05-07-2021, 07:48 PM
(04-07-2021, 11:38 PM)Amie Wrote:Kalee20 Wrote:Another simplex chain drive jobbie, not a bitsa but genuine Fiat-built, all 28 litres...Absolutely mental!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eToHTf-QUBA
Kalee20 Wrote:I love the lurch as the engine starts, from standstill, by sparking the appropriate cylinder after setting past TDC
A friend of a friend has a Ford 'T' flatbed truck that he starts by altering the ignition timing control, learned the technique from watching the actor Stan Laurel start a similar model in one of the Laurel and Hardy films.
Mum followed him one day along the Norwich southern bypass, even that old thing could do nearly 70mph... (The model T, not mum)
A manual ignition timing control was standard on many old vehicles, as were valve lifters (at least on many motorcycles). All of these things are automatic these days. Even the choke has disappeared. I suspect the result of trying to start a Ford T with the ignition timing setting wrong may be a broken wrist or similar. I do remember seeing the odd bikers attempting to start old British single cylinder bikes. The result of the timing being out could well be a good kickback on the kickstarter. They did appear to be good for building up leg muscles lol
