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Date:         Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:52:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
In-Reply-To:  <20141104092906.TJJIE.484507.root@eastrmwml105>
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Agree with David. I had to starter-motor my van home from the library once (no-start-when-hot known issue) before I fixed it and I was in a rush. It definitely wasn't smooth unless I used 2nd gear which was a bit smoother.

Cheers, Sudhir

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > ---- Erin Daniels <eirejammer@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> Use the starter motor? Is that when it chugs forward but doesn't start? The wheels don't turn then? > > With the vehicle in gear, the starter motor turns the engine, which turns the wheels. However, in my experience, that is not a smooth motion, rather jerky. >> >> > On Nov 3, 2014, at 9:47 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET> wrote: >> > >> >> 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 > > -- > David McNeely


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