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> From: Bob Tufts <rbt@frontiernet.net>
> To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
> Subject: RE: DML: Auto vs stick vs driver
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 9:22 PM
>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> Ok, you get around big cam/carb combo's with a higher stall converter.
> I had a 64 Chrysler with a 727 that was push startable. It requires a
rear pump
> to do this. Since then advances in many areas have led to the removal of
the
> rear pump because it was/is rarely needed. If a jump won't start you you
got
> some problems. The only time a push start really comes in handy is if
your
> starter is dead. I'll agree that little 4 cylinders, like my wife's
Neon,
> really benefit from a stick but they perform just fine with an automatic,
which
> she has.
>
> Thunderstruck...
> >>>>>>>>>>
>
> Yeah, I had a '66 Corvair PG you could push start, but the speed needed
to be higher
> than a stick to get it to kick over. Like you said, they don't make 'em
like that these
> days, so that option is gone.
>
> Ever see someone's car that died when they tried to jump across an
intersection
> in the rain and couldn't restart? A stick can use its starter motor to
get out of harms
> way in those precarious situations. Ya never know... Gotta love the the
flexablility! :-)
>
>
> -Bob T.
Did you hear the one where the guy asked his buddy to give his car a push
start? He told him that he had to go 25 mph for it to start. So his buddy
backed up, got a running start, and you know the rest . . . !!! Supposed
to be a true story!
Dick (& Geri) Campagna, Mt Laurel, NJ
campagna@nothinbut.net
(Per favore, non mi rompere i coglioni. Grazie!)
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