Push starting a car with no starter motor

irish_bhoy09

Can this be done?
Therea no starter on the car at all
would it start with a push
need to get it to the scrap yard

colm_mcm

Yes

irish_bhoy09

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yes

Thanks and its ok to drive for a dew kms.will dirt get in the hole where the starter should be?

Cee-Jay-Cee

irish_bhoy09 wrote: »

Thanks and its ok to drive for a dew kms.will dirt get in the hole where the starter should be?

If it's being scrapped it hardly matters but no it'll do no harm. I

irish_bhoy09

CJC999 wrote: »

If it's being scrapped it hardly matters but no it'll do no harm. I

Thanks for that

martinr5232

Make sure and insulate the cables that you dissconnected.

Anan1

irish_bhoy09 wrote: »

Can this be done?
Therea no starter on the car at all
would it start with a push
need to get it to the scrap yard

I got by like this for a month once by always parking on a hill.

H3llR4iser

irish_bhoy09 wrote: »

Can this be done?
Therea no starter on the car at all
would it start with a push
need to get it to the scrap yard

Technically yes, especially as it goes to the scrapyard

One doubt though: the starter motor is usually connected to other rotating equipment via the services belt - if the motor is missing, I don't see how the belt can be there at all

forestgray

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Technically yes, especially as it goes to the scrapyard

One doubt though: the starter motor is usually connected to other rotating equipment via the services belt - if the motor is missing, I don't see how the belt can be there at all

What car is setup like this? The starter motor does not share a belt with anything on any car.

It only periodically rotates which serves no benefit to anything else under the bonnet

martinr5232

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Technically yes, especially as it goes to the scrapyard

One doubt though: the starter motor is usually connected to other rotating equipment via the services belt - if the motor is missing, I don't see how the belt can be there at all

Thats an alternator your thinking of.

SleeperService

forestgray wrote: »

What car is setup like this? The starter motor does not share a belt with anything on any car.

It only periodically rotates which serves no benefit to anything else under the bonnet

I understood the same as you to be the normal setup, maybe there is some funky version for start/stop equipped cars ?

dr.fuzzenstein

Wait, is it an auto?
In that case no, starter motor or not.

H3llR4iser

forestgray wrote: »

What car is setup like this? The starter motor does not share a belt with anything on any car.

It only periodically rotates which serves no benefit to anything else under the bonnet

Ack my bad, thought it was the alternator indeed - as a matter of fact, my first thought was "the battery ain't gonna last too long"!

wotzgoingon

I had an old post van and I blew the starting motor and couldn't get another so I used to push it and jump in and start it. Most of the time I would try and park some where with a slight slope helps alot. I could start it on the level ground as well once you get a momentum going.

wonski

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Wait, is it an auto?
In that case no, starter motor or not.

Good point.

Stavros Murphy

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Technically yes, especially as it goes to the scrapyard

One doubt though: the starter motor is usually connected to other rotating equipment via the services belt - if the motor is missing, I don't see how the belt can be there at all

No, no it isn't. Like said, if it's an auto, forget it, otherwise, once there's a battery with voltage in it, push start ahead. I prefer pull starts, pushing is dull.