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tristessa
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:05 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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these threads always bring out the best comments. if nothing more, these videos are fun just to comment on
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:24 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
these threads always bring out the best comments. if nothing more, these videos are fun just to comment on |
And after you watch the first two or three, you learn to never watch the new video. The comments help to keep the curiosity from getting the better of me.
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Spezialist
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:26 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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I heard there’s gluten free doughnuts.
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NASkeet
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:35 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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See the last post (Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:28 pm) on the first page of the following topic thread about my 1973 VW 1600 Type 2 Westfalia Continental campervan, which outlines when I was obliged to perform a rolling start downhill in reverse gear, during our 1982 summer holiday in Sweden, when the battery was becoming heavily discharged owing to a burned-out dynamo's voltage regulator; running on dipped headlamps during the day, as per Swedish motoring law at the time.
Forum Index > Bay Window Bus > 41+ Years with a VW Kombi: There's Never Been a Dull Moment!
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=651954
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| I've roll started my buses, both forward and reverse, several times with no issues. It's all in the way you let the clutch out. Yeah, quickly releasing the clutch pedal is probably not good for the transmission or the engine. I let it out slowly so there's no sudden slamming contact on any of the parts. |
I let the van accelerate in reverse under gravity, until the speed reached about 10+ mph, before letting the clutch out slowly to progressively spin the engine up to starting speed. It started at the first attempt so I declutched, braked to a halt, changed into 1st gear and resumed my journey with the headlamps switched off.
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Independent tutor (semi-retired) of mathematics, physics, technology & engineering for secondary, tertiary, further & higher education.
Much modified, RHD 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 Westfalia Continental campervan, with the World's only decent, cross-over-arm, SWF pantograph rear-window wiper
Onetime member, plus former Technical Editor & Editor of Transporter Talk magazine
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http://www.vwt2oc.net
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Xevin 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:41 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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Some of the most valuable information on the Samba is learning what not to do 
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Abscate
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:59 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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Im stuck until there’s a video on how to find reverse gear on a 1972 Bus
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Spike0180
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:59 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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| Im stuck until there’s a video on how to find reverse gear on a 1972 Bus |
Did the 1972 model come with that option? I don't think mine has it.
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NASkeet
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:15 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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| Abscate wrote: |
| Im stuck until there’s a video on how to find reverse gear on a 1972 Bus |
Did the 1972 model come with that option? I don't think mine has it. |
There should be a diagram on the front of the ashtray, above the hand-brake handle, showing one how to engage reverse gear.
My 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 (manufactured in circa August or September 1972) doesn't have an ashtray there (smoking is verboten in my vehicles!), but has a switch panel instead, incorporating six Citroen Visa push-button switches, which are much more useful to me. 
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Much modified, RHD 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 Westfalia Continental campervan, with the World's only decent, cross-over-arm, SWF pantograph rear-window wiper
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Abscate
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:47 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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| Spike0180 wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
| Im stuck until there’s a video on how to find reverse gear on a 1972 Bus |
Did the 1972 model come with that option? I don't think mine has it. |
Right, the 1971 video is up, but I need the 1972
Nigel - I found getting on one knee and asking works for all the other gears, but engaging reverse hasn't worked so far.
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Tcash
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:47 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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| Abscate wrote: |
| Im stuck until there’s a video on how to find reverse gear on a 1972 Bus |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:48 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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There are so many responses to that pic, and so little time...
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:22 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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you post enough of these types of videos that you might want to consider getting a handheld support for the camera/phone... your video quality will immensely improve. |
And please, enable 'screen rotation' and turn the camera sideways. These straight up and down videos are like looking through a keyhole. AAF.
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stwesty
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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I'm guessing this isn't great for it either...
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Mispeld
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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This made me laugh. Would have been funnier if the car was in gear.
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NASkeet
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 8:37 am Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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| NASkeet wrote: |
See the last post (Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:28 pm) on the first page of the following topic thread about my 1973 VW 1600 Type 2 Westfalia Continental campervan, which outlines when I was obliged to perform a rolling start downhill in reverse gear, during our 1982 summer holiday in Sweden, when the battery was becoming heavily discharged owing to a burned-out dynamo's voltage regulator; running on dipped headlamps during the day, as per Swedish motoring law at the time.
Forum Index > Bay Window Bus > 41+ Years with a VW Kombi: There's Never Been a Dull Moment!
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=651954
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| I've roll started my buses, both forward and reverse, several times with no issues. It's all in the way you let the clutch out. Yeah, quickly releasing the clutch pedal is probably not good for the transmission or the engine. I let it out slowly so there's no sudden slamming contact on any of the parts. |
I let the van accelerate in reverse under gravity, until the speed reached about 10+ mph, before letting the clutch out slowly to progressively spin the engine up to starting speed. It started at the first attempt so I declutched, braked to a halt, changed into 1st gear and resumed my journey with the headlamps switched off. |
A better solution which would avoid push-starting or roll-starting, is to have a retro-fitted starting-handle facility as was available for some split-screen VW Type 2s. This is something we retro-fitted after our Swedish experiences. 
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Nigel A. Skeet
Independent tutor (semi-retired) of mathematics, physics, technology & engineering for secondary, tertiary, further & higher education.
Much modified, RHD 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 Westfalia Continental campervan, with the World's only decent, cross-over-arm, SWF pantograph rear-window wiper
Onetime member, plus former Technical Editor & Editor of Transporter Talk magazine
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scrivyscriv
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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| A better solution... is to have a retro-fitted starting-handle facility as was available for some split-screen VW Type 2s... |
Seems legit until you price the tin, nut and spinner tool in the classifieds!
vwuguy is really giving chris vallone's channel a run for his money
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Tcash
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Yarkle
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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I'm guessing this isn't great for it either... |
there was a pull start, kindof like a lawnmower pull start on older beetles, the pulley had a funky notch on it? it was an aftermarket deal though
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: How to roll start backwards |
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We had this on our 1966. It was our only family car for two years while Dad scoured junkyards for an old Ford transmission to fix his Faurlane
It shuffled all of us to school and events and mom and Dad to University’s in the Sixties and Seventies. I got tear gassed at University Buffalo in it.
Couple of cold Buffalo winters that strap got us started.
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