How to *actually* jump/bump start a vehicle.
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- 1.make sure the transmission is in park or clutch is depressed and in neutral
2.check for loose or damaged battery and connections
3.get jumper cables, make sure clamps are not touching
4.start donor vehicle
5.ensure battery voltage and polarity of donor and dead vehicle are the same
6.attach one end positive (red) clamp to donor battery positive
7.attach same end negative (black) clamp to donor chassis or battery negative
8.attach other end positive (red) clamp to dead vehicle battery positive
9.attach other end negative (black) clamp to dead vehicle battery negative
10. allow a few minutes for donor vehicle to charge dead vehicle
11. start dead vehicle
12. disconnect negative (black) clamp from dead vehicle chassis
13. disconnect positive (red) clamp from dead vehicle
14. disconnect positive and negative clamps from donor vehicle
15. high five your adoring frenemies! 
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Whole bunch of people who already know how to jump a car watching this just to hear AvE explain it...
Yer damn right. Abd it was as entertaining as we'd hoped.
I wanted to see if he was going to fake a weld with caulking on this somehow...
I’m just here to learn new words not found I the dictionary.
That’s exactly right
Yeah, here for the free entertainment
I, a grown man who has jumpstarted more vehicles than I can count, just watched another grown man jump start a vehicle. And I cheered when the truck started. Quarantine has taken its toll.
Same, but I shot gunned a beer Everytime he tried to crank it and it didn't work so just know your not alone.
Me to !!!
Same, alone together!
🤣 lmao yup. We're all starting to crack
Gotta 300 amp jump starter but this entertainment.
This man is a true wordsmith, a connoisseur of the English language.
Might I say, not just that. He sprinkles a good bit of Canadien french and sometimes even a little Dutch. His language skills surpass his mechanical bumblefuckery.
Verbal IQ of 1,000
@@rtleitao78 And once german
"Qwontact"
@@bishop5166 It's spelled "keeeyorntact"
The trick to bump starting an automatic is to get her going to about 60 mph, at which point you can coast to the nearest parts store to buy a new battery.
And a transmission.....
Actually it can bump start if you get it up to around 30 and put in in drive
@@slidey1000 autos can be push started. You just need a lot more speed
@@noelmedina6925 Watch the video again he says this is impossible and it is
I believe all powerglides up to '73 had a low-capacity pump on the output shaft that would generate enough pressure to engage the low-range band specifically for bump / push starting. Nowadays cars with an engine stop-start system have a electric pump in the transmission to keep the transmission working when the engine turns off. Could probably do some interesting hackery with that...
*Truck catches on fire*
AvE: "Here fishy fishy fi....."
Shawshank Redemption you think?
Ho
😂
Ha ha haa ha haa
I want a shirt that says "I'm pretty sure this thing predates safety" 👌🏻
My grandpa drove a car that didnt even have seat belts lol
B
A lot of cars didn't use to have seatbelts.
Safety was invented by corporations to put the responsibility on the employees.
山中サイ I got one that says
“ It’s the little things,,”
And underneath....
A Picture of you without pants on...
JUST KIDDING.!! Great idea old mate. I’d buy one.!
I'd buy one!!
I used to drive tow truck, and so went on a lot of AAA dead batteries.
When I arrived I would ask them if they had left their lights on or anything that they knew would have drained the battery.
If they said no, they didn't know why, I would open the hood, and then randomly start poking around checking spark plug wires and whatever was NOT near the battery. And then while I was talking about the things I was poking at, and I had their attention on that side, my other hand was on the battery terminals trying to twist them.
If I was able to get a good twist and push until it felt tighter, never having looked at the battery, I would ask them to try starting it, I just wanted to hear it.
They would look at me like I was stupid and say it was dead, but I would finally get them to crank it, and about 70 percent of the time it would fire right up.
They would come out confused and trying to assure me that it really wouldn't start, and I would give them that sad Mechanic look, and then start laughing when I couldn't hold it anymore... Lol
Then I would tell them that their battery connections just were dirty and loose, and I had twisted it on tighter.
Then I would get my tools and clean their terminals and tighten them down properly, and report it as a jump start to AAA, which then paid me $12... Lol
Some hero's don't wear capes.
That’s how I learned about loose battery cables!
I did a call once where the girl couldn't get into her Corvette because the battery was dead and she called us to do a lockout...I arrived, asked her to show me the keyfob rotated the key out of its slot and opened the door. She was pissed when I gave her a $65.00 bill.
@@brianreinhardt4050 and you sir are why tow companies have a bad wrap.
@@damnwereinatightspot No dumbass...I was TOLD by my BOSS to charge her anyway.
Performing a "lockout" is performing a "lockout", whether it's with the kit I brought or the key that was already there.
Should I have used the kit and maybe damage something in the door? You know that Corvette lockouts don't come along very often.
