How to jumpstart a starter if there is no crank

Why do it yourself when you can hire somebody to do the job?

 

I often wonder what the geeks and nerds will do when it all goes south?
The people who can't thread in a light bulb straight. The "useless eaters."
No phone,(Imagine that,) computer, electricity. Gas service and water is out. No petrol, too.
It's in there; just no juice for the gas station pump - well, their pump, anyway.
Would be a good idea to get a small manual shift car/truck to be able to pop start it if necessary.
(Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!)

Oh, and - got her number; I might have a tune-up she could do.

 

I don't know if you want her doing your tuneup. You see the size of the tools she prefers to work with? Or maybe that's not a problem for you. I don't know.

 

The real problem is that is a plumbers tool, but then again, she is there to fix the plumbing, right?

 

Bad advice.

Some idiot will end up causing a fire by trying to get the starter working by bypassing the solinoid, 1000 amps through a small wire will give you a nasty burn and short out.

 

Mr. Ridgeline really does like to throw cold water on hot ideas.apparently he's lost his spirit of adventure.

 

In the old days all you needed was a screw driver... whats with all the wire.


I know they changed the wiring to make it better...

 

Yes, Big Don, ADVENTURE!
Like the time I jumped my 1969 Chevy 1 ton 4x4 Pickup with a screwdriver, and it was in gear.
That was an adventure! Shoulda seen them run! Even the dogs ran!
Lucky it got sideways over a six foot hedge and stalled out, with nothing damaged but my pride.

 

NO Mr Ridgeline had enough adventure in his life, like when I was sleeping next to a KW 900L with starter problems and the driver did the same thing, took a cheap set of jumper cables, ran one end to the batteries and he snaked one end up to the started and hit the starter post of a starter that was jammed, this in effect shorted the wire out. Because he could not get it off the post, it melted the insulation and started one hell of a fire that burned his truck down to the ground and damaged the truck on the other side (that guy was in the shower and came back to a melted hood and broken glass). I was criticized for getting up when the screaming started and moving my truck instead of getting out with my fire extinguisher to try to put out the fire - no one else did that by the way, they were all quick to stand there and feel sorry for the guy.

See I also know that if you are trying to jump a starter at the starter post with a screwdriver in a small space, you may end up welding that screwdriver to the posts and heating it up to the melting point of the metal and that too can cause a fire - this is experience talking. Not to forget is you want to get a nasty burn, try to take the screw driver off the posts while it is glowing - that I have not tried but have seen when someone tried to get a forklift started.

Safety First Guys!