Weird tricks to cars ?

[Donger]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

Roll start, fun times. Although in that thing it probably didn't take shit to start it

Yep, it worked best popping in reverse, so I'd just park on an incline. Barely moving would do it.

I tried that with my GTI once when the battery was dead. I guess modern vehicles don't like it.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Donger

Yep, it worked best popping in reverse, so I'd just park on an incline. Barely moving would do it.

I tried that with my GTI once when the battery was dead. I guess modern vehicles don't like it.

Reverse was probably the lowest gear ratio.

Modern cars have to have at least a little juice in them to push start, but ive done it quite a few times

[Bwana]

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.

[LiveSteam]

Take off all the body parts on Bugs 1972 Lemans.... Hit the dirt road that has a ramp between two sets of railroad tracks at 75mph & launch the car straight up & then straight nosedive ...
Last thing I remember is watching Bugs brand new battery fly off into a cornfield,never to be found again.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Take off all the body parts on Bugs 1972 Lemans.... Hit the dirt road that has a ramp between two sets of railroad tracks at 75mph & launch the car straight up & then straight nosedive ...
Last thing I remember is watching Bugs brand new battery fly off into a cornfield,never to be found again.

You still owe me $100 for that car.

[notorious]

On 90's Chevy pickups, if your fuel pump (in the tank) isn't supplying fuel, take a hammer or rubber mallet and pound on the tank a few times.

Same thing with the starter.

This got me out of a few pinches.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by notorious

On 90's Chevy pickups, if your fuel pump (in the tank) isn't supplying fuel, take a hammer or rubber mallet and pound on the tank a few times.

Same thing with the starter.

This got me out of a few pinches.

A lot of times this will work on anything with the pump in the tank.

Have someone cranking while beating on the tank works best

[displacedinMN]

I had a 76 Cutlass that could be started with out the key in the ignition.
When I sold it, I had to tell the new owner.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

I had a 76 Cutlass that could be started with out the key in the ignition.
When I sold it, I had to tell the new owner.

I learned to drive in a 76 Cutlass Supreme. Good memories.

[TinyEvel]

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

One night I got a 2:30 am booty call from a girl who'd shut me down all semester. I jumped in and started the 20 mile drive on surface streets to her place.

3 miles in, my clutch cable broke. There was no way I was gonna give up my chance to finally give her a spinal tap from the inside. I drove the whole way in third gear, timing the stoplights. When I had to stop a couple of times I just started the car in first and tried to match the revs to the speed to force the gearshift into the next gear.

I pulled into her driveway going about 30 MPH and almost rear ended her car. I did rear end HER soon after though.

Plus I had to drive back the same way the next morning

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

One night I got a 2:30 am booty call from a girl who'd shut me down all semester. I jumped in and started the 20 mile drive on surface streets to her place.

3 miles in, my clutch cable broke. There was no way I was gonna give up my chance to finally give her a spinal tap from the inside. I drove the whole way in third gear, timing the stoplights. When I had to stop a couple of times I just started the car in first and tried to match the revs to the speed to force the gearshift into the next gear.

I pulled into her driveway going about 30 MPH and almost rear ended her car. I did rear end HER soon after though.

Plus I had to drive back the same way the next morning

Clutch move, bro.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

One night I got a 2:30 am booty call from a girl who'd shut me down all semester. I jumped in and started the 20 mile drive on surface streets to her place.

3 miles in, my clutch cable broke. There was no way I was gonna give up my chance to finally give her a spinal tap from the inside. I drove the whole way in third gear, timing the stoplights. When I had to stop a couple of times I just started the car in first and tried to match the revs to the speed to force the gearshift into the next gear.

I pulled into her driveway going about 30 MPH and almost rear ended her car. I did rear end HER soon after though.

Plus I had to drive back the same way the next morning

I did the same thing in my '74 Jeep CJ-5. Except there wasn't pussy involved. It didn't have a clutch cable, but the clutch linkage broke and I had to drive home 20 miles or so without the clutch. I did the same thing as you, started it in first gear and managed to shift without the clutch. I had to pop it out of gear for every stop and then repeat the process of starting it in first.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

My first car was a '66 Bug. Thanks to the 6V electrical, I got really good at push starting it. I learned in a hurry to always try to park on a slope whenever possible.

Our house at the time had a longish driveway that sloped down to the garage. I would park the car at the top of the driveway and then, if it didn't start (usually), I would get it rolling, jump in and try to start it in time to avoid slamming into the garage door. If it didn't catch, I would have to push the car back up the driveway and try again. I was late to school so many times that year thanks to my car.

Later, the local VW wiz installed a relay that somehow shortened the distance the current from the battery had to travel and it would start every time.

[TravelingChiefs]

To start an old ford with a screwdriver, you only have to run a wire from the positive side of the battery to the positive post on the coil. Jump the solenoid and it will run.

[ToxSocks]

oooh, we also have a '68 Convertible. It was a coupe, but we converted it. It's currently in paint.

We don't build cars for the **** of it and sell them like some people assume. Customers come to us, ask us to build their dream car, and then they pay as we go. Most of these projects end up being $150K + projects.