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Jul 27, 2010 | 11:00 PM

partisan1911

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From: Alaska

starter on automatic

If your starter goes bad unexpectedly and you are in the middle of nowhere. Is there another way to start an automatic truck?

Jul 28, 2010 | 06:08 AM

baddodges

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From: steamboatsprings

you can try to beat on the starter a bit and jump tne cylanoid from underneath,in some cases that may get you one last start.its a little primative but has worked for me in the past.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:49 AM

blackimpala

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If you can get to it, using a jumper on the solenoid has worked for years on the old Ford solenoid. This assumes that its a bad solenoid not bad starter.

Floyd

Sep 8, 2010 | 08:21 PM

basketcasejeep

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From: Griffin, GA

I built a starter solenoid contact out of a piece of scrap copper pipe once- not only got me home but worked for several months afterwards.

Sep 9, 2010 | 12:23 PM

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I got an auto gasser stuck in the boonies going once by shorting between the starter contacts with the jack handle while beating on the side of the starter with a rock.
Primate, but it worked.