Model T's had a magneto that had magnets on the flywheel. This made for really poor spark when engine was turned over slowly such as hand cranking. SO, the T's had a battery (9 volt I believe). The battery was used for electric feed to magneto for start up. Once running, the battery feed would be shut off. Since this was virtually all the battery was used for, the battery would last a long time. But, they would go dead over time. Some people were not good at keeping a charged battery in the car. That said, some people may have adapted to incorrect ways of starting to overcome the dead battery issue. Turning hand crank round and round to start engine on anything is a BAD idea. Just asking for a broken arm, or jaw, or worse. To make matters worse, everybody has seen Goofy on the cartoons hand crank this way. Well, back in the day, Goofy's audience knew that wasn't the right way. It was comedy added to the cartoon. But fast forward to today, Goofy's audience (who never grew up with hand crank cars) don't realize that that way is a NO NO. They just think that's the way it must of been done. The humor in it just goes right over the top of the heads of a modern day audience.
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