Park on hills or in spots that you don't have to back out of (or back into them, so you can just push your way straight out). At gas pumps, always pull forward to the furthest pump, even if it means waiting. If you leave yourself enough running room, there's no reason why you cant start the bus easiliy by push starting. With a second set of hands, have your drive man the door frame with the door open while the passanger pushes a bit from behind. Once the bus is moving, even slowly, the back person gets in, and the driver keeps pushing (not that hard). Then jump in, and start (In second gear). I bump started for months. Not that big a deal. -Craig
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Bill Shawley <easywind1975@hotmail.com>wrote: > Well 400 miles from and I go to start van (86 2wd 2.1) and it doesn't turn > over, just a click on the relays. I try multiple times and nothing. I > decide push start to get going and stop at a shop in Columbia sc, wife gets > into drivers seat and I'm buckling the kid in > I tell her to try to start it and voila it starts. She said she had to > turn the key what seemed to be really far. > > We are on the road but this makes every stop nerve wracking now. Is there > a troubleshooting procedure for the switch and is there a way to hotwire if > it gets to that. I'd hit the archives but it is really difficult from a > phone. We are en route to live oak fl, right now we are on I 77 in south > Carolina (9am). Thanks for any and all help. > > > Ryan > > Sent from my iPhone |
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