I tend to put the car in neutral and leave the clutch out. However since
my Midget uses a heavier gear oil, in the winter the tranny can be enough
drag to keep the engine from turning over. So then I push the clutch in
and the engine will turn over easier.
Now this has nothing to do with the problem I asked about the starter not
turning when it was real cold. It got warmer and I didn't check it out
yet. Probably gonna bite me sometime though.
my 2.9¢ worth.
Larry
BTW Why do gas stions price gas at $1.xx.9 anyway??
>>>>On 2/26/00 11:22 AM so and so (Charley & Peggy Robinson) said. (And I
quote:)
>Hi Mike,
>
> Two schools of thought on this. One says push in the clutch to remove
>the gearbox drag. The other says leave the clutch alone to minimize
>wear on the crankshaft thrust washers.
>
> I opine that since the B tranny doesn't use thick gear oil and isn't
>very big, the second school makes more sense, especially because the
>engines in many of our LBCs have experienced plenty of internal wear as
>it is. Also, in my B, when I depress the clutch at idle the engine
>slows down a bit. Looks like there's more drag with the clutch pedal
>down.
>
> My $.02,
>
> Charley Robinson
> '69 B
>
>
>
>
>
>Michael Torrusio wrote:
>>
>>
>> Have a question for you all.
>> Ever since I started driving, I have always stepped upon the clutch before
>> starting the engine. I was taught, and it makes sense, that the starter
>> doesn't need the extra work of dragging the transmission gears around, when
>> it is starting the engine.
>> When I bought my '71 B, my mechanic stopped me and said that he has always
>> found the engine cranks over faster if the clutch is NOT depressed. ???!!!
>> Comments on this?
>> --
>> Ciao.
>>
>> Mike.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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