One more safety item. Always crank with an open hand (palm up). If the car
back fires you can break your wrist!!!
On 2/28/02, Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net> wrote:
At 09:00 AM 2/28/02 -0800, Lloyd Elliott wrote:
>Can you really start an Alpine with a crank? The owners manual refers to
>doing so, but does not give a procedure. Might be nice if the battery is
>discharged. How do you do it?
>
It will not work with a discharged battery if the car has an alternator, as
some current is required to "flash the field".
To start:
-- set handbrake (vital!)
-- put car in neutral (vital!)
-- pull choke out as needed by ambient temperature and conditions
-- turn ignition key to "on"
-- insert crank
-- turn crank (be cautious -- when the engine catches, it will kick the
crank out of the bolt)
-- drive off or whatever
Yes, I have done this on my Series V a number of times, just to prove to
others that a road car marketed in 1967 still came with a hand crank.
Marc
msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315
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