4-cyl engines are easy enough to start with a hand crank off the crankshaft. Standard starting procedure for a long time, really. My first car had one, and it w

4-cyl engines are easy enough to start with a hand crank off the crankshaft. Standard starting procedure for a long time, really. My first car had one, and it was made in 1963. Won't work on the hulking mammoth engines of a modern F-150, but maybe a step down ratio maybe 1:4 (and a bicycle) and it could work.