From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 18:06:10 PDT
A lot of people have trouble "bump starting"
equipment. If you're going forward you use HIGH gear,
if you're going backward you use REVERSE!!
Some engines will bend push rods if run backwards.
Joe
--- Mark Ehle <markehle@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Folks -
>
> I had been using the air on my M35 to power an air
> nailer on a deck project.
> I had moved the truck up my drive to get it out of
> the way for a while. When
> it was time to move it back to the work site, I
> decided to bump start it as
> it rolled down the hill. It was rolling backwards,
> and I did not give much
> thought to the gear I put it in. It did start, but
> when I got to the bottom
> of the hill and halfway out my drive, no matter what
> gear I put it in, it
> went backwards! Meanwhile, traffic is bearing down
> on me.
>
> I finally found reverse, not because I was looking
> for it specifically, but
> I was just shoving the stick wildly at any gear that
> would engage. Only
> after I pulled the truck back into my driveway did I
> realize that to get it
> to go forward, I had put it in reverse.
>
> I guess that I will not be roll-starting the truck
> backwards from now on!
>
> Later -
>
> Mark Ehle
> 1970 AMG M35A2 (w/bi-directional engine)
>
>
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