Start Your Car With a Rope (Dead Battery Life Hack)

In this video, I demonstrate a way to start your car (when the battery is dead) without pushing it or using jumper cables.
That's why you should always keep a rope in the car.
This will work the best on petrol cars. I did try it on diesel, but it did not work.
Your car needs to have a manual transmission.
My brother told me that he saw my dad doing it, so I decided to try it out.

You are suppose to jack up the front wheel (on a front wheel drive car) and put the car in the 3rd gear.
Wrap the rope around the wheel and pull it.
If you're lucky (and strong), the car will start.
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☠Warning:☠
As mentioned in the video, It will NOT work on any car.
Trying to start the car this way can be Dangerous.
Use this video content at your own risk
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[AsiAzzy]

Another twist is starting with the rope on a pulley on the engine. Can be done on older tractors with big pulley for flat belts. Get a rope around that, be in neutral, and pull away. The pulley is connected to the engine. The gearbox being in neutral will not turn the wheels.

Same thing can be done on PTO - but you need an attachment on that PTO to provide you a large diameter pulley to wrap the rope around, and even so the PTO have massive gearing needing a really big lever to turn the engine from the PTO (but theoretically is possible to start from PTO)

[BLLBCZ]

It works! I try it today on Mitsubishi colt 2008 1.300ccm
Thanks a lot mate! 😉

[nicholascoope]

Just tried this on my old polo out back. It works. Period.

[punto]

Thanks man, gr8 idea, just did it with my punto (i had battery full but wanted to try) I had to try 3 times until i manage to get the right speed, but finally it worked .!

[dougdaniel]

Thank you 🙏. I had no other choice and it worked. Just do it in 3rd gear.

[runinwitsizors]

Your videos are always great and this one is definitely my new favorite one.

[ArthurMomis]

WinArmy had this video in their October #2 compilation. Thumbs up.

[Pond]

good job my friend you have now brought a famous trend to the masses!!!

[rickkrockstar]

I could see this working in a survival situation were battery died and are stuck in snow or position, where you cannot push start car. Nice hack!

[compuwc]

Cool video, but you'd better hope you don't have traction control... If you have traction control, the car will pulse the brake on the wheel that's "spinning" (in this case the wheel jacked up) and when it hits the brake on the spinning wheel, it'll force the non-spinning wheel (the one on the ground) to spin, which will likely make the car jerk forward, fall off the jack and drive down the street. Still cool though if you know what you're doing

[i.g.noreme]

Finally something I could actually use. Now don't get me wrong here most of your videos are really good and I could even make some of them myself if I had time but this is something actually useful. For example I'm not sure if I really need a syringe that cuts my sausages but somebody might need it. I dunno. Anyway keep up the good work :)

[adamasz]

Genius in simplicity - congrats for super idea!!! Voltage does not drop in this case cause car starter has not been engaged. Thus even nearly dead battery would give sparks. And second driven wheel on the road ensures proper energy flow: from hand to motor. Presume 2nd gear set is optimum?

[cbc]

Awesome hack. No different then popping the clutch. 👍

[DiodeGoneWild]

Winding the rope around your palm/wrist is extremely dangerous. The rope can wind back onto the tyre in the other direction, pulling you towards it, winding your hand or even your entire body on it. You have to hold the rope in such a way that you can easily let go in case it winds back.

[mrxxgoesinu]

That's a good idea for being stuck in a Ravine and stuck in the woods where there's logs or whatever around you can't push the vehicle just jack up the rear end if it's rear-wheel drive off the ground and just pull it like he did that was pretty cool thanks for the idea or if you're on a hill and you can't push it up there you go

[mr.lumberjakn]

He this is actually pretty smart, nicely done.

[robinwilliams]

yes, in st. Louis we call it pop start and it works for stick shifts

[jacostoffbergh]

Awesome. Just a pitty that some people would always like to leave funny posts, I never thought of it. And even if it take 10 times, it's still beter than sitting and hope the car will start by itself

[draakmanz]

the way he jumped for joy this might work after 10 attempts xD

[coaxkeqc]

Don't try that with a limited-slip differential. You're gonna have a bad time...