A long screwdriver or a pry bar from under the hood is a good work-around for the foot start pedal. I've been doing that for 60-something years and it hasn't failed to work yet. Solenoid starters are much easier- - - -just use a push button switch and a couple of pieces of wire to energize the solenoid.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!