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Old 06-11-2018, 12:34 AM
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A lot of French cars, even into the 80s, had a hole for hand cranking. I'm sure you could crank most modern engines, even some of the larger ones, but especially on late late model cars, they won't permit a start unless the key is in the crank position. Why in the hell would you want to, though? You'd need a special tool anyway, or you'd break your arm. I suppose you could use a ratchet, but I'm a mechanic, I've had ratchets reverse on me all the time. Not to mention, you'd have no guarantee that the ignition timing wouldn't be advanced, and backfire, and break your arm. Push starting manual transmission cars is still a thing though. For how much longer? ...Eh.

Diesel? God no.

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