I can see you never drove yours with the clutch cable broken. Put it
in first gear and turn the key, it chugs forward until it starts then
you just shift... up & down. Oh ya, be careful not to stop on facing up a hill.
This was covered by John Muir in his Idiots Guide.

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com

At  11/3/2014 09:57 PM, Erin Daniels wrote:
>Use the starter motor? Is that when it chugs forward but doesn't
>start? The wheels don't turn then?
>
> > 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