Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
You can start the original 850 Mini by jacking up one front wheel,
plonking it in top gear and 'spinning' the wheel by hand.

Neat trick. Was going to say what wrong with the starting handle but
then remembered the transverse engine. B-)

Strangely, there was a starting handle conversion kit made. But you had to
remove a wheel to use it, IIRC.

I guess that would still work for petrol engines today but possibly
not on a diesel.

It would need to be a small engine.

I've hand started a 4 litre petrol engine in a Leylend FG550 truck. It
was a low compression version of the Austin Princess engine, with a
massive 6:1 compression ratio.

I've often hand started my Land Rover 2286cc petrol engine, too.

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Tciao for Now!

John.