Agree with David. I had to starter-motor my van home from the library
once (no-start-when-hot known issue) before I fixed it and I was in a
rush. It definitely wasn't smooth unless I used 2nd gear which was a
bit smoother.

Cheers,
Sudhir

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> ---- Erin Daniels <eirejammer@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> Use the starter motor? Is that when it chugs forward but doesn't start? The wheels don't turn then?
>
> With the vehicle in gear, the starter motor turns the engine, which turns the wheels.  However, in my experience, that is not a smooth motion, rather jerky.
>>
>> > On Nov 3, 2014, at 9:47 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 11/3/2014 10:40 PM, mark drillock wrote:
>> >> I'd guess it is more likely he made it so the engine wouldn't start and
>> >> then used the starter motor to creep up the hill without spinning the
>> >> wheels.
>> >>
>> >> Mark
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> >>> The reason he could not climb the driveway was, at least according to
>> >>> the wording of the puzzle, due to slick ice and snow, not because the
>> >>> engine wasn't running.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> >>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> >>> Bend, Ore.
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 11/03/2014 08:26 PM, David Beierl wrote:
>> >>>> At 08:49 PM 11/3/2014, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> >>>>> "The question was "A man has a VW Bus that won't climb up his driveway
>> >>>>> due to slick ice and snow conditions.  He opens up the hood in the
>> >>>>> back
>> >>>>> and makes one adjustment and returns to the driver's seat and now the
>> >>>>> vehicle makes it up the driveway....what did he do in the engine
>> >>>>> compartment?"
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jump-started the motor, I would imagine.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Yrs,
>> >>>> d
>> > Yes, Mark is correct.......
>> >
>> > DM&FS
>
> --
> David McNeely