Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:05:40 -0600
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject: Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
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On 11/4/2014 8:52 AM, Sudhir Desai wrote:
> 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
The Vanagon gearing is higher than the older buses. Having done this
"shortcut" on many occasions on both bay window and my 90 GL, the
rolling action of the bay window was much smoother. I once ran it out
of gas at the base of a hill at 2AM in Chattannoogga back in the early
80's when 24 hr. gas staltions weren't so prevelant. I rolled the van
off the starter for almost 4 blocks up a 7% grade(or thereabouts) to get
to where I thought there was an open gas station. Crested the hill and
luckily there was an Exxon open and coasted right down the last 4 blocks
to the pump. As a result, my buddy sleeping in the back didn't have to
get out and push and we made it in time for the whitewater races at the
Nantahala late that morning. Prolly could have cooked breakfast on top
of the starter, but that starter lasted another 3 years after that
incident. Don't remember the brand of the battery either, but IIRC, I
replaced it eventually with one just like it. Another reason this
doesn't work as well with the Vanagon is the 10' long cable from the
battery to the starter. The bay window cable might've been what....3'
at the most? The bay window was a tad lighter too. YMMV
DM&FS
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