Whole bunch of people who already know how to jump a car watching this just to hear AvE explain it...
@777damage7774 жыл бұрын
Yer damn right. Abd it was as entertaining as we'd hoped.
@noneofyourbusiness35534 жыл бұрын
I wanted to see if he was going to fake a weld with caulking on this somehow...
@dorianladd43564 жыл бұрын
I’m just here to learn new words not found I the dictionary.
@jjjeddy4 жыл бұрын
That’s exactly right
@tigolbitties83524 жыл бұрын
Yeah, here for the free entertainment
@0sheldm4 жыл бұрын
The trick to bump starting an automatic is to get her going to about 60 mph, at which point you can coast to the nearest parts store to buy a new battery.
@slidey10004 жыл бұрын
And a transmission.....
@noelmedina69254 жыл бұрын
Actually it can bump start if you get it up to around 30 and put in in drive
@CRneu4 жыл бұрын
@@slidey1000 autos can be push started. You just need a lot more speed
@alm77074 жыл бұрын
@@noelmedina6925 Watch the video again he says this is impossible and it is
@MikeSisk4 жыл бұрын
I believe all powerglides up to '73 had a low-capacity pump on the output shaft that would generate enough pressure to engage the low-range band specifically for bump / push starting. Nowadays cars with an engine stop-start system have a electric pump in the transmission to keep the transmission working when the engine turns off. Could probably do some interesting hackery with that...
@RebootLoop4 жыл бұрын
I, a grown man who has jumpstarted more vehicles than I can count, just watched another grown man jump start a vehicle. And I cheered when the truck started. Quarantine has taken its toll.
@tyhudson75634 жыл бұрын
Same, but I shot gunned a beer Everytime he tried to crank it and it didn't work so just know your not alone.
@patsulek15704 жыл бұрын
Me to !!!
@ahabsbane4 жыл бұрын
Same, alone together!
@plaguex14 жыл бұрын
🤣 lmao yup. We're all starting to crack
@paedahe49754 жыл бұрын
Gotta 300 amp jump starter but this entertainment.
@Linkyboy4 жыл бұрын
This man is a true wordsmith, a connoisseur of the English language.
@rtleitao783 жыл бұрын
Might I say, not just that. He sprinkles a good bit of Canadien french and sometimes even a little Dutch. His language skills surpass his mechanical bumblefuckery.
@HolySearIt53 жыл бұрын
Verbal IQ of 1,000
@theyeetus14283 жыл бұрын
@@rtleitao78 And once german
@bishop51663 жыл бұрын
"Qwontact"
@theyeetus14283 жыл бұрын
@@bishop5166 It's spelled "keeeyorntact"
@PauIieWalnuts4 жыл бұрын
*Truck catches on fire* AvE: "Here fishy fishy fi....."
@danielcobbins90504 жыл бұрын
Shawshank Redemption you think?
@hanoverfisk21154 жыл бұрын
Ho
@tdn77873 жыл бұрын
😂
@johnboykin31283 жыл бұрын
Ha ha haa ha haa
@SueBobChicVid4 жыл бұрын
All those safety pointers... Is Prudence holding you at gun-point? Blink 3 times if you need help. Oh, wait...
@notchagrandpa88754 жыл бұрын
He's definitely been taken hostage by the safety patrol squad, quick go get some help.
@philgallagher14 жыл бұрын
I always KNEW Prudence was a Management Spy! I just wonder where she keeps her clipboard!
@TheInsaneTD4 жыл бұрын
Give us the finger 3 times instead?
@colinantink90944 жыл бұрын
TheInsaneTD yes but we need a signal that’s out of the normal.
@user-wk5bk1we8c4 жыл бұрын
I want a shirt that says "I'm pretty sure this thing predates safety" 👌🏻
@brandonbullins4 жыл бұрын
My grandpa drove a car that didnt even have seat belts lol
@kalim48354 жыл бұрын
B A lot of cars didn't use to have seatbelts.
@BananaMana693 жыл бұрын
Safety was invented by corporations to put the responsibility on the employees.
@driver30253 жыл бұрын
山中サイ I got one that says “ It’s the little things,,” And underneath.... A Picture of you without pants on... JUST KIDDING.!! Great idea old mate. I’d buy one.!
@raymondfilyau75003 жыл бұрын
I'd buy one!!
@DynamicUnreality3 жыл бұрын
I used to work delivering food, and there were multiple times I finished a shift by bump starting my car down a little hill in the parking lot. Never got a lick of appreciation from the boss for it of course, or even when I replaced my alternator in an hour during my shift rather than going home like anyone else would, but I was always proud of myself, and thats all that matters, aint it?
@codygooch510 Жыл бұрын
There ya go. People like us might not ever get rich but we’ll be just fine lol.
@AtreidaeChibiko4 жыл бұрын
When you already know how to do something. But you wanna hear how Ave does it
@MenkoDany4 жыл бұрын
Тhe car starts at 13:17
@milesabove52594 жыл бұрын
Pretty much. Haha. And did not disappoint.
@joshtempleton52744 жыл бұрын
"Corntine" got Ave bored
@BrianNeff844 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him talk all day 🤣
@hunterwilliams28333 жыл бұрын
“Liberal application of cussing does wonders fer mechanical contrivances.”
