1. Is it possible to get a mechanical or pull starter for any car such as toyota corolla/honda civic, etc? I dont care if I would have to open the hood to get it to start every time.
2. Those videos of people push starting their cars with manual transmissions, does that damage the engine, tranny, starter, battery, clutch, alternator, etc. if they all work? if I wanted to try push starting it, just for experience, would that damage anything either immediately or over thousands of miles/tens of thousands of miles?
3. Is it possible to convert a car that has power windows to manual windows, if the electric system doesnt work, or just on a project car?
If you can tell, I am a 100% manual almost 0% electric guy, this is coming from someone who likes working on home PC's.
If you go back a few decades . . . As Scotty says, everything in modern vehicles is on a CANBUS, with subsidiary BUSs, sensors, relays, etc . . . You can't just turn one off. Often the whole system malfunctions or shuts down, because the ECU is very unhappy.
You might be better off, if you can get parts, with an early 80s car (Datsun or Toyota or even a late 70s run of a VW Beetle), in reasonable condition, where all of this is as simple as befits your taste. Of course, you can always try to get a Trabant . . . 🙂
Good luck to you.
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No. Corolla/Civic engines are too big to pull-start. You would just dislocate your shoulder.
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No damage. But a lot of modern cars won't let you do this. Your foot must be on the brake for it to start.
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Sure if you swap the door.
Thank you both for your answers! I wish there were brand new vehicles with almost ZERO electric crap, except for headlights, signals, and speed/fuel/rpm/temp gauges. Elio Motors would have been the closest thing to that. Arcimoto is way too expensive.