From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 18:22:06 PDT
I have no idea!
But then, I had no idea that the Ford Dexta I was
helping pull start would be damaged when I just picked
a gear to try either! There were only four possible
choices, wouldn't you know I'd pick the ONE wrong one,
they weren't marked, of course.
Owner NOT HAPPY!
Joe
--- Jim Newton <jnewton@laurel.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All...
>
> >Some engines will bend push rods if run backwards.
>
> Will deuce multi-fuel engines be damaged by running
> backwards like
> this?
>
> I used to have an old Benelli motor bike (90cc or
> so) that could be
> bump-started backwards. It was a 2-stroke. What a
> funny joke it was
> to secretly bump-start it backwards then give it to
> a friend to drive.
> Heh heh! No reverse on that! But that bike had the
> rare motorcycle
> posi-traction locker rear end. ;)
>
> >--- Mark Ehle <markehle@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Folks -
> >>
> >> I had been using the air on my M35 to power an
> air
> >> nailer on a deck project.
> >> I had moved the truck up my drive to get it out
> of
> >> the way for a while. When
> >> it was time to move it back to the work site, I
> >> decided to bump start it as
> >> it rolled down the hill. It was rolling
> backwards,
> >> and I did not give much
> >> thought to the gear I put it in. It did start,
> but
> >> when I got to the bottom
> >> of the hill and halfway out my drive, no matter
> what
> >> gear I put it in, it
> >> went backwards! Meanwhile, traffic is bearing
> down
> >> on me.
> >>
> >> I finally found reverse, not because I was
> looking
> >> for it specifically, but
> >> I was just shoving the stick wildly at any gear
> that
> >> would engage. Only
> >> after I pulled the truck back into my driveway
> did I
> >> realize that to get it
> >> to go forward, I had put it in reverse.
> >>
> >> I guess that I will not be roll-starting the
> truck
> >> backwards from now on!
> >>
> >> Later -
> >>
> >> Mark Ehle
> >> 1970 AMG M35A2 (w/bi-directional engine)
> >>
> >>
>
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