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Subject:Re: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:04:47 -0400

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Matthew Libby wrote:

> Is it a manual, cause then you dont need no stinkin starter.

I push-started a friend's Dasher Diesel several times while the engine was
hot.  I don't know as I'd want to try it with a cold engine, though,
especially an unknown one that hadn't run in a while.  If the injector
lines have been off since it last ran you might have to push a long time.
;)

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