Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:14:50 -0500
Reply-To: John Mosley <jamosley@MSN.COM>
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From: John Mosley <jamosley@MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
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how do you know this
>From: **************************** <vw4x4@VERIZON.NET>
>Reply-To: **************************** <vw4x4@VERIZON.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
>Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:04:50 -0600
>
>Is this a syncro? If so you blew up the clutch
>disc from cerntrifical force... Ask me how I know this...
>
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>From: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO.COM>
>Date: 2007/11/24 Sat PM 08:36:17 CST
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
>
>Our Thanksgiving campout started great. Thursday's traditional meal cooked
>in dutch ovens turned out perfect. The weather was cool but sunny. We had
>the entire campground to ourselves. It was awesome.
>
> Friday morning it was about 15 degrees F. It's time like these when you
>find out the status of your 5 year old battery. You guessed it. The van
>would not start. I placed some charcoal in aluminum foil under the engine
>to try to warm it up a bit. Then we decided to push start it. Like a
>dummy I had parked on a slight hill so we had to go up before anything was
>going to happen. We unloaded as much as we could and my wife and I pushed
>while my 10 year old son maneuvered the steering wheel. He really enjoyed
>his first time driving. We pushed a few hundred yards across flat land
>until we reached a big downhill section. I got in, popped the clutch and
>we were off and running.
>
> The van made it the 20 miles home, but it would not go into gear. I
>matched the revs and we were able to get by OK. First gear is impossible,
>2-3-4 are tough to engage unless the revs are exact. With the clutch
>depressed, it sounds like marbles are rolling around in a can. With the
>engine off I can get it in any gear. I definitely broke something. I
>guess I'll probably park it until spring and put in a clutch kit. Are
>there any other things to replace at the same time that I should ask of
>Santa?
>
> My sons have a good moral to the story. They really thought it was a
>fun adventure but they suggest that next time we park downhill.
>
> Clint
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