Date:         Mon, 13 Sep 1999 11:23:48 -0600
Reply-To:     "Richard A. Jones" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         "Richard A. Jones" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Interstate Batteries
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...I should add that my Interstate batteries have been
abused out of necessity.  At 10,000 feet+ in the winter
my Vanagon FI shows a flaw--it has a brief chance to
start before it floods.  I used to "drive" the Vanagon
on the starter to where a downhill slope started if I
couldnt' get someone to tow/push.  (The same thing happened
with my '76 with FI.)

I finally figured out the problem and wired a switch to
the front that can turn off the fuel pump.  That sure
dries out the cylinders in a hurry.  And it is a great
anti-theft device.  ;-)

Anyway, I don't want to remember the number of times
I lurched a few hundred feet on the starter--and the
Interstate Battery!!

                                Richard A. Jones
                                Boulder, Colorado
                                '81 Vanagon  Mr Bus