Everyone talks about push starting a car. i know how it works, instead of having a starter turn your flywheel ur doing it manually by cranking the whole motor over w/ the wheels. the question is how the hell do you do it?!

 

Push the car, get it to roll for a bit and jump in, pop the clutch in 2nd and walaa!

You can also pop it in 1st but its rough.

 

thas i, set the car in nuetral, push it, and pop the car into 2ed and i'll start? wat about the ignition? should u set it to on? you still need SOME power left in ur battery to push start though ryte?

 

Well yeah I assumed you turn to the "ON" position (all the dash lights on). Otherwise if its off you wont be steering anywhere..

 

get in the car, have someone push you, turn ign key to on, clutch in and in 2nd gear when you get rolling let the clutch go enough to "jump" the car and it starts up, dont let clutch go all the way or it'll stutter and shut off, jsut pop the cluthc back up a lil to jump the car and get engine spinning and it'll turnover

greg

 

push the car, you need a lil of speed, you don't need battery at all, but i think you need one conected cuz it's not good to the alternator to work without a battery, so push it, put in 2, and let the clutch out, it's easy, but why would you want to do this? is this a temporary solution? i did this when my car came from from the US, it was here a friday after noon and i used it the whole weekend, always parked it on a hill so i could turn it on easy, lol it was funny
o yeah, the key has to be on ON

 

I t also works in R. Actually a little easier cause of the gearing.

 

i sure hope ur trying this ina manual trans! but.. just get a little speed on the car and jump in put it in first. and just pop the clutch willing turning the ignition.

 

you can also do it in reverse!

 

wouldn't that fire up backwards? haha, i'm jus asking becuase before my car battery used to die a lot because of some bad wiring i had. the car's fine now though but i'm sure a lot of other people including myself just wanted to know just in case their battery ever dies and don't have jumper cables.

 

you could throw your car or push it downhill backwards, and you have to turn it in on reverse, but i always had that question

 

I would probably laugh until I pissed my pants if someone started their auto down a hill in neutral and popped it into drive as it was rolling.. That would be something I've never heard of before..

 

I had to jump start my friends motorcycle once cause he was to scared to. That was the first wheelie I ever pulled on a street bike.

 

why do this when you can just turn the car on from inside (the normal way)?

 

You can push start an auto, tow it with another car at about 25mph, and give it a go.
It's not very safe, since the pump won't be pumping ATF around tho.

If your pump is at the rear on the transmission though, it's perfectly safe and you can tow the car as long as you want.

 

if ur battery die and u have no jumper cable, 2 am in a empty parking lot, with not cell phone nor pay phone, I guess, you have no other choice...

 

emergencies

 

Its kinda scary doing this when you arent good at it. Imagine being in a parking lot with cars around on a upslope. You put the car in 2nd with the clutch in, let the car roll, then as your gaining speed coming out of the parking spot, you start letting go of the clutch..............nothing happens. You car isnt on, battery is dead, no one to call, no cables, but now your blocking another car...lol

 

well said.. thanks

 

or like me and have a dead starter.

I'm guessing that push starting in 2nd requires a higher rolling speed than in 1st, but its smoother? I push started my car half a dozen times these last few weeks in R and 1st, pretty rough on some starts =\