I've started ( using a starter motor ) engines with just a automatic
transmission flex plate attached. A flex plate is just a sheetmetal disc with
a ring
gear attached. The motor is very eratic at idle but picks up revs right now.
Hand cranking without a flywheel would be very dangerous, with little
rotating weight a cylinder can fire and rotate the engine backwards. ( spark
is
advanced even at cranking speed )
Harold
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