@ycmdill4 жыл бұрын
In my younger years when bumpers were steel you could kiss bumpers and use the folding jack handle to connect the positive posts.
@lobmin4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. Steel all the way through!
@finnice4 жыл бұрын
Wow I feel like a baby
@jonhare3924 жыл бұрын
Only had one cable one time and my buddy suggested to put the bumpers together. Sure enough Bob's your auntie!!
@Vikingwerk4 жыл бұрын
@@chickenfishhybrid44 ... 0.o
@SternLX4 жыл бұрын
@@chickenfishhybrid44 I wouldn't suggest that if its a wet cell.
@camerongreen7543 жыл бұрын
The way he pours the coffee and misses and then nonchalantly says "Let's spill some out for the homies here" might be the funniest shit I've ever seen
@arfyness4 жыл бұрын
11:41 Whenever I pour coffee in my car, I also make sure there is a charging cable or some cordage to take some of the coffee off to the side. I think you'll find its really the best way to refill the pen tray. We all know it's a problem when that dries up.
@shawngandy84273 жыл бұрын
Laughing my ass off, best half hour I ever spent. Hats off and thank you
@ke6gwf4 жыл бұрын
I used to drive tow truck, and so went on a lot of AAA dead batteries. When I arrived I would ask them if they had left their lights on or anything that they knew would have drained the battery. If they said no, they didn't know why, I would open the hood, and then randomly start poking around checking spark plug wires and whatever was NOT near the battery. And then while I was talking about the things I was poking at, and I had their attention on that side, my other hand was on the battery terminals trying to twist them. If I was able to get a good twist and push until it felt tighter, never having looked at the battery, I would ask them to try starting it, I just wanted to hear it. They would look at me like I was stupid and say it was dead, but I would finally get them to crank it, and about 70 percent of the time it would fire right up. They would come out confused and trying to assure me that it really wouldn't start, and I would give them that sad Mechanic look, and then start laughing when I couldn't hold it anymore... Lol Then I would tell them that their battery connections just were dirty and loose, and I had twisted it on tighter. Then I would get my tools and clean their terminals and tighten them down properly, and report it as a jump start to AAA, which then paid me $12... Lol
@worxharder94704 жыл бұрын
Some hero's don't wear capes.
@cmikles14 жыл бұрын
That’s how I learned about loose battery cables!
@brianreinhardt40504 жыл бұрын
I did a call once where the girl couldn't get into her Corvette because the battery was dead and she called us to do a lockout...I arrived, asked her to show me the keyfob rotated the key out of its slot and opened the door. She was pissed when I gave her a $65.00 bill.
@damnwereinatightspot4 жыл бұрын
@@brianreinhardt4050 and you sir are why tow companies have a bad wrap.
@brianreinhardt40504 жыл бұрын
@@damnwereinatightspot No dumbass...I was TOLD by my BOSS to charge her anyway. Performing a "lockout" is performing a "lockout", whether it's with the kit I brought or the key that was already there. Should I have used the kit and maybe damage something in the door? You know that Corvette lockouts don't come along very often. Also, what I know from personal experience is the two main things that piss people off regarding my former career is a extremely high tow price and damaged vehicles.
@maximerousseau4 жыл бұрын
Being the owner of a Ford truck from that era, and I have to say I was pretty impressed to see how far ahead Ford was for their time on environmental matters through their inclusion of bio-degradable wiring. I removed all safety provisions as they stop working, and keep a long prybar behind the seat to jump the starter solenoid when needed. I've managed to almost roll myself over only once. After being a kraut-mobile enthusiast for many years, it's quite the change to be able to work on a car with nothing more than an angle grinder , a half-inch wrench and the wrong sized flat blade screw driver.
@morgan59414 жыл бұрын
Looks like he had the inline six in that one, the truck will rust away before that thing goes.
@dadillen59024 жыл бұрын
My mom's 1961 ford had a remote solenoid , it sat up on the fender well, anyway the solenoid was flakey so she had a can of peas in she kept in the car. When the car would not start she would wack the solenoid with the peas and off we'd go. Yah, childhood memory. 😢😁
@stuartd97414 жыл бұрын
Wrong sized flat screwdriver blade? nah, I''d use a kitchen knife Much more versatile.
@dadillen59024 жыл бұрын
@@stuartd9741 Only if it the wife's/mom's 'BEST' knife. Then not only will it get the job done, she will kill you with it. Two bird one stone win win.
@stuartd97414 жыл бұрын
@@dadillen5902 lol! In that case it would be mom's knife as I would routinely take apart anything I could lay my hands on as a kid lol. Pointy knifes undo phillips screwheads quite nicely if not too tight 🙂
@PGSchroe4 жыл бұрын
I've got that exact Alpine stereo in my ford pickup. Pickup is the same year too. Had to go out and make sure mine was still there.
@coolhandxxx4 жыл бұрын
Shakespeare would have been honoured to be your apprentice with your ability to articulate, enunciate and educate. I thanked my hat off to you. Thank you 🙏
@antalz4 жыл бұрын
I'm confused about the bumpstart. What is this "hill" you speak of? Thanks, a confused Dutchman
@blackhawks81H4 жыл бұрын
Take vacation to Iceland... See: Volcano.
