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Old 01-15-2008, 09:55 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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What is the deal with pull starting? How do you do it with an automatic? I can track down the threads if it has been talked about before. Thanks.
It's something about the gods being pissed that we haven't driven our diesels.
These trannys have a pump that is activated by the driveshaft so you can turn the engine if you get going fast enough. Probably about 30mph as I recall. There are threads.
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