Cheers to all:
My experience for the last three years have been the contrary.  My '84
Westfalia would not start after two or more hours of driving, so I had to
roll started her all the time, reverse, 2nd and all.  Last year I had the
transmission repaired (167K miles) because of a dented planetary pinion.  My
mechanic (the guy who lets me drive my van when he doesn't have her) told me
that the damage was not from the rolling but a common problem with this
trans.

After repairing, I had to use that starting technique a few times, until
finally was convinced of installing an additional piggy back solenoid (done
in march). No mo' problems, after that, starts fine.

Jose Rafael Moscoso, RT, BSc, MPH {jmoscoso@caribe.net}
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