[AT] History Exam

[Dave Merchant]

...and don't wrap your thumb around the crank handle!!!

Dave Merchant


At 03:08 PM 6/12/2007, you wrote:


>Ralph Goff wrote:
> > RonMyers at wildblue.net wrote:
> >> Ralph,  I don't remember which car had them but it had the Throttle on the
> >> steering wheel and another lever that i am not sure what it did. All I
> >> know is they were hard for a kid to move them.
> >
> > I can't speak from experience but have heard that the Model T Ford had
> > the spark and gas levers on the steering column. Must have been quite a
> > process getting one of these cars started.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> >
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>Not all that hard. Check the oil level in the crankcase, Check the fuel
>level with the dipping stick, then turn on the gas valve. Set the choke
>if it is cold. Then set the spark advance about halfway and advance the
>throttle just a bit. Make SURE the handbrake is set. Engage the crank
>handle with the handle as low as possible and pull UP on it with a quick
>motion. Repeat as required. Once it starts get in and adjust the choke
>until it runs smooth and warms up.
>
>--
>Steve W.
>Near Cooperstown, New York
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