JohnArnoldBrown
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- Joined
- Jan 26, 2013
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- 237
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- Location
- Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire
- Your Mercedes
- C220 CDI Estate 2003
My 1959 Rover P4 105S had a starting handle(there wasn't one with the car when i bought it, but I made one at work).
I kept it under the front seat, as I had a crappy battery.
I ran out of petrol once, while stopped at red traffic lights near Richmond Upon Thames.
Switched to reserve, waited for the SU electric pump to slow down, tried the starter motor.
No luck, so grabbed the starting handle and jumped out of the car, just as the man behind, who'd been hooting at me all the while, got out to remonstrate with me.
He saw the starting handle and jumped back in his car. I calmly walked to the front of mine and gave it a swing.
They were handy things, starting handles.
In really cold weather, I never even bothered trying to use the starter motor.
That P4 straight six engine usually started on the first pull.
I kept it under the front seat, as I had a crappy battery.
I ran out of petrol once, while stopped at red traffic lights near Richmond Upon Thames.
Switched to reserve, waited for the SU electric pump to slow down, tried the starter motor.
No luck, so grabbed the starting handle and jumped out of the car, just as the man behind, who'd been hooting at me all the while, got out to remonstrate with me.
He saw the starting handle and jumped back in his car. I calmly walked to the front of mine and gave it a swing.
They were handy things, starting handles.
In really cold weather, I never even bothered trying to use the starter motor.
That P4 straight six engine usually started on the first pull.