Apr-24-2019 09:22 AM
Apr-25-2019 06:17 PM
Apr-25-2019 03:19 PM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
The slideout mfg DID provide a means of manually cranking slide.....hex on end of motor
RV MFG enclosed it because 'enclosed/heated underbellies are the 'thang'
Apr-25-2019 01:18 PM
Apr-25-2019 10:57 AM
B.O. Plenty wrote:And isn't it great. 🙂
What does cranking an engine have to do with this post? If you can't get your slide to go in or out you could be stranded. If your truck won't start there's a lot of ways to get it running. These posts really go off the track at times.
B.O.
Apr-25-2019 10:24 AM
Apr-25-2019 10:05 AM
fj12ryder wrote:
And broken arms from the crank kicking back were not unheard of either.
Apr-25-2019 10:00 AM
bucky wrote:
Even the diesels with their higher compression ratios are easily turned by hand. A ton of repair protocols require the rotating mass to be rotated for adjustments etc. My 2005's ratio is 17.something to one.
Apr-25-2019 09:14 AM
Apr-25-2019 07:56 AM
valhalla360 wrote:Iraqvet05 wrote:
The compression ratios of modern engines would make it impossible to turn a car over by hand.
Actually, compression ratios haven't changed much at all in decades for gas engines.
Something like 8-1 is typical. High performance will get up around 9-1.
They can't go too much higher or they will start to knock and compression ignite (diesel operation), so you can hand crank a modern 4 cylinder roughly as easily as an old model T (of course assuming they provided a crank and a place to fit it)
Apr-25-2019 04:36 AM
Apr-25-2019 01:13 AM
Iraqvet05 wrote:
The compression ratios of modern engines would make it impossible to turn a car over by hand.
Apr-24-2019 04:48 PM
Apr-24-2019 11:15 AM
fj12ryder wrote:
Well, you don't get a manual starter crank on your car anymore. snip
Apr-24-2019 11:04 AM