Bentley R Type - Chapter I: Starting the Engine and Driving the Car; Starting the Engine; Use of Starting Handle

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CHAPTER
I
Starting
the
Bngine
and
Driving
the
Car
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Starting
the
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of
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Starting
the Engine,
Switch
on the ignition
by turning
master
and ignition
switches
on
the instrument
board to On.
The
master
switch
controls all the
electrical
system, excepting
the
electric
clock, inspection
and
roof
lamps,
the latter
being left
always
available
for convenience
when
entering the
car in
the
dark.
A small red
warning light
on the instrument
board
will
be illumi-
nated
when the ignition
is
switched
on, but
will be
extinguished
when
the engine
speed is
sufficient
to
cause the
cut-out
contacts
to
close.
Ensure
that the
gear
lever
on
the steering column
is
in neutral,
quadrant gear
position
"N",
as
it is only
in this
position
that
the
starter
switch is
operable.
Before
starting
the
car
in
temperatures
aboae
freezing point,
f,rst
defress
the accel'erator
pedal,
slightl,y and
tken al,loa
it to
return
t6 its
norrnal
position.
This permits
the
throttle stop on
the carburetter
to
re-position
itself correctly
according
to
engine temperature.
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Under v_ery cold
conditions,
in temperatures
of below
freezing
p-oint,
it
will be necessaly_
to
depress the accelerator pedal
slightlR
about
a
quarter
of its full
travel, and hold
it
depressed
while the
starter button
is
being
operated. Immediately
the
engine fires,
the
accelerator
pedal
should
be released.
Depress
the starter
button
firmly,
an appreciable
pause
must
be
made
between
the operatign;
of switching
on the
ignition
and,
depressing
tke starter button,
especially
uhen
making a
start
from
cold.
-
This
ii
necessary
in
order
to
give
the
pumps
time to fill
the float
chambers
of
the carburetters.
Use of
Starting
Handle.
,
It,is
imperatiae
uhen starting the
cngine
with the
starting
hand,l,e,
that tke
gear
leaer
must be at Neutral,.