[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ

How often is "all the time", it's been 30 years, and when the clutch was stuck I used the starter to drive the car out of the garage and to start car in gear to drive, I think the reliability is more attention to small details, I used new bolts and locks, a lot of the used bolts have worn threads that allows them to wobble and come loose
I have 6 v, but because of bright lights and fast cranking I have been told I must have 12v system

Haha, I figured someone would take that figuratively. I didn't mean "all the time" to one person. But do a search on "broken Bendix bolts" and see how many threads there are.

Of course, according to your past posts, seems like everything you have is original and has lasted 90 years.