Also, what I know from personal experience is the two main things that piss people off regarding my former career is a extremely high tow price and damaged vehicles.
When you already know how to do something. But you wanna hear how Ave does it
Тhe car starts at 13:17
Pretty much. Haha. And did not disappoint.
"Corntine" got Ave bored
I could listen to him talk all day 🤣
“Liberal application of cussing does wonders fer mechanical contrivances.”
I used to work delivering food, and there were multiple times I finished a shift by bump starting my car down a little hill in the parking lot. Never got a lick of appreciation from the boss for it of course, or even when I replaced my alternator in an hour during my shift rather than going home like anyone else would, but I was always proud of myself, and thats all that matters, aint it?
There ya go. People like us might not ever get rich but we’ll be just fine lol.
All those safety pointers... Is Prudence holding you at gun-point? Blink 3 times if you need help. Oh, wait...
He's definitely been taken hostage by the safety patrol squad, quick go get some help.
I always KNEW Prudence was a Management Spy! I just wonder where she keeps her clipboard!
Give us the finger 3 times instead?
TheInsaneTD yes but we need a signal that’s out of the normal.
I'm confused about the bumpstart. What is this "hill" you speak of? Thanks, a confused Dutchman
Take vacation to Iceland... See: Volcano.
Your "hill" will be 2 people pushing the car.
America! Yeeeee ha
Zeker nooit in Limburg geweest he? :D
As a fellow prairie dweller, I too wonder at what these magical 'Hill' things are too.
The way he pours the coffee and misses and then nonchalantly says "Let's spill some out for the homies here" might be the funniest shit I've ever seen
I have learned absolutely nothing yet I have been entertained.
"Check your battery for bloat"
I hear you.
"Because it might be frozen"
... Stares in confused Australian
Steampunk Skunk batteries get bulged from excess sulfation too, usually after being dead for a month or more
Yeah man I saw no Elsa not anna
That would be the same confused look we have when our northern cousins talk about “winterising” their boats, motorbikes, etc
Winterising in Perth means bust out a jacket and a beanie if it’s real cold.
@@toxophilite400 try coming down to albany then. Winterising means getting some jeans on too
batteries can also explode once frozen and under a charge.
"That's the smell of climate change."
In my younger years when bumpers were steel you could kiss bumpers and use the folding jack handle to connect the positive posts.
That's awesome. Steel all the way through!
Wow I feel like a baby
Only had one cable one time and my buddy suggested to put the bumpers together. Sure enough Bob's your auntie!!
@@chickenfishhybrid44 ... 0.o
@@chickenfishhybrid44 I wouldn't suggest that if its a wet cell.
Time after time if the battery isn't charging, make sure that you've clamped through the rust onto bare metal. You might need to scrape off the rust a bit and make sure that you've got down to shiny, bare metal - especially on the negative ground. If that doesn't work, sometimes swearing at it scares it into submission.
That truck has seriously corroded battery terminals. If they’re loose, dirt and rust gets in between. Ave should have taken a wire brush to them first.
I alternate between swearing like an old sea dog and promising it new parts and a full clean! ;)
If you have a multimeter handy check for volt drop between the terminal and the clamp. Have had vehicles not be able to start because of corrosion and its an easy way of checking for a high resistance connection.
@@RobertMensing also known as hit it with your purse.!
In my experience if the dead car clicks like that after being hooked up to cables that just means it's a bad connection. I'm pretty sure a 100% dead car will start up right away with a good jump cable connection. Of course if it's not a good connection you can just wait for it to charge the battery for a while. But also you can get out and wiggle each connection until it's bit in enough to actually jump the car.
Classic! I disengage my E brake every time I try to pop the hood too! They put those handles next to eachother on purpose!
Does anyone else just feel like AvE should have been on redgreen show?
Absolutely!
Red green was probably his dad
Or more like Red Green shoulda been on AvE’s show!
In his youth he was on drugs, didn't need to be on Red Green.
Huh? Ya mean he weren't?
The ol' wifey tried to give me a reverse action bumpstart once.
Bet you couldn't walk straight for a few days after that! lol.
Hope she greased the muffler before putting her into gear!
You've not lived until you've had to bump start a car on your own on level ground
I mean it's not like it's super hard, you just have to plan it out a bit. But I do agree that it's something that every man worth his salt should be able to do.
There's at least 10 reasons to drive stick over automatic, and bump starting solo is high on the list.
@@nutbastard Depends on the car, 800kg Peugeot isn't a problem but a 2 tonne Audi is a bit tough
word of caution, Bump starting only works when there is at least 6v still in the battery or for starter motor problems. Modern vehicles do not use a generator they use an alternator. an alternator does not come with its own magnets and uses electricity to create magnetic fields then use those magnetic fields to create electricity. IF your battery is BELOW the EXCITER voltage you will never produce electricity to run the spark plugs.
This. You should have more likes, and your comment should be pinned.
I learned this the red faced and sweaty way.
