From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 18:15:39 PDT
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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--Jim "Ike" Newton
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