now bolted to the top
of the engine. I turn it beyond the compression point, wind my rope
around it and pull.

I hope you are *very* sure that the rope will *always* release from
the pully as you turn the engine over. If it doesn't it won't half
give your arm a yank and possibly pull you off your feet when the
engine starts...

Or turn into a flail with amusing conseqenses for the ankles.
Nah, such heeby-jeeby starter pulleys were dead common for decades.