Diesel don't need spark plugs.
But bigger issue is push starting on reverse or low gear. This is old truck so I probably have chain. But most modern ones have belt on timing gears. On low gear it will almost certainly skip and wreck engine.
@@SmallKittyPaw the engine has no idea what is turning it over, whether it's a starter motor turning the crank or the transmission turning the crank, so in that respect no damage can occur. If however you try and bump start in in reverse while going forward (turning the engine backwards) you can damage most OHC motors, as the belt or chain tensioners are now on the loaded side.
@@mrl22222 it don't have. But if you try to turn it on reverse or first gear you put so much stress on it that simple belt will skip, mess timing and ruin engine. Starter have fairly low power and rpm. By dumping clutch at first gear even going few km/h you simply trying to force engine to get few thousands of RPM in split second.
When I was 17 my 1994 VW golf with 280k/miles had a toasts starter. All summer long I pushed that thing and hopped in for a good ol bump start. Taught me a lot that year
11:41 Whenever I pour coffee in my car, I also make sure there is a charging cable or some cordage to take some of the coffee off to the side. I think you'll find its really the best way to refill the pen tray. We all know it's a problem when that dries up.
Laughing my ass off, best half hour I ever spent. Hats off and thank you
Not running so we can hear you talk, is that the smell of production quality. Sellout
This is actually somewhat accurate on RUclips
“A liberal use of cursing might to wonders to mechanical problems” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can personally confirm that works, every time!
"Old man yells at Ford." News at 11. ❤️
You are absolutely wrong about bump starting an automagic trammission. They need to get up to 80mph minimum and it only works if you try this on busy roads or the interstate.
I think your conversion's a little off. Its 141.622272 kph ;-)
@@recklessroges In a Delorian! With fully charged Flux Capacitors!
Wrong, you need to be at 85 and a flux capacitor
No, believe you meant to say 180 mph.
88mph you mean...
Being the owner of a Ford truck from that era, and I have to say I was pretty impressed to see how far ahead Ford was for their time on environmental matters through their inclusion of bio-degradable wiring. I removed all safety provisions as they stop working, and keep a long prybar behind the seat to jump the starter solenoid when needed. I've managed to almost roll myself over only once.
After being a kraut-mobile enthusiast for many years, it's quite the change to be able to work on a car with nothing more than an angle grinder , a half-inch wrench and the wrong sized flat blade screw driver.
Looks like he had the inline six in that one, the truck will rust away before that thing goes.
My mom's 1961 ford had a remote solenoid , it sat up on the fender well, anyway the solenoid was flakey so she had a can of peas in she kept in the car. When the car would not start she would wack the solenoid with the peas and off we'd go. Yah, childhood memory. 😢😁
Wrong sized flat screwdriver blade?
nah, I''d use a kitchen knife Much more versatile.
@@stuartd9741 Only if it the wife's/mom's 'BEST' knife. Then not only will it get the job done, she will kill you with it. Two bird one stone win win.
@@dadillen5902 lol!
In that case it would be mom's knife as I would routinely take apart anything I could lay my hands on as a kid lol.
Pointy knifes undo phillips screwheads quite nicely if not too tight 🙂
"Breathe deep, boys! That's the smell of climate change."
I'm dying here.
You have to go 50 in reverse to bump start an automatic. I've done it a million times.
That’s probably the last time you would need to start it
you gotta hook up a hydraulic hand pump to the mlp test port. then you can get the car rolling and then apply pressure to it.
Yup
In all seriousness, I believe there are automatics with the pump on the opposite side thus "allowing" a bump start. Evidence being there are utos that are able to coast in neutral because the output side is being driven by the road. Thoughts?
@@viperstd Mercedes did it for a number of models. Late '70s to '80s though.
Damn my old ute, 2000 model holden rodeo has none if those magical interlocks. you turn the key while shes in first gear, she'll knock down the wall she's parked in front of
How else do you take off when your clutch cable has snapped or hydraulic line developed a leak! Can't get from neutral to first with out the clutch once she's running.
@@Camwize The "interlock" here is actually a steering lock. Which is particularly dodgy in this case since the ignition lock is broken - nevertheless the steering column will interlock with the ignition.
FWIW, you can get from neutral to first without a clutch (say snapped cable); it ain't good on the transmission or on the clutch plate, but the synchromesh will allow you to do it relatively easily.
My old 67 chevy is the same way. Damn near drove through a building on 3 separate occasions because I forget it's in gear
That's your Aussie self-sufficiency right there.
Same with a '97 triton we've got. You learn quickly else you become laughing stock.
I bought a set of twenty foot four gauge cables a long time ago and they are like a direct connection to a new battery. I love my cables!
50's era Hydramatics had a 'rear pump' allowing push starts.....some enginerd wanted to save his boss a buck or 2 and took it out
The old torqueflites are the same!
