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
>