@chryles4 жыл бұрын
Your "hill" will be 2 people pushing the car.
@garrettgiuffre72984 жыл бұрын
America! Yeeeee ha
@anotheruser98764 жыл бұрын
Zeker nooit in Limburg geweest he? :D
@tcmtech75154 жыл бұрын
As a fellow prairie dweller, I too wonder at what these magical 'Hill' things are too.
@twdodd4394 жыл бұрын
word of caution, Bump starting only works when there is at least 6v still in the battery or for starter motor problems. Modern vehicles do not use a generator they use an alternator. an alternator does not come with its own magnets and uses electricity to create magnetic fields then use those magnetic fields to create electricity. IF your battery is BELOW the EXCITER voltage you will never produce electricity to run the spark plugs.
@PassiveDestroyer4 жыл бұрын
This. You should have more likes, and your comment should be pinned.
@lazylizard65324 жыл бұрын
I learned this the red faced and sweaty way.
@SmallKittyPaw4 жыл бұрын
Diesel don't need spark plugs. But bigger issue is push starting on reverse or low gear. This is old truck so I probably have chain. But most modern ones have belt on timing gears. On low gear it will almost certainly skip and wreck engine.
@mrl222224 жыл бұрын
@@SmallKittyPaw the engine has no idea what is turning it over, whether it's a starter motor turning the crank or the transmission turning the crank, so in that respect no damage can occur. If however you try and bump start in in reverse while going forward (turning the engine backwards) you can damage most OHC motors, as the belt or chain tensioners are now on the loaded side.
@SmallKittyPaw4 жыл бұрын
@@mrl22222 it don't have. But if you try to turn it on reverse or first gear you put so much stress on it that simple belt will skip, mess timing and ruin engine. Starter have fairly low power and rpm. By dumping clutch at first gear even going few km/h you simply trying to force engine to get few thousands of RPM in split second.
@montlejohnbojangles89374 жыл бұрын
"Old man yells at Ford." News at 11. ❤️
@MrJamespcastle3 жыл бұрын
Classic! I disengage my E brake every time I try to pop the hood too! They put those handles next to eachother on purpose!
@Carrick19734 жыл бұрын
Time after time if the battery isn't charging, make sure that you've clamped through the rust onto bare metal. You might need to scrape off the rust a bit and make sure that you've got down to shiny, bare metal - especially on the negative ground. If that doesn't work, sometimes swearing at it scares it into submission.
@bbgun0614 жыл бұрын
That truck has seriously corroded battery terminals. If they’re loose, dirt and rust gets in between. Ave should have taken a wire brush to them first.
@MongooseTacticool4 жыл бұрын
I alternate between swearing like an old sea dog and promising it new parts and a full clean! ;)
@ffsffs50304 жыл бұрын
If you have a multimeter handy check for volt drop between the terminal and the clamp. Have had vehicles not be able to start because of corrosion and its an easy way of checking for a high resistance connection.
@truckingrcaddict11834 жыл бұрын
@@RobertMensing also known as hit it with your purse.!
@El_Chompo4 жыл бұрын
In my experience if the dead car clicks like that after being hooked up to cables that just means it's a bad connection. I'm pretty sure a 100% dead car will start up right away with a good jump cable connection. Of course if it's not a good connection you can just wait for it to charge the battery for a while. But also you can get out and wiggle each connection until it's bit in enough to actually jump the car.
@steampunkskunk36384 жыл бұрын
"Check your battery for bloat" I hear you. "Because it might be frozen" ... Stares in confused Australian
@HDXFH4 жыл бұрын
Steampunk Skunk batteries get bulged from excess sulfation too, usually after being dead for a month or more
@unlisted94944 жыл бұрын
Yeah man I saw no Elsa not anna
@toxophilite4004 жыл бұрын
That would be the same confused look we have when our northern cousins talk about “winterising” their boats, motorbikes, etc Winterising in Perth means bust out a jacket and a beanie if it’s real cold.
@HartyBiker4 жыл бұрын
@@toxophilite400 try coming down to albany then. Winterising means getting some jeans on too
@charlieoconnor404 жыл бұрын
batteries can also explode once frozen and under a charge.
@andrewtucker79904 жыл бұрын
"That's the smell of climate change."
@mrcaboosevg60894 жыл бұрын
You've not lived until you've had to bump start a car on your own on level ground
@nutbastard3 жыл бұрын
I mean it's not like it's super hard, you just have to plan it out a bit. But I do agree that it's something that every man worth his salt should be able to do. There's at least 10 reasons to drive stick over automatic, and bump starting solo is high on the list.
@mrcaboosevg60893 жыл бұрын
@@nutbastard Depends on the car, 800kg Peugeot isn't a problem but a 2 tonne Audi is a bit tough
@SomeGuy-vo7we4 жыл бұрын
The ol' wifey tried to give me a reverse action bumpstart once.
@WhosAGoodDogue4 жыл бұрын
Bet you couldn't walk straight for a few days after that! lol.
@lowe-nm2yd4 жыл бұрын
Hope she greased the muffler before putting her into gear!
@neilbrideau85204 жыл бұрын
I have learned absolutely nothing yet I have been entertained.