Old Jags also had a pump in the back of the gearbox. Started more than I can remember being towed around to build up oil pressure first, then ignition on and away we go (well, went way back then)!
You guys beat me to the punch by 12 hrs...
I knew about the old TFs having rear pumps, never worked with any of the old GMs...
@@billythebake Early powerglides had rear pumps, too.
Most Mercedes Automatics have a rear pump as well!
“We’ll just spill some out for Dead Homies here...”
Class Act, Sir!
Back when automagic trans first came out, a few models did have a reverse pump so that people could push start the car.
that was painful to watch. it was like handing an apprentice a new tool and waiting for the screaming to begin
Particularly painful for said apprentice.
We’ve all been apprentices... I’ve been there lol.
Cut the man some slack. He's more fried than the wiring in that truck.
I broke my femur bump starting my truck in reverse one time. My buddy forgot to push clutch back in once it started and gave it gas to keep it running and I was behind the truck for some reason. It was My 21st birthday and we were in a bar parking lot - explains everything.
I've got that exact Alpine stereo in my ford pickup. Pickup is the same year too. Had to go out and make sure mine was still there.
Good stuff as always, but I like a different order for the jumper cable connections:
1. Donor battery plus,
2. Dead battery plus,
3. Dead battery minus, and
4. Donor chassis ground.
(And then disconnect afterwards as 4, 3, 2, 1.)
This way there's no chance of spark until 4.
If you do 1 and 4 first, then the cable clamps will spark if touched while monkeying with 2 and 3.
I remember it as “red to dead, then black to block”.
Start at donor and connect positive, move to dead and connect positive and negative, move back to donor and connect negative to chassis ground.
THANKYOU fundamental electrical trouble shooting close but no cigar reverse 1 and 2 dead on correct leave cables on after starting to protect generators from overheating 5 minutes Number 1 should be check battery voltage
That's not a good order. Also definitely never go donor battery minus!
Recommended order is: Dead battery plus, Donor battery plus, Donor battery minus (or ground point or chassis), Dead battery ground point or chassis. Disassemble in reverse order.
Of course a proper cable has fully insulated clamps to minimize the risk of nasty "welding" accidents.
As a diesel mechanic that starts their day at 5am to start a bus fleet, the only time we dont jump straight the the battery terminals is when the battery trays are seized and we cant get to the negative side (it's in the back) The diesels need at least 2000 of the 3000amps in the jump box to turn over in the cold so if they are completely discharged (lights left on for a weekend) you just melt whatever the cable is hooked up to. Hook straight to the lead battery connector and they are cool to the touch.
The old mechanical engines will jump off just fine if you hook to a lug nut and the starter post!
Less and less need for the club, a manual trans is quickly becoming an anti-theft mechanism all by itself
martialme84 he’s right in the us you can’t hardly find a manual for sale brand new
@@adamlynch9153 As the manual goes the way of the dodo, we are also losing good drivers because most people who drive manual transmission vehicles are actually good drivers.
@@lyokss i may be slightly biased, but my ex gf had a manual jetta. She is not a good driver.
@@adamlynch9153 the reason why I said most and not all
Two years ago my pre-chipped-key manual transmissioned Ferd was stolen.
Lmfao “Georgia overdrive”
"reverse action bump start"... sounds like code for something german.... what happens in the truck, stays in the truck! wink wink
I dont know a guy who doesnt "whoo" when his junk finally starts up lol 13:14
I recommend you practice bump starts once in a while when everything is actually working. Then it will be less stressful when you really need it to work.
Every morning, I bump start, from a predetermined course that I set when I landed at home base the night, prior. Having weak electrics makes a man resourceful.
@@scottcates in my younger years I remember driving around with a car with an almost dead battery for like a month. I always had to strategically park it so that I would be able to roll out of the space and bump start it.
If your battery is not dead, how do you actually know you did it correctly, though, since it would start regardless?
@@gavinjenkins899 When bump starting, you don't actually turn the key to the start position. You put the ignition switch in the "run" position where the steering is unlocked and all the warning lights come on, let it get rolling to a good speed in 2nd gear with the clutch pedal pressed. Then when you are going whatever, 15 mph, you let out the clutch and the car slows down a bit then starts running. It is much quieter than starting by turning the key.
If you have a big hill you can bump start in 3d gear, and that is even smoother than 2nd gear. Bump starting in 1st gear is possible, but the tires sometimes chirp and it is a bit abrupt. You can even bump start in reverse if you are rolling backwards.
“I like to come in the donor vehicle” Yea, did lots of that in the backseat back in my younger days too!
if you get an automatic to 50 mph... might as well keep getting it at 50 mph, you'll be arriving soon wherever it is you're going
This my friend, is why I have made myself a set of cables out of 1awg fine stand cable. Instantaneous pixie transfer, no charge time required.
Back in the day my parents had two tractors but only one battery so it was much quicker to bump start one with another than swap batteries when the other tractor was needed. Ah happy times. Now i have two batteries.
