Many, many years ago, in the dead of winter in an uneated CHICAGO area
garage I was despertately trying to get the tranny back into my TR-4A after
a rebuild needed because of a Layshaft failure and prior to a big date that
evening. I struggled and struggled and sweated and panted and cursed the
fates and moaned and groaned and still could not get the damn thing to slide
all the way into the shaft bushing behind the flywheel. Time was running
short and I thought the only thing to do was give up and light up a big fat
doobie. I put an 8 track into the deck...Traffic...Low Spark of High Heeled
Boys and lit the spliff and lightened up considerably and decided what the
heck...one more time. That bloody tranny slid into place like a greased pig
before the song was over. Relaxed and singing along to more of the current
tunes got everything bolted in and buttoned up within the next hour. Made my
date which had a very satsfactory conclusion in a warm and comfy place.
Whether or not the 7 will start with a tow or push I recommend not giving up
the Maui Wowie in any case. Sometimes things go better with toke!
Deano
-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Young [mailto:ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 11:27 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Can one "pull start" a TR7 w/AT?
On Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:26 PM, KSP [SMTP:ksp@mciworld.com] wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My son and I just picked up another TR7 to use as a parts car. It's in
fairly
> decent shape and did run recently - won't turn over now.
> ISTR from my early days with sick cars with automatic transmissions that
it
> is
> possible to pull (or alternatively push) them to start - similar to
popping a
> clutch on a manual tranny car. The process was to leave the transmission
in
> "D" and get the car to about 30 MPH and it would start. Perhaps my brain
> cells
> are even fewer than I thought, or maybe I should stop smoking that Maui
> wowie.
> Anyway, can anyone confirm or refute this process?
I can confirm you should stop smoking Maui wowie before working on cars.
Afterwards is much better.
The push start is possible only on very certain transmissions (those with a
second "rear pump" driven from the output shaft). I don't know, but doubt
that
the TR7 had such a transmission.
If you have a running TR7 with automatic, it's easy enough to find out.
Find
an open road with no traffic, get up to about 50-60 mph, then shift into
neutral and shut the engine off. Wait for the engine to die completely,
then
shift into drive without starting the engine. If your transmission has a
rear
pump, the engine will start turning again (usually with a definite jerk as
the
clutches engage). If it doesn't, the car will continue coasting as though
it
were in neutral. This process is not harmful to the engine or transmission,
but watch out you don't get rear-ended <g>
Randall
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