@mckenziekeith74344 жыл бұрын
I recommend you practice bump starts once in a while when everything is actually working. Then it will be less stressful when you really need it to work.
@scottcates3 жыл бұрын
Every morning, I bump start, from a predetermined course that I set when I landed at home base the night, prior. Having weak electrics makes a man resourceful.
@mckenziekeith74343 жыл бұрын
@@scottcates in my younger years I remember driving around with a car with an almost dead battery for like a month. I always had to strategically park it so that I would be able to roll out of the space and bump start it.
@gavinjenkins8993 жыл бұрын
If your battery is not dead, how do you actually know you did it correctly, though, since it would start regardless?
@mckenziekeith74343 жыл бұрын
@@gavinjenkins899 When bump starting, you don't actually turn the key to the start position. You put the ignition switch in the "run" position where the steering is unlocked and all the warning lights come on, let it get rolling to a good speed in 2nd gear with the clutch pedal pressed. Then when you are going whatever, 15 mph, you let out the clutch and the car slows down a bit then starts running. It is much quieter than starting by turning the key.
@mckenziekeith74343 жыл бұрын
If you have a big hill you can bump start in 3d gear, and that is even smoother than 2nd gear. Bump starting in 1st gear is possible, but the tires sometimes chirp and it is a bit abrupt. You can even bump start in reverse if you are rolling backwards.
@Iris-uz9uf4 жыл бұрын
i just love how @AvE can never focus on his target, but his camera will focus on the hood of a truck 5cm away
@carbonconnection24804 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely wrong about bump starting an automagic trammission. They need to get up to 80mph minimum and it only works if you try this on busy roads or the interstate.
@recklessroges4 жыл бұрын
I think your conversion's a little off. Its 141.622272 kph ;-)
@totherarf4 жыл бұрын
@@recklessroges In a Delorian! With fully charged Flux Capacitors!
@maxsnts4 жыл бұрын
Wrong, you need to be at 85 and a flux capacitor
@gliderp4 жыл бұрын
No, believe you meant to say 180 mph.
@GottSegneDich4 жыл бұрын
88mph you mean...
@joelfildes55444 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve laughed all week,on Monday my business went down the pan,it’s now Saturday and the country has followed suit ! Keep Calm and keep your pecker up or at the very least,in a vice !from your friends across the ocean...Manchester UK.
@danielfontaine99034 жыл бұрын
I've telling my son since he was a teenager, when he's going through a rough time, to keep his pecker up in the air,. He now has 4 sons of his own. I guess I should stop. Hang in there bro. It'll be different when we come out of this, but we will.
@dadillen59024 жыл бұрын
You already know how to make it thought ----- the good old British stiff upper lip. Your cousin across the pond are right behind you. We can go down the shitter hand in hand. Keep smiling if they break you sense of humor they've got you beat.
@peterfordf2504 жыл бұрын
You guys are having a bad time too? I am in Arizona (US) everything is a cluster fuck over here too. I hope all of this turns around quickly for all of us.
@claytonatkinson8654 жыл бұрын
I always wondered as a kid what life was like for someone about my age a hundred years ago (born 1999). Who knows, maybe we will get a repeat but with new technology. We got the historical flu and the depression this one will likely set off, then there’s those pesky wars what end all wars coming in a few decades...
@joelfildes55444 жыл бұрын
Clayton Atkinson aye,thing is my 19 year old spends ALL his time playing an Online Zombie game,even though he can’t change a plug...I always say about him ‘anything short of a Zombie Apocalypse,and he’s fucked!’
@Phred_Phlintstoner4 жыл бұрын
I bought a set of twenty foot four gauge cables a long time ago and they are like a direct connection to a new battery. I love my cables!
@jamiemrohdeify4 жыл бұрын
Lmfao “Georgia overdrive”
@jasongordon98114 жыл бұрын
When I was a much younger man I was in need of jump start and a good hearted old hippie that helped me out gave me the best advice. After hooking up the jumper cables let the battery charge for as long as it takes to smoke a cigarette or a joint, witch ever you have. Sage advice.
@snoopdogie1874 жыл бұрын
You can start some cars and tractors with very dead batteries if you just let them charge long enough, especially when you are at work, on a cold morning.
@danielegger64604 жыл бұрын
No, definitely don't do that. Might drain the donor battery and overheat the cables (depending on the quality of the cables and the cars). Disconnect ASAP (optionally increase electric usage on the donor side to reduce sparking) and move the dead car for at least 10 miles, better more.
@jasongordon98114 жыл бұрын
In my case the donor car was running.
@1978garfield4 жыл бұрын
Cigarettes were great timers. Soldering Iron needs to warm up? Check on it after a smoke. Dead battery? Same. Made a great timer, particularly when you were on the clock.
@agoodun4 жыл бұрын
I broke my femur bump starting my truck in reverse one time. My buddy forgot to push clutch back in once it started and gave it gas to keep it running and I was behind the truck for some reason. It was My 21st birthday and we were in a bar parking lot - explains everything.
