On 11/3/2014 10:40 PM, mark drillock wrote: > I'd guess it is more likely he made it so the engine wouldn't start and > then used the starter motor to creep up the hill without spinning the > wheels. > > Mark > > > Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> The reason he could not climb the driveway was, at least according to >> the wording of the puzzle, due to slick ice and snow, not because the >> engine wasn't running. >> >> -- >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, >> Bend, Ore. >> >> On 11/03/2014 08:26 PM, David Beierl wrote: >>> At 08:49 PM 11/3/2014, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>>> "The question was "A man has a VW Bus that won't climb up his driveway >>>> due to slick ice and snow conditions. He opens up the hood in the >>>> back >>>> and makes one adjustment and returns to the driver's seat and now the >>>> vehicle makes it up the driveway....what did he do in the engine >>>> compartment?" >>> >>> Jump-started the motor, I would imagine. >>> >>> Yrs, >>> d >> Yes, Mark is correct....... DM&FS |
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