Considering most people put their car in Reverse while parked (manual trans), I hope you remind people not to do this until they are positive the car is out of gear. Even if the hand brake is on, the starter can be enough to jerk the car while in gear. Andy --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@...> wrote: > > Just sent a message to an owner who needs to single handedly crank his car while watching a timing light flash. Kind of hard to do by yourself unless you make this handy mod: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY2P3EyY95E > > Works just like starting an old Ford from under the hood (triggering the solenoid manually in lieu of the ignition switch). Ford solenoid itself is mounted to the passenger fender, so you can bypass it altogether and start the car in case of solenoid failure. > > Ignition has to be on if you want the engine to actually run of course. Ignition also has to be on to diagnose spark. > > Bill Robertson > #5939 > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/