Starting handle

Thinking of getting a starting handle for my series petrol, why are all the second hand ones on eBay seam to be 40 quid or so but I can buy a new one from paddocks for about a tenner? Are the new ones no good, from the picture I can't tell if there is something different?

Found mine yesterday while cleaning out the workshop and my lad thought he'd give it a go for a laugh.

Neither of us could could get it past compression more than once

I suspect the new ones are made from toffee.

I have had a new one from Paddocks just before last winter and it got used a fair bit over winter.
Not had a single problem with it. At the end of the day its a metal bar with 2 "Studs" on the end. Cant go that wrong

Cheers for the replies, couldn't work out why people are paying so much, I guess like everything the new ones won't last forever, but in my case it will be for setting the timing and adjusting the tappets... I'll get a new one and save 30 quid then!

Be very caerful out there.


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blue beasty said:

neither of us could could get it past compression more than once

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just like i couldnt, in works car park with a flat battery.

for me its purely a tool for adjusting the rockers

I bought a second hand one and shortened it to fit with my capstan winch.
When I hydrauliced my engine crossing a river , got towed out removed the glow plugs and attempted to turn over via the cranking handle it bent like it was made from rubber.
Mind when I stripped the engine two conrods where bent and one was jammed against the lower cylinder skirt so no wonder it would not turn.
Was quite impressed that I could bend steel that thick by hand at 64 years of age.