Check out Mr. Fancy Pants here with two batteries.
That worked fine with old diesel engines.
There you have it kids. Work hard, apply yourself, 40 years of backbreaking toil and an early grave later you might just own a second battery. Or you could just steal one from your half-starved parents' tractor like this bigshot.
@@BlackEpyon don't mind if I do... In Soviet Russia, tractor bump starts you
For the longest time, the electrical system on our tractor was fried. Pull starting was the only option. Until I installed an external switch when visiting home after finishing school.
Ohhhh i get it, ground away from the battery!
I never thought of "why" before.
Thank you, i learned something today!!!
Ground not battery = face still has skin!
Check!
and to stream line that.. hook the dead up first
“Transplant some angry pixies”. Lol I’m crying with laughter & joy.
This is the first time I’ve laughed all week,on Monday my business went down the pan,it’s now Saturday and the country has followed suit ! Keep Calm and keep your pecker up or at the very least,in a vice !from your friends across the ocean...Manchester UK.
I've telling my son since he was a teenager, when he's going through a rough time, to keep his pecker up in the air,. He now has 4 sons of his own. I guess I should stop. Hang in there bro. It'll be different when we come out of this, but we will.
You already know how to make it thought ----- the good old British stiff upper lip. Your cousin across the pond are right behind you. We can go down the shitter hand in hand. Keep smiling if they break you sense of humor they've got you beat.
You guys are having a bad time too? I am in Arizona (US) everything is a cluster fuck over here too. I hope all of this turns around quickly for all of us.
I always wondered as a kid what life was like for someone about my age a hundred years ago (born 1999). Who knows, maybe we will get a repeat but with new technology. We got the historical flu and the depression this one will likely set off, then there’s those pesky wars what end all wars coming in a few decades...
Clayton Atkinson aye,thing is my 19 year old spends ALL his time playing an Online Zombie game,even though he can’t change a plug...I always say about him ‘anything short of a Zombie Apocalypse,and he’s fucked!’
A bit of an automotive life hack for you:
If'n you find the oil is low and you don't have any on hand, simply place one end of the dipstick in a vice and a pair of stout vice grips on the other end and stretch with all your might. Problem solved.
Or if the donor vehicle has, a longer dip stick, check it with the loner dipstick
@@johnosullivan675 hahaha yup pretty much. Keep your dip in a vice
11:47 😂😂 for the dead homies. Hahahaha 💀
Newer vehicles often have painted chassis meaning you won't get a solid ground unless you brush off the paint or find something that is unpainted metal.
Wheel stud bud.
@@ryanchenier-poulin8570 bearings welded solid
There is almost always point on the engine marked ground or gnd with the symbol for ground, attach black cable there.
Newer cars have specially designated ground which is bare metal. It even sometimes tells you with large warning sticker to conect ground to designated spot and not on battery terminal.
That's why I never bother and just hook it to the battery directly.
00:33 We call that a bolt action transmission
Good thing or they might think it IS AN ASSAULT TRANSMISSION, then they would take it from you, cause it's too dangerous. I just don't understand how all these people get away with having a FULLY AUTOMATIC 'MACHINE' TRANSMISSIONS.
Da Dillen haha yes indeed
All good stuff there, AvE. It's easy to forget that this isn't second nature to everybody. But one thing re bump starting an Automatic: Some older gearboxes did have a secondary oil pump on the output shaft. We had a 66 Galaxie 390 engine and autobox in a 32 roadster and had to bump (actually tow) start it once. So it isn't a myth, but probably doesn't apply to most cars on the road anymore. 30mph was enough to do the trick.
Those look my little sister's jumper cables. you need some welder wire and real clamps to get some real power
Piece of 10-2 romex is my go to for the junk boxes at work
@@bilbobaggins4710 yes we have some u haul trucks that we use as a mobile stock box, batteries are dead, shifters are snapped off and brakes don't work so any time you have to shift you have to chalk the wheels and climb underneath to wiggle the bits manually
Peter Agurkis verifies, totally works. I did that in a pinch working for an electrical contractor when our work van died. It does get a little warm after a bit so be warned
@@Sas0Squatch For the past 18+ years, I've had a shitty 16 or 18g extension cord wired up to my starter, the $2 kind that starts Christmas tree fires.
my dad made a set back in the 80s...... welding lead he found on the job (he welded bridges....BIG cables) and used welder ground clamps for the clamps
that sucker will start a semi in -50f weather in 30 seconds
You said that you still had your face.
I can't see it, and therefore, I don't believe it.
I don't think that you even *have* one at all...
Heh, my paranoid self always thinks that when Uncle Bumblefuck is wearing gloves in a vejayo, we might actually be watching a stand in while Uncle Bumblefuck phones in the audio side of the performance.
He's actually a sentient camera that murdered a canadian for his arms and colloquialisms.
