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There is a guy on Ebay selling a hand crank for a big Healey. I've always woundered if there where one due to the fiting on the pulley. But how does one get it in there. He says he used it to turn the engine for adjustments and tuning. (See I got this radiator thing infront???) It is long as if it can be used from the front of the grill. How does it work? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
saw that too, and didn't have a clue how he would manage to get it through the grille. Or why, but that's another story.
 
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saw that too, and didn't have a clue how he would manage to get it through the grille. Or why, but that's another story.

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TH & SHG don't worry about him he has had a pipe dream.---Keoke- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
 
keoke,yes he has a pipe dream and two broken arms! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif it might just happen to fit the healey but is more likely to be a handle from an old jack. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gifmine is totaly different, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
To properly use such a crank you'd need to pull the engine, "crank" it, then put it back in.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
I'll agree it looks like a jack crank. Most British hand cranks I have seen have a sleeve where you grip the handle that spins as you yank... also the crank nut end has a pair of teeth that catch a dog one way only so a backfire has less chance of launching you into low earth orbit.

Still, I think I could start a Healey with it. Touch the end of the crank to one of the big studs on the solenoid then bring it against the other stud. Nice to have a long crank for this so you can be well out of the way of the sparks.

"Start Me Up"...

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geo hahn,could have used one for the old solenoid trick my self a couple a times! i just cant wait to hear how those two ferrari wheels he got in the same box from the p.o are applied to a healey! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
 
First thing you gotta do is get a really big hammer to work on the grille and radiator. Seriously didn`t they use those engines in other cars, possibly the "huck fitting" on the crankshaft was for starting them in the other cars.
 
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First thing you gotta do is get a really big hammer to work on the grille and radiator. Seriously didn`t they use those engines in other cars, possibly the "huck fitting" on the crankshaft was for starting them in the other cars.

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Yep Skip, The Healey is a parts bin car and many other british cars used some of the same hardware as adopted for some bits on the Healey. I would suspect that the Wolseley 6/90 6/99 and the 6/110 cars used the same damper with the starting dog being functional on those cars.---Keoke
 
Hello all, the hand crank was most likely one to fit either the Austin A40/A70/A90 Atlantic depending on the length. I do not remember if any of the Austin/Wolseley/Morris 6cyl variants had the facility for a "starting handle" as it's called. There was a slot in the bumper and a tube at the bottom of the radiator going all the way through that helped align the pin in the handle to the dog on the nut on the end of the crank. If you cannot see the sleeve on the part of the handle that you hold with your hand it's probably because it most likely came off at some point. It was certainly nice to have one on there when trying to start the car because then the skin on your hand didn't get worn away. Regards.BUNDYRUM.
 
I suspect the crankshaft "nut" it fit was in keeping with the finest traditions of British engineering and managerial practice. The lobes for the crank were simply a retained feature of an obsolescent and inconsequential character that the expense of re-tooling didn't warrant changing.
 
I think that puts it in the correct perspective Jim, there is no sense in going into some other bin for a part and then having to redo it before you can use it.--Cheers---Keoke
 
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