Re: Runaway motor with plug leads removed

[frankr]

Actually. some motors are very prone to doing that. But it is runaway of a running motor, not one spontaneously starting up not running with the plug leads off. So I think you are mistakenly combining a truth with a not-true.

EDIT: OR perhaps you have heard about the early V-4s with battery CD ignition that could start and run by simply turning the key on but not running the starter. Sometimes they would even run backwards when that happened. They had to come up with a safety switch that would not allow spark from the ignition until the starter was actually turning the flywheel.