@cjemhardt4 жыл бұрын
Got to love you. You h ave 10s of thousands of doll hairs in top notch tools, machinery, CNC, etc and you only have the cheapest chinesium set of jumper cables known to man? Battery wouldn’t jump right off because cheap jumper cables can’t carry enough current. Keep up the good work, love ya!
@ianmoore525 Жыл бұрын
Almost 50 years ago, myself and a few drunken mates push started ( down a fair hill) an old ford fairlane with a 2 speed auto. It started. It had recently been converted to a convertible with the help of a grinder and a couple cartons of beer. Love your work.
@bf39494 жыл бұрын
“We’ll just spill some out for Dead Homies here...” Class Act, Sir!
@52chevy31004 жыл бұрын
Not running so we can hear you talk, is that the smell of production quality. Sellout
@lobmin4 жыл бұрын
This is actually somewhat accurate on KZfaq
@Nonplused4 жыл бұрын
Love the lingo. I once drove a car home from work with a broken clutch cable double shifting and starting it in first. Turns out if the clutch cable is broken the electrics of that day did not know it was still in gear or whatever, if the clutch pedal was down the electrics were good to engage the starter motor. Anyway made it home and got a new clutch cable. Oh and some people are going to ask what is "double shifting". It is the process of being in neutral and trying to match the engine RPM to that of the gear you want before slamming the synchromeshes. Really important if you want to shift without the clutch. You can do it on a dirt bike no problem but it abuses the chain and sprockets. Something has to give.
@mrbyamile69734 жыл бұрын
Yup. Had a Toyota pickup that had a hydraulic clutch. It leaked fluid onto my shoes on the way to work 30 miles (48 Kilometers) away, gave out altogether half way there. Worked my 8 hrs and drove home without a clutch
@Nonplused4 жыл бұрын
@@mrbyamile6973 Could be done with the old standards but hard on the synchromeshs and starter. And Dog help you if you had to stop facing uphill. Also terrible for stop-and-go traffic.
@Pskawt4 жыл бұрын
“Transplant some angry pixies”. Lol I’m crying with laughter & joy.
@joboy774 жыл бұрын
You have to go 50 in reverse to bump start an automatic. I've done it a million times.
@vxnova14 жыл бұрын
That’s probably the last time you would need to start it
@jankcitycustoms4 жыл бұрын
you gotta hook up a hydraulic hand pump to the mlp test port. then you can get the car rolling and then apply pressure to it.
@HanSolo__4 жыл бұрын
Yup
@viperstd4 жыл бұрын
In all seriousness, I believe there are automatics with the pump on the opposite side thus "allowing" a bump start. Evidence being there are utos that are able to coast in neutral because the output side is being driven by the road. Thoughts?
@TonyRule4 жыл бұрын
@@viperstd Mercedes did it for a number of models. Late '70s to '80s though.
@choo41714 жыл бұрын
Damn my old ute, 2000 model holden rodeo has none if those magical interlocks. you turn the key while shes in first gear, she'll knock down the wall she's parked in front of
@Camwize4 жыл бұрын
How else do you take off when your clutch cable has snapped or hydraulic line developed a leak! Can't get from neutral to first with out the clutch once she's running.
@dlevi674 жыл бұрын
@@Camwize The "interlock" here is actually a steering lock. Which is particularly dodgy in this case since the ignition lock is broken - nevertheless the steering column will interlock with the ignition. FWIW, you can get from neutral to first without a clutch (say snapped cable); it ain't good on the transmission or on the clutch plate, but the synchromesh will allow you to do it relatively easily.
@jeredhersh7894 жыл бұрын
My old 67 chevy is the same way. Damn near drove through a building on 3 separate occasions because I forget it's in gear
@keithklassen53204 жыл бұрын
That's your Aussie self-sufficiency right there.
@GruntyGame4 жыл бұрын
Same with a '97 triton we've got. You learn quickly else you become laughing stock.
@mikeh48403 жыл бұрын
This guy is every red-blooded American man! You are the best, man!
@richlaue3 жыл бұрын
Back when automagic trans first came out, a few models did have a reverse pump so that people could push start the car.
@Fireship14 жыл бұрын
“I like to come in the donor vehicle” Yea, did lots of that in the backseat back in my younger days too!
@zethhummel4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else just feel like AvE should have been on redgreen show?
@danielcobbins90504 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@EngelWulf4 жыл бұрын
Red green was probably his dad
@TimothyReeves4 жыл бұрын
Or more like Red Green shoulda been on AvE’s show!
@keithklassen53204 жыл бұрын
In his youth he was on drugs, didn't need to be on Red Green.
@ergbudster33334 жыл бұрын
Huh? Ya mean he weren't?
@johnmullinex61464 жыл бұрын
I am an old man I gotta tell you I had a 63 ford Galaxy with a 2 speed automatic and It would pull start at about 35 mph and I had a 67 ford galaxy with an old C4 3 speed automatic that we pull started at about 20 mph. Those days are long gone. Thank you for your videos they still teach things many people would have no idea how to do.
@eragonawesome3 жыл бұрын
"Fucker only runs downhill" I'm gonna have to remember that one
@christophercarpenter75364 жыл бұрын
Know how to do all these these things, still watches the video from start to finish. As always, a pleasure to watch.
