First off, the "danger", like with most other things, is way overblown. You crank start an engine by getting it up against compression in a 9 o'clock or so position and pull it over with one hand. You don't grab it with both hands and stand in front of it rolling it over. You just pull it over from 9 o'clock to 2 or so, over the top of the arch. If it does backfire the worst that happens that way is the crank gets ripped out of you hand, leaving you with sore fingers at best. Tales of broken arms, missing limbs, teeth smashed out, etc, are 10% truth and 90% story telling. After all, who wants to hear a boring story about sore fingers when multiple compound fractures are just a few words away. As Mark Twain said, "I enjoy a good lie as much as the next man."
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 03:53:48 01/30/14.
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