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You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.
Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked. Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.
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Never tried it, but have seen it mentioned all over that cracking an egg into a leaking radiator will plug it up for a short time
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I drove my Triumph Spitfire without a starter for about six months. Maybe a year.
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They still shouldn't have started. Crank sure but not actually start. No power to the coil. That should come through the ignition switch I'm thinking |
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An old roommate of mine used to have a Triumph Spitfire... he spent waaaaaay more time out in the driveway working on it than he ever did actually driving it
That thing was ALWAYS broke down |
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I tried that with my GTI once when the battery was dead. I guess modern vehicles don't like it.
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I wasn't keen on doing it myself. It would spark and crackle, and I don't like holding metal objects that are crackling with electricity.
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Because they have Triumph refrigerators. To this day, I still miss that car though. But yeah, daily inspections were routine.
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Modern cars have to have at least a little juice in them to push start, but ive done it quite a few times |
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I swear he did it. I don't remember him moving any wires or anything. Maybe my memory is faulty in that regard.
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Heh, all my tricks would be about getting out of a jam when something breaks on top of a mountain when you're 20 miles from the nearest road or something similar. It has involved things like bailing wire, duct tape, hi-lift jacks, axes and using things in the area like dead trees and rocks. I have had to MacGyver a lot of things over the years.
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