Today on my 1949 3800 the starter died. while I was at an auto parts store. So I called the Mrs to Bring the Hand Crank. She arrive 15 minutes later and 4 cranks later I was driving back to the barn. I did the special all fingers and thumb on the direction cranking side so that if it kicked back it would not break my thumb(learned about it on old tractors and not-properly retarded model-t's)
It started right up and the kick out of the crank was so minor you don't even feel it.
THought I would share since a bunch of people at the auto parts store got a kick out of watching.