@pi3ize4 жыл бұрын
yup! one time in highschool my buddy called me over to his car after school saying he needed a jump. I went and found someone with jumper cables, hooked em up and no change. i said "ok, let me give it a go" hopped in the driver seat of his car and sure enough, the thing was in drive. threw it in parka nd she fired right up. 1989 Toyota land cruiser, sweet little ride.
@RJ1999x4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you misunderstood when he said he needed a jump!
@FreakinRican063 жыл бұрын
While at work one day I backed my car into a spot that was downhill. Accidentally left my lights on and killed the battery. Had a couple co workers help me push the car up out of the spot so I could give her the old bump start. While doing that another coworker yelled “it doesn’t work that way you have to be going forwards” after I got my car started I got out and smiled at him and he was silent. I just said “that’s what reverse is for” awesome video very informative and funny as usual 👍👍
@erickauppila72943 жыл бұрын
Your commentary is always the best know matter how broken the bones are you always put a smile on my face thank you , Eric !!!!!!!!!!!!
@sail4204 жыл бұрын
When I was 17 my 1994 VW golf with 280k/miles had a toasts starter. All summer long I pushed that thing and hopped in for a good ol bump start. Taught me a lot that year
@oxygenium924 жыл бұрын
Back in the day my parents had two tractors but only one battery so it was much quicker to bump start one with another than swap batteries when the other tractor was needed. Ah happy times. Now i have two batteries.
@TonyRule4 жыл бұрын
Check out Mr. Fancy Pants here with two batteries.
@ehsnils4 жыл бұрын
That worked fine with old diesel engines.
@worstuserever4 жыл бұрын
There you have it kids. Work hard, apply yourself, 40 years of backbreaking toil and an early grave later you might just own a second battery. Or you could just steal one from your half-starved parents' tractor like this bigshot.
@2gunz1224 жыл бұрын
@@BlackEpyon don't mind if I do... In Soviet Russia, tractor bump starts you
@Harzlek4 жыл бұрын
For the longest time, the electrical system on our tractor was fried. Pull starting was the only option. Until I installed an external switch when visiting home after finishing school.
@indridcold84333 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the use of the very original adjectives. I once drove my old Jeep without a starter for a month by using the bump start technique.
@chuckschillingvideos3 жыл бұрын
"Breathe deep, boys! That's the smell of climate change." I'm dying here.
@paulog88134 жыл бұрын
“A liberal use of cursing might to wonders to mechanical problems” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@trainingwheels14084 жыл бұрын
I can personally confirm that works, every time!
@justfishing60674 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh i get it, ground away from the battery! I never thought of "why" before. Thank you, i learned something today!!! Ground not battery = face still has skin! Check!
@damnwereinatightspot4 жыл бұрын
and to stream line that.. hook the dead up first
@bastionwolf3 жыл бұрын
He said "tow strap, also new, reasons......." 😂😂 that has me dying
@chriskronik45074 жыл бұрын
"im pretty sure this thing pre dates safety" i just about died when you said that
@jameshall43854 жыл бұрын
that was painful to watch. it was like handing an apprentice a new tool and waiting for the screaming to begin
@DaddyBeanDaddyBean4 жыл бұрын
Particularly painful for said apprentice.
@loganthesaint4 жыл бұрын
We’ve all been apprentices... I’ve been there lol.
@Walking_Death4 жыл бұрын
Cut the man some slack. He's more fried than the wiring in that truck.
@slickwillyforpres4 жыл бұрын
Pal, you've kept me on this planet a couple times. Thanks for the vijayo's. They're helping more people than you know.
@Ole_CornPop4 жыл бұрын
You need to make you a pair of 0 guage welding lead cable jumpers. I love the the look people give me when I bring them out for jumping other people off.
@stickfigure19983 жыл бұрын
"Fucker Only Runs Down-hill" laughed my ass off, haven't heard that one before 🤣
@JohnnyUmphress4 жыл бұрын
Love it. In my younger days I went through a lot of old cars and they all had a dead battery at some point. I just made sure I always parked on a hill for easy bump starting. If there was no hill I would park next to somebody with an older model car what didn't have a hood release inside. In other words, you could open the hood totally from the outside of the vehicle. Then I would look around until no one was watching and pop his hood and clip on my cables right quick. I got really fast at it. You do what you gota do to get by.
@pegtooth20064 жыл бұрын
Pixie rustler!!
@kieranjamieson4 жыл бұрын
Same here but sometimes totally dead starters rather than batteries so jump starting would not work. If there wasn't a hill I would park the rear wheels on a curb at the back of a parking space and roll off that which would be enough. I also knew which petrol stations were on hills for miles around where I lived.
@kieranjamieson4 жыл бұрын
@David Lewis That's sensible, I did it until the clutch failed, turns out multiple bump starts per day aren't great for clutches.
@brianargo45954 жыл бұрын
Bet you'd need that clutch replacement even without bump starts. Max clutch wear happens starting from dead stop, engines spinning at hundreds if not thousands of rpms, drive shaft ain't spinning at all. Bump start, driveshaft is maybe tens of rpms and engine is dead stop. Unless of course you were just letting that clutch pedal fly straight back by slipping your foot off the side, might break something. But doubt it.
