Things I don't miss on vehicles

[lil_Blue_Ford]

the 1234 is similar to propane....

as reported.....works well compared to 134. those that know butane or propane know....




i was serious about hand cranking...my engine can run with no electricity when i configure it that way....its an automatic so push starting isnt a thing...


if i cummins swap mine...it is easy to have a bothy bell housing to use a normal 12/24 volt starter on one side and a mechanical starter on the other...probably would run a sae3 and a 545....


with the current humvee engine/4l80 combination i have in the ranger, i will have to mod a 4x4 torque converter housing or build a custom piece to use the smallest mechanical starter....but it has been done several times on oilfield equipment i work with....though those are usually on ford manual 4 speeds or eaton fullers.



there are a few companies and alot of setups

Mechanical Spring Starters

the problem......that starter cost more than the value of my truck...

You need a starter that takes 12 gauge blanks

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

You need a starter that takes 12 gauge blanks

I've heard of that, can't remember what it was used on.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I've heard of that, can't remember what it was used on.

I know it was used on a number of aircraft

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Coffman starter!

You need a starter that takes 12 gauge blanks

I've heard of that, can't remember what it was used on.

Coffman engine starter - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[97RangerXLT]

I have seen it on a tractor as well as aircraft. Wathe the original flight of the Phoenix with Steve McQueen for an applied instance of that

AJ

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I have seen it on a tractor as well as aircraft. Wathe the original flight of the Phoenix with Steve McQueen for an applied instance of that

AJ

Remake with Dennis Quaid had one on the C-119 as well.

I don't remember the tractor, I thought it was Lantz but it doesn't look like it. Pretty sure it was European though.