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I've often wondered how far one of those things would throw you if it backfired while you're pulling down on the flywheel !

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I broke my arm cranking a '28 Autocar. I pucker up every time I see someone at a show cranking an engine around and around. Saw a guy doing that but he insisted the welding glove he was wearing would protect his wrist and arm.

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I just watched those videos and the friendly people at O.S.H.A would have a field day with that vehicle!!! I can see now why farming accidents killed or maimed so many people back then. Everywhere you look is something spinning and trying to grab loose clothing or an arm.

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An uncle of mine used to run a steam powered threshing outfit. One day  his keen ears picked up an unfamiliar sound in the engine's workings.Not wanting to disrupt the threshers, he climbed up on the boiler for a closer listen.He suddenly found himself naked from the waist down ! A loose key on the crankshaft had caught his pant cuff and ripped them off. Embarrassing, but he lived to laugh about it.

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Hey Michael........here's the one I resurrected for a friend.

It's on the sawmill at the Baraboo show.......  :D

 

In answer to J.H.Boland's question, you'd better be ready to let go of the flywheel if you forget to retard the timing before starting or a search party may be in order....... :blink:

 

 

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