Model T Ford Forum: Crank starting with right hand?

Crank starting with right hand?

Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2011: Crank starting with right hand?

By James Baker on Saturday, December 03, 2011 - 08:25 pm:

I thought you guys told me to crank it with my right hand!

By Erik Johnson on Saturday, December 03, 2011 - 08:55 pm:

It's obvious that your thumb wasn't tucked in the proper position.

By kep on Saturday, December 03, 2011 - 09:08 pm:

You grabbed it facing the wrong way.

By Bill Stephan on Saturday, December 03, 2011 - 09:29 pm:

Thats because theres no choke rod! ws

By Bud Holzschuh - Panama City, FL on Saturday, December 03, 2011 - 09:37 pm:

The problem was (from the position of your hand) you had to be standing IN the engine compartment.

Did it hurt much ?

By Bill Dugger on Saturday, December 03, 2011 - 09:59 pm:

Well the James Baker I knew was Sheriff of Wright County, Missouri, but that was in the late 40's.
With the thumb in the postion it would have been ripped of, in case of a back fire. This sows the whole arm gone. Sad, but it can happen, but there is a side note he cn get a fake right arm, but not as good sa the original.

bill

By Gene Carrothers Huntington Beach on Sunday, December 04, 2011 - 02:18 pm:

OH Geez,

I hope Ralph Ricks doesn't see this thread. He's off delivering the original '12 touring body up north.

By Kohnke Rebabbitting on Sunday, December 04, 2011 - 03:46 pm:

Yes, crank it with the right hand, but not that crank!

By tim moore on Sunday, December 04, 2011 - 06:31 pm:

Is he going to be OK? That feller Hugh Jass with the roofing tar can fix him right up.

Tim Moore

By John Semprez - Templeton, CA on Sunday, December 04, 2011 - 08:02 pm:

Ouch!

By Robert E.(Bob) Blackbourn. Gautier, MS. on Monday, December 05, 2011 - 03:27 pm:

You are supposed to crank it with the right hand. The left hand is the right hand, the right hand is the wrong hand :-)

By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Monday, December 05, 2011 - 03:54 pm:

At least he held on. Where did the body land?

By Norman T. Kling on Monday, December 05, 2011 - 03:56 pm:

I suppose that if the arm were not attached to the body, it wouldn't matter whether the thumb were around the crank, or which detatched arm you used.
Norm

By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Monday, December 05, 2011 - 03:57 pm:

Just hold this arm with the remaining good hand so it won't happen again.

By Tom Butterworth on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - 10:11 am:

Ouch , I feel for you . I did this in 1978 and still hurts every day...