OvalMat56 Commited Dubber
56 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·
Just bought 36hp motor and gearbox. How do I go about getting engine started while its still out of the car??
Engine Start-up
lugnuts Custom Title Time!
1,070 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Got a starter motor too,wack it all together on the ground with some gas and a battery and kick it in the guts.:thumb
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
You will need a gearbox, as the starter motor bolts to the gearbox and uses a bush in the housing for a bearing..
So either a full gearbox or just the bell housing if someone has cut an old gearbox up...
In the 60s, You could buy a rope with a Tee handle on it, like on a mower, and You wrapped it around the generator pulley and started the engine like that... I don't think it would be possible to start a 1600 like that but maybe an oldie.. might start.. pour a bit of fuel down the throat of the carby.. or fill the carby up with fuel... otherwise You would be pulling for a while.. You would still need the battery for the ignition.. a 6v Battery too... and 6v starter if You have a gearbox...
Lee
Lee
So either a full gearbox or just the bell housing if someone has cut an old gearbox up...
In the 60s, You could buy a rope with a Tee handle on it, like on a mower, and You wrapped it around the generator pulley and started the engine like that... I don't think it would be possible to start a 1600 like that but maybe an oldie.. might start.. pour a bit of fuel down the throat of the carby.. or fill the carby up with fuel... otherwise You would be pulling for a while.. You would still need the battery for the ignition.. a 6v Battery too... and 6v starter if You have a gearbox...
Lee
Lee
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lugnuts Custom Title Time!
1,070 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Hes got a gearbox 😉