We used to swing the Lister HA6 units we had in RSA back in the 1970's if the battery was flat, they had a ganged decompression lever and it was a bit of a knack to hit the lever without losing momentum at the crankshaft, happy days.
2009 4/4 Henrietta 1999 Indigo Blue +8 2009 4/4 Sport Green prev 1993 Connaught Green +8 prev