@@Brandon_Makes_Stuff
Then *FOCUS* you fack!!!
@@Brandon_Makes_Stuff this comment is awesome
i just love how @AvE can never focus on his target, but his camera will focus on the hood of a truck 5cm away
"They leak until they don't."
roooooofl
It's a T-Shirt for sure
@Jason Bowman Hahaha...that's awesome. "It leaks until it doesn't." lol
I flew on TONS of 53s (big ass helicopters) when I was in Afghanistan and they did the same thing. They'd be shooting all kinds of fluids all over us but that's ok because that means it's working. lol
Someplace, somewhere, a harley davidson owner is feeling his neck skin crawl...
“Fker Only Runs Downhill” 😂😂
Found On Road Dead
First On Race Day??? Anybody?!
Fucked over rebuilt dodge
I like the downhill one best, but that could just be because i heard the other ones before
"First On Race Day"
"Fastest On Regular Days"
He said "tow strap, also new, reasons......." 😂😂 that has me dying
I was admiring how advantageous the enginerds at ford were for putting a 180 speedo in that truck, then I realized... kph. 🙄
fromquake still faster than the American version, fed government limited all speedometers to 85mph from about 1980 to 1989. Fun fact, the speedo for the Delorean in back to the future had to be customized so that 88mph “was possible” because of that senseless federal speedometer standard.
@@Sas0Squatch thank the fuel gods i can take my flex up to 140mph with narry a sweat bead rolling down my back
Echo 419 allegedly
Drew Shriver The cop-spec LTD Crown Victorias of that era had calibrated 140 MPH speedometers. Which are now VERY desirable amongst the Panther platform enthusiasts.
300DBenz trust me I’m well aware, being a pre ‘90 fox mustang owner. We’re all hoping to find that cheap mustang 140mph ssp cluster hiding at a swap meet or garage sale. They can go for hundreds on eBay
Way back when a friend lent me his relatively new VW to use for a couple of days. I'd barely had it for half a day before the damn thing wouldn't start -- you'd turn the key and nothing. I spent the next couple of days parking it on hills so that I could roll start it, the whole time feeling bad because I had some how messed up my friends car. Long story short, it was the seat belt... the starter wouldn't work unless the seat belt was connected.
BEMBlaine the car was just looking out for your safety
I would hate this car. I love up on mountains and when it get cold, o quickly walk out and start it to let it warm up while I get my stuff together
I 2would have literally burned my buddies car. Wow, terrible option.
It must be uncomfortable sitting on top of a buckled seatbelt....
You just plug the seatbelt in from behind the drivers seat and never touch it again
Corb Lund reference. Nicely done!! 🎶 Always keep an edge on your knife, boys... ‘Cause a good sharp edge is a man’s best hedge against the vague uncertainties of life 🎶
are those jumper cables from the Dollar Tree? ;-D
He's Canadian. They came from Dollarama.
You can use cheap cables. You just need 2.
@@guyod1 Yep, cheap cables don't pass enough amps so two sets will charge the dead vehicle faster (or allow instant startup, if you can pass enough amps quick enough)
Mercedes-Benz automatics used to have a secondary oil pump driven by the output shaft. They even advertised with it in the seventies - you could push start the vehicle when you had a flat battery while this was not possible with most vehicles. The secondary oil pump was abandoned due to cost considerations by the early 90s.
where i'm from we call it "popping the clutch". i've had to perform many of these procedures, probably the greatest advantage of a manual transmission.
UK ?
@@pentachronic that's what we called it in northern Michigan. Used to have to park on a hill just so I could "pop the clutch" when needed. Second gear always worked best. Never tried reverse.
My ol civic had a bad starter once upon a time, I push started it like the lawnmower it is for about 2 months before fixing it
Tennessee, actually
@@Kamel419 me too
Know how to do all these these things, still watches the video from start to finish. As always, a pleasure to watch.
In older automatic transmissions you could push start them, and when I say older I mean 1950-1960s.
When we were first married the wife and I had a cheap chinese jobby with a stick, left the lights on once when we went shopping, and had the fun of introducing her to push/bump starting.
Tried to let her sit in the driver seat while I pushed, but eventually had to let the wife push while I handled clutch duties.
All obvious to a man but not publicly acceptable comments noted.
Early Automagics had rear pumps and you could "bump start" them.The rear pump transmissions went away in the mid 60s probably to reduce production costs.
You did have to tow or push those old rear pump equipped cars about 20 mph to get them to build enough pressure to work.
Came to comment the same thing, a 1960's Chevy Powerglide would start coasting down a hill easily.
@@BlueFinCNC Yep powerglides could be easily push started. Done it a few times in a old circle track car.
I was going to say, I think only the old Powerglides could be bump started. People beat me to it. Then GM tossed those in favor of the TH series which were much more efficient.
