In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:

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

My dad had a Citroen GS and then a later model which I forget.
You could use the wheel change spanner as a starting handle in
both of these, and we did occasionally (damn hard work through).

Would that give any more leverage than simply using the tyre? And less
chance of that assaulting you. ;-)

Given the effort required, I don't think you'd stand a chance by
trying to use a tyre (ignoring the fact you couldn't bumpstart
these cars anyway as they were semi-automatic with torque converters).

The starter handle had a jump-out cluch fitting so it didn't
spin round when the engine started. It could click back if you
didn't use enough force to get a piston over TDC on compression.

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