Patent ID: 7530340

Claim:
A device for starting an engine having a rotary crankshaft, the device comprising: a drill comprising a chuck; a hex shank socket extension coupled to the chuck; a removable linkage device comprising a tube having two dowel pins disposed on opposite sides of the tube at a first end on the tube, wherein a second end of the tube is configured to be coupled to the drill and wherein the tube is configured to encircle the hex shank socket; and an anchor device encircling a hex nut of a bolt securing a flywheel of the engine, the anchor device comprising two hemispherical sidewalls that form a circle, and wherein the hemispherical sidewalls further form two elongate slots on opposite sides of the circle; wherein the tube is configured to engage within the circle and wherein the two dowel pins are configured to engage with the two elongate slots of the circle.