In a message dated 97-06-15 09:36:17 EDT, you write:
<< With the amount of throw-out bearing failures I've seen, just pressing
the clutch, much less while starting, is a spooky experience.
>>
I will be the first to admit that I had never heard of such a thing. I have
started my manual shift cars with the clutch in since I was 16 [35 years, you
do the math]. I have learned tons reading this list so I assumed I have
been killing my bearing all the while and would have to relearn.
Yesterday I forced myself to start my 1984 Ford Ranger pickup [daily driver]
5 speed and found that the ignition will not fire WITHOUT the clutch being
depressed. Yes, I had it in neutral. It simply requires me to depress the
clutch if I want to start it.
Are Alpines built differently? Is this really a problem?
Rob Carpenter [doing it wrong for years]
Seattle
Series V
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