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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by monsterbaby
well the haynes manual is telling you that the engine cranks in a counter clockwise position, but what they mean is looking at it from behind hte engine no looking at it from in front of hte engine. All automotive engines crank in the same direction, I can't think of one singel exception although there might be one. Now there is an exception for some marine engines but thats a different issue.
I can think of two right off, Volkswagen flat fours and any Honda, they both turn backwards. Even the Corvair engines turned normally, they just looked backwards in the car.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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forgot about the VW's and didn't know that about the honda's thanks.
 
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