Posted by jeffcat on January 30, 2017 at 11:01:39 from (73.197.146.32):
In Reply to: Hand Cranking posted by Johnnykick on January 30, 2017 at 07:56:26:
Yup....make sure the crank is nice and straight, rust free, and a dab of grease. lift up only with a cupped hand and no thumb. DO NOT WINDMILL !!!!! Very tempting to do but don't. Did you put the choke on and 1/4 throttle. One time I tried to hand crank a CUB with a standard coil ignition. BAD MOVE. The battery was weak. Took the crank and went around a couple of turns and she kicked back. literaly lifted me off the ground maybe a couple of inches. I thought for sure I was broken! Thank goodness it just slapped the crap out of me. Man it hurt for several days. Hand cranking is for magneto only. If you have a very old car that you can set the timing like a model "A" Ford then you can. By the way, I pushed the CUB down the hill and got it started. Just wanted to try cranking it. Thinking about it, a good old model "L" Gravely with rope start, If the magneto on that machine is off it will try to suck you into the fan guard.
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