Quote from: walkstall on August 06, 2014, 12:03:41 PM
I remember as a young pup cranking a car to start it.  I did not like cranking the tractor, it could kick like a mule.   

My father grew up on a farm, and later for nostalgia reasons owned an early-30s Ford tractor with what he said was the first electric starter. (Can't recall the model year.) But his stories about the OLD days with hand-cranks usually ended with, "And then I got up off the ground."

Quote from: quiller on August 06, 2014, 07:38:17 PM
My father grew up on a farm, and later for nostalgia reasons owned an early-30s Ford tractor with what he said was the first electric starter. (Can't recall the model year.) But his stories about the OLD days with hand-cranks usually ended with, "And then I got up off the ground."

I have been on the ground more then once in my younger days.  All my dad would do is   

My next door neighbor that live ¾ mile a way has two very old crank tractor in good running order yet.  One was his grandfathers and the other was his dads first tractor.  He ask me if I would like to start one up and I said no thinks, I will take the John Deere with the A/C.

Quote from: quiller on August 06, 2014, 07:38:17 PM
My father grew up on a farm, and later for nostalgia reasons owned an early-30s Ford tractor with what he said was the first electric starter. (Can't recall the model year.) But his stories about the OLD days with hand-cranks usually ended with, "And then I got up off the ground."

LOL! My dad told me about his dad out in the garage trying to get the old crank going back in the 20s, he had my dad in the driver seat working the throttle, as soon as it started, it backfired and scared the shit out of my dad.

Grand dad was driven right through the wall, dad smacked it in gear with the throttle wide open.
He swears to this day it was already in gear, but his dad reminded him every time he walked with a limp after that.

I had an old Datsun PU back in the early 70s with a bad starter, always backed up on the rail road tracks so I could roll down hill to get to work, did the same to get home.
Did that for a year till I could afford a starter. I was one broke kid back then.

Quote from: Solar on August 06, 2014, 08:11:28 PM
LOL! My dad told me about his dad out in the garage trying to get the old crank going back in the 20s, he had my dad in the driver seat working the throttle, as soon as it started, it backfired and scared the shit out of my dad.

Grand dad was driven right through the wall, dad smacked it in gear with the throttle wide open.
He swears to this day it was already in gear, but his dad reminded him every time he walked with a limp after that.

I had an old Datsun PU back in the early 70s with a bad starter, always backed up on the rail road tracks so I could roll down hill to get to work, did the same to get home.
Did that for a year till I could afford a starter. I was one broke kid back then.

LOL I remember the first time I had to jumpstart an automatic without jumper cables to get it home so I could work on it.   Jumper cables I don't leave home with out them now. 

Quote from: walkstall on August 06, 2014, 08:23:41 PM

LOL I remember the first time I had to jumpstart an automatic without jumper cables to get it home so I could work on it.   Jumper cables I don't leave home with out them now. 

How do you do that without jumper cables?

Quote from: Solar on August 07, 2014, 05:59:33 AM
How do you do that without jumper cables?

You have to have someone pushing you over 35mph and slam it in drive.

Quote from: walkstall on August 07, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
You have to have someone pushing you over 35mph and slam it in drive.

It's easier with a manual transmission, which appears to be a distinct minority in modern car options. (An excellent cheap way to ensure your car won't get driven far after it's stolen.)

Quote from: walkstall on August 07, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
You have to have someone pushing you over 35mph and slam it in drive.

I had heard that too, but it never worked for me, maybe it was the older hydramatic trannys it worked on.

Quote from: Solar on August 07, 2014, 09:06:29 AM
I had heard that too, but it never worked for me, maybe it was the older hydramatic trannys it worked on.

Don't remember the year but it was an old Mercury.   My uncle who owned a gas station told how to do it.  It was funny as he never had time to work on his own car as he was always working on others.  The only time he work on his own was when it would not run.