Today I was changine the oil on the bus, and sez what the hey, I'll put the hand crank stuff on, its only been laying around for 9 months or so... So, I installed the nut and tin, put everything back together, and gave it a whirl. It worked! This engine is a 1600 single port, with 25,000 miles on it. The only "kick back" I got was some resistance when I prolly got close to tdc on compression. It only takes one turn of the crank to start the motor, heres's how I do it: turn key on and set the brake. make sure its out of gear! prop open the engine lid kneeling facing the passenger side, insert the crank thru the slot and engage the nut. using both hands on top of the crank, thumbs outside, start cranking. The trick is to sense the compression and give a little extra oomph right at that point. If you get her to start, the crank will automatically stop moving, and you can very carefully extract it. If not, try again. It really helps to have a well-tuned engine!
Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Visit _The_ VW Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/vw.html
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