My old Major always got parked on a hill for a clutch start. Worked for years till one day I wore it for a necktie. Put me in intensive care for 10 days on life support.
@@runningbear1982 yes, the higher the gear you clutch start it in the greater risk of fast speed when it starts. 1st or 2nd gear low range, not high range, to clutch start.
every car should have one! when your battery is dead and you need a jumpstart, a spring start or a shotgun shell start would come in handy! all you need is to get inside the car to acces the key for the spring starter or pop the hood for the shotgun shell starter and start your vechile with no problem!
The problem is with gasoline engines,they need electricity for the ignition systems,ECU,fuel pumps and most diesel vehicles have the same damn electronics and electronic fuel injection!Thats why you cant push start a manual transmission if the battery is too low.
@@georgieippolito9924 that would make them inexpensive and less likely to break down lol more reason they dont want that. Watch the youtube page robotcantina. He does a build on a prius where does that exact idea and just puts a lawnmower engine into it lol. Pretty neat series.
@@georgieippolito9924 true but auto suppliers have friends in high places that shoot down and stop production of cars like that. Theres plenty of auto suppliers around the world with ideas that would turn the auto industry around and make it incredibly affordable and low maintenance but that doesnt make auto suppliers money. The model t originally came in one colour which was black. They then started painting cars to make old ones seem obsolete and less popular. Its cancel culture. Watch vertasiums youtube episode on the lightbulb conspiracy. It explains how companies only make a product last so long so you need to keep coming back.
I suppose today using this system..would require am electric motor to wind it up. Instead of a crank handle..😂😂😂🇬🇧👍 But what a simple and functional system.. First time l have seen this...Great..thank you
Brilliant. No battery needed for a starter motor and you dont have to worry about a dead battery either or a battery that will fail you on a cool morning. Neither is a pony motor needed that also needs fuel. Air starter still needs a compressor and hoses + an energy sauce such as petrol. And it also eliminates the risk a broken arm/hand by hand cranking an engine as in the old days. The simplest and best starter solutions in my opinion is a wind up or initia starter. Simpel and does not need additional power sauce than your arms.
Get rid of spring starter and just have a spring wind up motor. Just wind it up the night before(might take and hour or so) and in the morning flick a lever and off you go. When you go downhill the winder can rewind somewhat to make it easily to wind up at night, could also act as a slowing device. I wonder if this is something to think about? Limited mileage though!
@@rustedratchetgarage6788 trouble with air starters is that if your truck breaks down and loses its air you're stuck.... you need air to start engine but you need to start engine to build up air. Catch 22
Is that original to the tractor? I know you can still buy these spring starters. In fact, I was thinking about using one for one of the projects I would like to do at some point.
Too bad they don't have a way to wind it with engine power using the hydraulic pump or something. Cool device though. No need worry about a bad battery.
So this windup starter idea has obviously been around for a few decades. The recently advertised English one is what I thought was a first. Fordson forever
They're still around/made. They just aren't as "sexy" for the average plebeian since a modicum of effort is required to use one unlike the "just turn a switch till it runs" of the electric system.
You often end up with being unable to start at all if your engine is hard to start. This is because of the spring cranks for to short time and also takes to long to reload so engine manages to cool down to much before next start attempt.
Awful things, fitted few to Ford diesel powered air compressors and fork trucks used in hazardous atmospheres. Might start 1st attempt middle of summer or hot engine, pits of winter you’d be winding for hours. You get about 2 or 3 turns of the engine only for each wind up.... we ended up fitting hydraulic starters to a few and made some hydraulic ‘jump leads’ to attach to another running fork truck.
