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That last reply by jvandyke sparked an old memory of how I used to start my old 70 GT, about 25 yrs ago. The '71 I have now starts with no problem, so I haven't had need to do that since around '78. Being a total geezer now, I can't seem to remember exactly how I jumped the lugs, as he put it, but I remember it did work, in a pinch. And he's right, it was scarier than a live grenade in your foxhole. I recall you had to grab the throttle on the carb and give it a little gas, the key had to be in the ON position, and you held the tip of the screwdriver across one of the starter terminals and the blade against another part ??? and you could zap it a few cranks and start it.
I do remember doing it once in total darkness in a parking lot at midnight, my buddy was standing beside me, I told him "stand back, unless you want to die". He took 2 steps back, I zapped it, and a spark about 5 inches wide jumped off the screwdriver and lit up the entire engine bay and went CCRRAAACK !!!, he jumped back about 10 feet and yelled HOLY S$#@%!!!...and the engine started right up. To be honest, it scared the living hell out of me, but cool as cool could be, I turned to him and said "What's the matter, is there a problem with that? ". He just stood there in a state of shock, as if I had been just struck by lightning.
Happiness lies in good health and a bad memory.