[Public-List] Hand cranking an Atomic 4

[Michael Grosh]

My face is mostly recovered from a hand cranking episode 3 weeks ago (a
Yanmar diesel). It's a real attention getter watching your own blood spray
all over the engine compartment.
My recommendation is to keep electrical connections 100%, it's too tight a
space (fiddling with the decompression lever is what did me in) to think of
handcranking as a valid backup. On the other hand, I did get the motor
started-on the second attempt, after ice packs stopped the blood flow.
MichaelGrosh
#220

On Sep 15, 2010 8:52 PM, "Amy & David Swanson" <zira at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I have a number of crank start engines with this style eingines (Wisconsin

> engines), and agree with what you said. The other point is, don't try to
> spin the engine all the way around. Position the handle so it is pointing
> down, then pull it up about 90 degrees. This is not a Model T type crank.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Hand cranking an Atomic 4
>
>
>> The handle I bought this week is the same; I don't see much chance that
>> the
>> engine could give it a spin out of my hand.
>>
>> Regardless I kept my face away and made the starting torque a pull up on
>> the
>> handle rather than crouching low and winding it about.
>>
>> When the engine started it threw off the engagment part of the crank
>> smartly
>> and I was left with it in my hand, not connected to the engine. It wasn't
>> violent at all.
>>
>> That said - I'd still like to read how to do it 'properly'!
>>
>> Gord
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15/09/10 3:15 PM, "Tom Moffatt" <tmoffatt at xplornet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On the hand cranking - when I had my Alberg 30 in the late 1970s I
>>> started
>>> the Atomic 4 several times by hand. I think I must have had one of the
>>> "factory-made" ones - The teeth were angled on the backside and there
was
>>> no
>>> problem with it automatically disengaging when the engine fired up -
>>> which
>>> it did easily.
>>>
>>> Tom Moffatt
>>>
>>>
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