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In another time, push starting a std transmission car worked with a dead battery.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:17 pm
!956 chevy v eight. 4 barrel downdraft carb. std transmission. When the battery was dead, you could push start it easily in second gear with 2-3 friends
With fuel injection development, that option went away . Automatic transmission was not not push start friendly either
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Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:17 pm to Trevaylin
You can still do it to any manual.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:21 pm to fightin tigers
how do the fuel pump and injectors work without battery power
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:21 pm to Trevaylin
Truth….I have push/pulled many cars in my life. It used to be a common occurrence.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:21 pm to Trevaylin
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a std transmission car
It’s going to be hard to insure those after last weeks ruling.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:25 pm to Trevaylin
I had a friend in college who played offensive tackle and he had a real shitbox 4 banger that the battery was perpetually dead. He could open the door put one leg down and get enough explosion off that one leg to push start it in reverse on flat ground. Then again as crappy as it ran it might have only had 40psi compression max in each cylinder.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:25 pm to Trevaylin
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how do the fuel pump and injectors work without battery power
Can't tell you how, can only tell you I have done it many times.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
ISWYDT
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:27 pm to Trevaylin
I can still do it with my current car.
Because you are spinning everything including the alternator.
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how do the fuel pump and injectors work without battery power
Because you are spinning everything including the alternator.
This post was edited on 6/14/22 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:28 pm to Trevaylin
I had an 84’ Mazda. That trick got me out of a jam often.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:29 pm to sawtooth
Always park on a hill
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:29 pm to Trevaylin
We had to push start my son’s standard transmission suv last week. The battery was fine, but the starter was bad. My son impressed his friends with that move. He even replaced the starter himself.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:30 pm to Hergadoogadoo
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Hell yeah. I got by doing a one-man push start on my POS Nissan pickup truck when I was in college until I could save up the money to get it fixed.
I could one-man push start my 96 Integra GSR.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:36 pm to Saint Alfonzo
I push started a 2006 rav 4 it had fuel injection... no issues. Gave it to my son and he ran the wheels off it
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:37 pm to Trevaylin
<—— ‘79 MG Midget with 100 lbs. of smokin’ arse in the passenger seat on flat ground after trying to go parking in that sardine can.
Herculean effort on my part.
It was her car, left the radio on too long, Lucas Electrics will use any opportunity to fail.
She was first runner-up in a State Miss America pageant.
Herculean effort on my part.
It was her car, left the radio on too long, Lucas Electrics will use any opportunity to fail.
She was first runner-up in a State Miss America pageant.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:39 pm to Trevaylin
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how do the fuel pump and injectors work without battery power
Unless you have a bad alternator, you realize a running motor is like a generator, right?
This post was edited on 6/14/22 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:40 pm to cssamerican
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how do the fuel pump and injectors work without battery power
Because you are spinning everything including the alternator.
More like the starter draws way more amps than the fuel pump/injectors?
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:45 pm to Trevaylin
I had a 47 Chevy with a bad starter. I would always park on an incline so I could get it started by myself. I could actually start it in reverse as well as forward.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:49 pm to blueridgeTiger
As long as your battery isn’t dead dead, it should have enough to run injectors and fuel pump. You would be surprised how far you can go. I had a shitty Taurus from the early 90s that the alt went out on on 10 in Hammond. Stopped to get gas and would crank. Cop jumped me off and I made it all the way to BR with everything possible shut off.
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