At 02:36 PM 1/12/2001, Doug Alcock wrote:
>I've also bump started mine a couple of times. I've also heard that you're
>not supposed to bump start vanagons in reverse. Has anyone else heard this??
>What difference could it make??

It *could* break the transmission housing.  I hear that if you push-start
(the word "bump" scares me -- I hope you're talking about letting in the
clutch smoothly while the vehicle is moving?) a Syncro in granny-gear that
it definitely *will* disembowel the transmission...personally I prefer
second gear to minimize this sort of nastiness.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"