@kieranjamieson4 жыл бұрын
@@brianargo4595 You may be right but it's literally the only time I've worn a clutch out! I've had probably 25 or more of the same model car over the years and I've changed one clutch due to the rear main seal covering it in oil and another that must've had a manufacturing defect as it totally disintegrated after less than 200 miles (admittedly some of that was on a racetrack but still...) but I have never totally worn one out. The RPM may be low but the torque is still high and that's what kills clutches.
@michaella43474 жыл бұрын
Less and less need for the club, a manual trans is quickly becoming an anti-theft mechanism all by itself
@adamlynch91534 жыл бұрын
martialme84 he’s right in the us you can’t hardly find a manual for sale brand new
@lyokss4 жыл бұрын
@@adamlynch9153 As the manual goes the way of the dodo, we are also losing good drivers because most people who drive manual transmission vehicles are actually good drivers.
@adamlynch91534 жыл бұрын
@@lyokss i may be slightly biased, but my ex gf had a manual jetta. She is not a good driver.
@lyokss4 жыл бұрын
@@adamlynch9153 the reason why I said most and not all
@abpsd734 жыл бұрын
Two years ago my pre-chipped-key manual transmissioned Ferd was stolen.
@Lhenry-pf5zn3 жыл бұрын
I love how you masticate the Anglais language.
@worriedman86342 жыл бұрын
The cussing in this video is woven like a beautiful, warm blanket. Such excellence.Thanks AVE for all the laughs.
@Bri_bees4 жыл бұрын
I had a couple of my young employees stay an hour late trying to jump one of their cars. I walked out and jiggled the battery terminal and it started right up.🤣
@sonictech10004 жыл бұрын
I had the same experience a couple weeks ago. The donor was a GM with those tiny battery terminals.
@ke6gwf4 жыл бұрын
I used to drive tow truck, and so went on a lot of AAA dead batteries. When I arrived I would ask them if they had left their lights on or anything that they knew would have drained the battery. If they said no, they didn't know why, I would open the hood, and then randomly start poking around checking spark plug wires and whatever was NOT near the battery. And then while I was talking about the things I was poking at, and I had their attention on that side, my other hand was on the battery terminals trying to twist them. If I was able to get a good twist and push until it felt tighter, never having looked at the battery, I would ask them to try starting it, I just wanted to hear it. They would look at me like I was stupid and say it was dead, but I would finally get them to crank it, and about 70 percent of the time it would fire right up. They would come out confused and trying to assure me that it really wouldn't start, and I would give them that sad Mechanic look, and then start laughing when I couldn't hold it anymore... Lol Then I would tell them that their battery connections just were dirty and loose, and I had twisted it on tighter. Then I would get my tools and clean their terminals and tighten them down properly, and report it as a jump start to AAA, which then paid me $12... Lol
@freedumbsquirts48094 жыл бұрын
The hood latch is like every mystery hidden beneath a hood; you rarely give them enough attention to recall where they are.
@Quibus7774 жыл бұрын
So you just up the manly skills and start doing oil (filter) changes, coolant changes, air filter changes, belt inspections and so on yourself, learn to service one of the biggest tools you have, this is what a car basically is :) And by sheer magic you open the hood with ease
@cavemanstyle13764 жыл бұрын
LOL
@TheInsaneTD4 жыл бұрын
@@Quibus777 You actually get the oil changed?
@kckoellein4 жыл бұрын
Freedumb Squirts Hood latch... Vehiclular G-spot... same difference
@Broken_Yugo4 жыл бұрын
It's how I judge how reliable a car is, it's a good car if I forget where the hood latch is.
@mjbarber393 жыл бұрын
This video is funny as hell to me because everything you showed my Dad had taught me by age 12. I'm 45 now and I know for a fact 95 percent of people don't know how to do any of it. Great Video.
@ManCaverTools4 жыл бұрын
out of all of the videos I have watched, this video has your silhouette shadow. which means that is the most volume of body I have ever seen of you and fantastic video
@snocrushr4 жыл бұрын
Early Automagics had rear pumps and you could "bump start" them.The rear pump transmissions went away in the mid 60s probably to reduce production costs. You did have to tow or push those old rear pump equipped cars about 20 mph to get them to build enough pressure to work.
@BlueFinCNC4 жыл бұрын
Came to comment the same thing, a 1960's Chevy Powerglide would start coasting down a hill easily.
@helveticaman2044 жыл бұрын
@@BlueFinCNC Yep powerglides could be easily push started. Done it a few times in a old circle track car.
@SternLX4 жыл бұрын
I was going to say, I think only the old Powerglides could be bump started. People beat me to it. Then GM tossed those in favor of the TH series which were much more efficient.
@dennispayne56264 жыл бұрын
@@SternLX my 1956 ford sunlinner 312 thunderbird i didn't even have a stater push started it everyday
@richardhunter99954 жыл бұрын
As far as my knowledge goes. The automatics that would push start were, early Chrysler TorqueFlites, GM Powerglides and Hydramatics, and Ford Ford-O-Matic. All of these had a pump on the output shaft that would pressurize the clutchpacks and all were replaced or redesigned in the 1960's
@ryantyack73894 жыл бұрын
50's era Hydramatics had a 'rear pump' allowing push starts.....some enginerd wanted to save his boss a buck or 2 and took it out
@glitchtriple64 жыл бұрын
The old torqueflites are the same!
