So you're saying we really do drive cars with lawnmower engines? *grin*
One time during a move, I had mine rear-wheels up on a tow dolly and it
rolled down the ramps when I tried to back the truck up a foot to straighten
the trailer. Unfortunately, the drivers door was open and the key was in and
turned forward so the tunes were on. It was in gear too. You can see where
this is going... luckily it stalled right away as it was facing a drainage
ditch.
-Jon
'77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller"
www.bigolbear.com
-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Douglas Braun &
Nadia Papakonstantinou
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:51 AM
To: Alan Lemen; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re:push starting - was lights on alarm etc.
Once I had a small Datsun, and it needed a push, but it was stuck
facing down on a slope, with the front wheels against a curb.
And there was nobody else around to help me push it.
So I jacked up a rear wheel, put the car in gear, took a piece of rope
from the trunk, wrapped it a couple of times around the jacked-up wheel,
and gave a mighty pull. It started right up.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 11:51 PM 1/22/02 , you wrote:
>Push stating is easy except when you are in the small underground
>garage of a German hotel with lights that turn out after about 15
>seconds. It wasn't the Spitfire but a rental Golf. The wall gets close
>very quickly when you are on your own trying to get the car started
>before it hits the other wall and you can't see the wall as the lights
>keep going out .......
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