@@SternLX my 1956 ford sunlinner 312 thunderbird i didn't even have a stater push started it everyday
As far as my knowledge goes. The automatics that would push start were, early Chrysler TorqueFlites, GM Powerglides and Hydramatics, and Ford Ford-O-Matic. All of these had a pump on the output shaft that would pressurize the clutchpacks and all were replaced or redesigned in the 1960's
Got to love you. You h ave 10s of thousands of doll hairs in top notch tools, machinery, CNC, etc and you only have the cheapest chinesium set of jumper cables known to man? Battery wouldn’t jump right off because cheap jumper cables can’t carry enough current. Keep up the good work, love ya!
That old buzzer brings back memories. Mostly memories of being annoyed at the sound
Oh god yeah we had a farm truck with a bell that rang until the brakes came up to pressure, usually two or three minutes of ear shattering hell at 5 a. m.
yup! one time in highschool my buddy called me over to his car after school saying he needed a jump. I went and found someone with jumper cables, hooked em up and no change. i said "ok, let me give it a go" hopped in the driver seat of his car and sure enough, the thing was in drive. threw it in parka nd she fired right up. 1989 Toyota land cruiser, sweet little ride.
Maybe you misunderstood when he said he needed a jump!
Way back before the current unpleasantness, I had a Ford Bronco II (that's how they wrote it). It had a manual transmission. It was limping around with a fading alternator or something. It would not start and I got in the habit of parking carefully to allow me to roll forward to pop the clutch when I moved on.
Once while going up hill inside a parking garage that was full of cars, it died! There I was perched up inside a crowded parking garage that twisted up like an auger bit. This was in the middle of the day. Even though I was well ahead of the car behind me, since there was no spaces available, I could hear them coming up behind. I had to think fast. No where to park, can't roll up hill, a car coming up behind. Before the other car got closer, I put the truck in reverse, and let it roll backwards enough to get some speed (maybe7-10 mph). I popped the clutch and she fired up! Quickly stopped, put it in 1st and continued up the auger bit, being careful to back into the parking spot when I finally found one.
Good Times, Good Memories.
Cheers.
I had a couple of my young employees stay an hour late trying to jump one of their cars. I walked out and jiggled the battery terminal and it started right up.🤣
I had the same experience a couple weeks ago. The donor was a GM with those tiny battery terminals.
I used to drive tow truck, and so went on a lot of AAA dead batteries.
When I arrived I would ask them if they had left their lights on or anything that they knew would have drained the battery.
If they said no, they didn't know why, I would open the hood, and then randomly start poking around checking spark plug wires and whatever was NOT near the battery. And then while I was talking about the things I was poking at, and I had their attention on that side, my other hand was on the battery terminals trying to twist them.
If I was able to get a good twist and push until it felt tighter, never having looked at the battery, I would ask them to try starting it, I just wanted to hear it.
They would look at me like I was stupid and say it was dead, but I would finally get them to crank it, and about 70 percent of the time it would fire right up.
They would come out confused and trying to assure me that it really wouldn't start, and I would give them that sad Mechanic look, and then start laughing when I couldn't hold it anymore... Lol
Then I would tell them that their battery connections just were dirty and loose, and I had twisted it on tighter.
Then I would get my tools and clean their terminals and tighten them down properly, and report it as a jump start to AAA, which then paid me $12... Lol
_You have to keep the Amps below 20_
Ken is everything on?
Ken: yep
Think we've got it buddy..
*Apollo 13*
Lessons from Grandpa: always park facing downhill below the woodpile. Easier to load, easier to pop start.
For me where I live, in Ontario, a bump start is ramming the back of the old pick up with another vehicle til the one in front starts and races off into the sunset.
The old early Buick/gm automatics from the 1950’s (dynaflows?) had an auxiliary fluid pump driven from the output end of the transmission, allowing clutch engagement and bumpstarting at about 35 mph. I’m fairly certain thats where the “myth” started. Totally not possible anymore, hasn’t been a thing in 70 years.
Yup...the old Powerglides.
70 years? Not. I have an 1985 Mercedes 380SE that says, in the owner's manual, that it can be bumpstarted at about 35 mph.
1969 Corvair was the last year with the two speed PowerGlide that could be bump started around 20-25 mph. 50 years < 70 years.
@@0utpatient Which isn't very helpful since you'll need another car towing it to attain such speed, at which point you could just jump start it
@@0utpatient I second that. The mid to late 80s 300SD gives the same advice: tow rope and 35mph.
"Fucker only runs downhill" I'm gonna have to remember that one
Best thing ever. Boat hook in the truck bed scratches every itch.
When I was a much younger man I was in need of jump start and a good hearted old hippie that helped me out gave me the best advice. After hooking up the jumper cables let the battery charge for as long as it takes to smoke a cigarette or a joint, witch ever you have. Sage advice.
You can start some cars and tractors with very dead batteries if you just let them charge long enough, especially when you are at work, on a cold morning.
