Interesting about cranking engines over, it was a common way of starting cars in my youth, even if it had an electric starter you would turn it over once or twice to help it along in the winter, I still put the Plus 8 in 2nd gear and rock it a bit after a week of non running.
Mind you swinging over and starting a Lister HA6 is a matter of strength and timing to hit the ganged decompression lever at the right time - happy days in RSA.
I don’t imagine the new Plus4/6 owners would recognise one😉 a crank handle that is
