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J-dub
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 Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. So how come you can hand crank a car with a dead battery
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| January 9th, 2014, 7:53 pm |
 
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knightley
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Joined: June 19th, 2010, 8:40 pm
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Location: Kingswood, S.Glos.
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. Jameswallace wrote: So how come you can hand crank a car with a dead battery Because the 'dead' battery may just have enough juice to power the ignition system. If it is totally flat then you don't stand a chance. Very old cars and motorbikes had magnetos which generate the electricity for the spark. You can start them without a battery.
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samfieldhouse
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Joined: February 11th, 2009, 12:32 am
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Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. Jameswallace wrote: So how come you can hand crank a car with a dead battery In My experience you need at least 8v in there to have any luck. With a DEAD battery reading nothing on a multimeter) even rolling down a steep hill over about 100m won't get you anywhere.
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| January 9th, 2014, 10:47 pm |
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lpgo
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Joined: November 8th, 2009, 5:42 pm
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. You can make a 2cv run on a 9 volt battery (little rectangle block battery) I once did that on points, will work with my ignition too I'm pretty sure, however don't hit the brakes/lights or its gone....
and you need to take the connection of the dynamo of.... (I guess but I didn't remember doing that.)
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samfieldhouse
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. lpgo wrote: You can make a 2cv run on a 9 volt battery (little rectangle block battery) I once did that on points, will work with my ignition too I'm pretty sure, however don't hit the brakes/lights or its gone....
and you need to take the connection of the dynamo of.... (I guess but I didn't remember doing that.) That's pretty cool 
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Tripyrenees
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Joined: December 17th, 2012, 10:03 pm
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Location: Luscan, Pyrenees, FRANCE
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. samfieldhouse wrote: Jameswallace wrote: So how come you can hand crank a car with a dead battery In My experience you need at least 8v in there to have any luck. With a DEAD battery reading nothing on a multimeter) even rolling down a steep hill over about 100m won't get you anywhere. Exactly - I rolled down 10 km at an average of 7% in 3rd gear trying to start and there was nothing. Only a boost from a 12volt booster got me home in stages. But now I have fixed my dynamo there is no stopping me 
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Joined: August 8th, 2013, 4:42 pm
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Location: near lleida , catalonia, spain
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. thanks for that guys, I tried it with a battery but still no joy, probably the plugs, and all the earths need shining up. anyway the blokes pickup has arrived so i´ll have to be working on that for the next month or so..the thing is massive you could get the azu on the back of it!! 
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Jacqueslemac
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Joined: February 8th, 2009, 7:56 pm
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Location: Norfolk and Normandy
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. Get rid of that plastic chair and it could be a calendar shot!
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. thanks jacques  pleased with my find today pulled out some very slick seats with headrests from a dyane in the scrap yard today. the pair along with a set of seats for a mercedes fintail, and a mercedes headlight for 100€ bargain 
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Location: near lleida , catalonia, spain
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Re: say hello to "Arfur" the azu. guess who´s a happy bunny !!!! ME !  arfur is alive.. the new old starter motor arrived today, and after a bit of messing around with cables and dodgy earths it started spinning on the 12 v battery. than after reminding myself of geos advice for starting sidney, I did the same thinng with the cable from the distributor to the coil, and sparks started to happen. then with help from my daughter and a couple of tubes it started cranking up. now it sucks from the bottle and stays alive really well. I let it run for a while to warm up and have just changed the oil now also. no exhaust on it so sounds like a tractor but frankly even then it sounds smooth and solid vid to follow happy !
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