No, definitely don't do that. Might drain the donor battery and overheat the cables (depending on the quality of the cables and the cars). Disconnect ASAP (optionally increase electric usage on the donor side to reduce sparking) and move the dead car for at least 10 miles, better more.
In my case the donor car was running.
Cigarettes were great timers.
Soldering Iron needs to warm up? Check on it after a smoke.
Dead battery? Same.
Made a great timer, particularly when you were on the clock.
Leg pressing 500lbs? Back in my day when I wasn't an old fart, I was cramming that clutch to the tune of 1000lbs. Get on my level (that I used to be at before I blew my knee out).
Bump start using gravity is cheating, doing it alone on a parking lot (not only bump starting....) is the fun way in my experience
@Graham Stewart Haha, I feel happy now driving an old japanes car that weighs nothing :P
That was always my experience..... no real hills here and never fails if the battery dies it is always in the flatest area around.
The ground strap on the starter of my old VW rusted away one day during work, had to push start the car myself, on the blacktop of the parking lot, in the middle of a Texas summer...I've never sweated so much from moving 20 feet.
@@microbuilder I`m happy not to have to deal with the high temperatures, but i have ended up pushing against gale force winds in rain and wet snow. Not sure which I`d prefer really.
@@TheMcspreader Obviously lol try not being so literal.
In this day and age, every emergency kit needs a tow strap, a fire extinguisher and a jump box. Imagine not needing a doner vehicle.
The jump box is more important than people think we new cars. Scotty Kilmer (spelling?) says that if you use the traditional jumping method of a donor car/dead car you can fry the computers. Apparently it's not a smart thing to do anymore. Jump box is the way to go.
@@markjohnson7887 if done in the manner showed in this video you will not hurt anything. FYI a jump pack does the exact same thing as jump starting. And never use the kind that plug into a 12 vdc outlet, I.e a cigarette lighter. Those wires are not big enough to carry that kind of amperage. Jump packs are great if they are charged and ready for service when needed. Experience tells me that if you are the kind of person who leaves their lights on, you probably won't be charging your jump pack.
@@markjohnson7887 Scotty gets a lot of hate but I respect him. However, he does often state luddite bullshit like that. I find it incredibly hard to believe that jump starting a car has any more risk of frying a computer than a jump box
Forgot how much your social insurance makes you a pussy
valleywoodworker Wouldn’t that have the same impact on the clutch cable as any old start or shift in normal driving?
You need to make you a pair of 0 guage welding lead cable jumpers. I love the the look people give me when I bring them out for jumping other people off.
Slave Lake...
...is that you?!🤣🤣🤣
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Started way to easy, more assorted spray cans please.
I was waiting for Peg to show.
Pal, you've kept me on this planet a couple times. Thanks for the vijayo's. They're helping more people than you know.
channel locks, the correct tool for any task !!!
Proper jumper cables go a long way.
Nothing less than 2/0 welding cable is worth playing with.
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I have to say that my 2 AWG cables have been doing ok starting multiple gas and diesel engines for ~19 years now. That said, it is welding wire, and about 12' long.
Well worth buying the clamps to put on that "scrap" of wire that my company ended up with. It should have been 2/0, not 2 AWG that we somehow ended up with.
2 is really plenty cable for most, but I like the sheer hook it up and crank ability with the 2/0 cables. No waiting for things to charge, just hook it up and crank for most automotive applications...
also worth mentioning that storing the ends biting into each other at 6:37 is a good way to cause a fire unless you follow the + donor , + receiver -donor, - chassis receiver order... you plug both those in to the donor with the donor running... those clamps will have sawed there way through the insulation bumping around in the back of the truck and there will be a circuit.
@@heyallenify I have about 16 years on mine and they still get a fair share of use.
something a little thicker than those 20 gauge jumper cables would get her going faster.
Yeah, copper ain't cheap so the cheap ones are mostly insulation, or a good amount of copper clad aluminum if you're lucky.
I made my own cables, 00 AWG OFC Copper welding wire, and welding ground clamps...
A lot of times, I jump people with my engine off, because the cable is so thick.
This guy brought a smile to my face at 6am... nice work Choochin' up with the angry pixies
We had trouble jump starting during water skiing.
No lake with a slope.
"luckily for us they had the prescience of circling the problem" about spit my tea out.
GM Puts a Bow tie on its present.
I know right
@@boboften9952 yeah but that's because you actually want what's inside everyone loves a gift
Why do you not appreciate the dead birds the cats bring you then? You are wasting their generosity.
@@mackjones7688 obviously cause they dont wrap it in a bow DUH.
Just love listening to him or her..... never know! Manly hands and bass voice do come in pink packages. Keep it up really enjoy it. I'd keep it in vise if in there was one big enough. ROFL
A LONG time ago my friend did the whole french canadian: " and there she was, side by each, gone". Does anyone know where I can find that? Was the AvE originally?