I did those things MANY times when I was a teenager. You could tap on the bendix too if the starter hesitated. Eventually a guy had to buy a rebuilt starter...then you would go through at least one more rebuilt starters until you found one that actually worked.Huey » 04 Jan 2026, 12:36 pm » wrote: ↑ I loved the beginning when he talked about pushing a truck down a hill and popped the clutch after beating the starter. The good old days.