[MR2] Don't push start?

[Donald Chalfant]

The last automatics that had an oil pump driven off the drive shaft and thus 
able to be push started were produced in 1964, AFAIK.  The may be a few 
exceptions, but nowhere up to the 80s. Thus, you can push that sucker to 100 
mph and there will be no joy in mudville. And as I told another lister, I 
think the entry in the manuals about push starting is because there will 
always be someone who gets a huge push at many mph and puts the tranny in a 
gear that will throw a thousand ft-lbs of torque on the engine and damage 
many precious parts.  If you should do so, Mr. Toyota can simply point to 
the manual where it says "Do not ...."



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Krueger" <telek2 at att.net>
To: <mr2 at mr2.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MR2] Don't push start?


>I wonder if this is pertinent to the automatic transmission but got put
> in the manual as a general precaution?
>
> Don't know for sure, but I believe the auto Mr2 cannot be push started.
> And even if it could, some automatics require speeds above 25mph to
> get the pump moving enough to operate the transmission.
>
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