I recently jump started one last summer and the book said bring it up to 40 mph in nuetral with the key and drop it in gear, fired right up. this was a 62 galaxie my brother got from a friend who owns a junk yard and he cranked it over for a month, but it didn't have enough compression to start on its own, when the cylinders were oiled it would almost start but would soon loose compression after cranking.
After towing down the road it ran like a champ and he drove it all summer, one of the best running Ys I have ever seen. I used to work on old snowmobiles and out boards and I would never wear my arm out trying to pull them over, I would jack up a vehicle, put it in 3rd gear with a little throttle and push the snowmobile clutch into the tire and let it turn 5000 rpm or so until it overcame the low compression factor from sitting around. The outboards and some snowmobiles I would just use a large drill with a socket on the flywheel nut. Its crude ways but if someone who doesn't have any money and just wants and old junk running it usually works.
The worst thing you can do is let an old man or an old car/engine sit.
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