From: Mark Ehle (markehle@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Aug 09 2003 - 04:39:17 PDT
Yup - they do run backwards, I know, I am the person who originally posted
that I did it rolling backwards. They run pretty well that way, for a little
while, anyway.
Did I want to do it intentionally? No. Am I ever going to do it again? No
way in hell. When somebody said that exhaust will come out the intake and
the oil pump won't pump, that was way more than enough info to lead me to
believe that it is a stupid thing to do.
I did check my air filter - it was unchanged in appearance. Oil pressure is
as it was before. It only ran backwards for 15 seconds or so - not enough
time to do any damage, I hope.
Mark Ehle
1970 AMG M35A2
>From: Longhunter7 <longhunter7@comcast.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Diesel engine question!
>Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 00:37:56 -0500
>
>Hello list!
>For the record! I was not planning to try it! I was told it was possible to
>have it happen under certain circumstances! My question is how likely is it
>to happen, and will it do major damage? An earlier post said it could
>happen
>if rolling a down hill backwards to start the truck! Can a diesel engine
>actually run backwards? Thanks!
>
>
> "not totally crazy yet, but working on it!"
> Longhunter7 out!
> > From: tom-morethanjustalittlecrazy <milveh@carr.org>
> > Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 00:00:04 -0400
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Subject: Re: [MV] Diesel engine question!
> >
> > yes, it is possible but requires some skill........ you must be going at
> > least 30 mph and then put the transfer in neutral, shut off the engine
> > and put the trans in reverse. then clutch in and pull transfer back into
> > high. at this point the clutch disk will probably explode, but if it
> > does not you can then release the clutch and probably ruin the engine.
> > be sure to do this with no one around and with your own truck so the
> > owner does not kill you or worse. let us know how it goes!!
> > tom
> >
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