@stevesilverton4 жыл бұрын
Old Jags also had a pump in the back of the gearbox. Started more than I can remember being towed around to build up oil pressure first, then ignition on and away we go (well, went way back then)!
@billythebake4 жыл бұрын
You guys beat me to the punch by 12 hrs... I knew about the old TFs having rear pumps, never worked with any of the old GMs...
@thenewBH4 жыл бұрын
@@billythebake Early powerglides had rear pumps, too.
@thatbluebenz4 жыл бұрын
Most Mercedes Automatics have a rear pump as well!
@wealthyblackman26554 жыл бұрын
"Georgia Overdrive" classic term used by big rig truck drivers for the neutral gear used to coast down hills faster than normal gears would carry you. Georgia overdrive is also used in saving fuel and keeping an engine cool in the hot summer heat.
@haardo4 жыл бұрын
On diesel trucks you'll want to keep the gear in while running downhill, when engine breaking you're not using fuel at all. :)
@grumpysteelman4 жыл бұрын
haardo - except if you want to go faster
@chrism81803 жыл бұрын
Learned something new and interesting, thanks
@BigDH283 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh the memories of the old ford ignition buzzer! Thanks for that! Lol
@Kamel4194 жыл бұрын
where i'm from we call it "popping the clutch". i've had to perform many of these procedures, probably the greatest advantage of a manual transmission.
@pentachronic4 жыл бұрын
UK ?
@cobblerama4 жыл бұрын
@@pentachronic that's what we called it in northern Michigan. Used to have to park on a hill just so I could "pop the clutch" when needed. Second gear always worked best. Never tried reverse.
@termy39344 жыл бұрын
My ol civic had a bad starter once upon a time, I push started it like the lawnmower it is for about 2 months before fixing it
@Kamel4194 жыл бұрын
Tennessee, actually
@whydoe52894 жыл бұрын
@@Kamel419 me too
@bwhite-ee4 жыл бұрын
Good stuff as always, but I like a different order for the jumper cable connections: 1. Donor battery plus, 2. Dead battery plus, 3. Dead battery minus, and 4. Donor chassis ground. (And then disconnect afterwards as 4, 3, 2, 1.) This way there's no chance of spark until 4. If you do 1 and 4 first, then the cable clamps will spark if touched while monkeying with 2 and 3.
@mrb6924 жыл бұрын
I remember it as “red to dead, then black to block”. Start at donor and connect positive, move to dead and connect positive and negative, move back to donor and connect negative to chassis ground.
@anthonysova71174 жыл бұрын
THANKYOU fundamental electrical trouble shooting close but no cigar reverse 1 and 2 dead on correct leave cables on after starting to protect generators from overheating 5 minutes Number 1 should be check battery voltage
@danielegger64604 жыл бұрын
That's not a good order. Also definitely never go donor battery minus! Recommended order is: Dead battery plus, Donor battery plus, Donor battery minus (or ground point or chassis), Dead battery ground point or chassis. Disassemble in reverse order. Of course a proper cable has fully insulated clamps to minimize the risk of nasty "welding" accidents.
@jamesryan20574 жыл бұрын
As a diesel mechanic that starts their day at 5am to start a bus fleet, the only time we dont jump straight the the battery terminals is when the battery trays are seized and we cant get to the negative side (it's in the back) The diesels need at least 2000 of the 3000amps in the jump box to turn over in the cold so if they are completely discharged (lights left on for a weekend) you just melt whatever the cable is hooked up to. Hook straight to the lead battery connector and they are cool to the touch. The old mechanical engines will jump off just fine if you hook to a lug nut and the starter post!
@NeverEvil13 жыл бұрын
This brings me back 20 years ago with my 1988 F 1 shitty, 2 wheel peeler, I-6 300 and the Mazda 5 speed. Being young and dumb, I’ve push started that truck many times. Changed the clutch twice. I learned 4th gear was much easier to pop the clutch on with success than 1st. In may ways I miss that truck, in many more, I don’t. Thanks for the stroll down mammary lane.
@knold203 жыл бұрын
Very much appreciate that as you get older, you’re taking on the Lewis Black laugh. It’s a good thing.
@HypnologicQualm4 жыл бұрын
That old buzzer brings back memories. Mostly memories of being annoyed at the sound
@edwardtupper63744 жыл бұрын
Oh god yeah we had a farm truck with a bell that rang until the brakes came up to pressure, usually two or three minutes of ear shattering hell at 5 a. m.
@666Blaine4 жыл бұрын
Way back when a friend lent me his relatively new VW to use for a couple of days. I'd barely had it for half a day before the damn thing wouldn't start -- you'd turn the key and nothing. I spent the next couple of days parking it on hills so that I could roll start it, the whole time feeling bad because I had some how messed up my friends car. Long story short, it was the seat belt... the starter wouldn't work unless the seat belt was connected.
@jakedeutscher4 жыл бұрын
BEMBlaine the car was just looking out for your safety
@AerodynamicBrick4 жыл бұрын
I would hate this car. I love up on mountains and when it get cold, o quickly walk out and start it to let it warm up while I get my stuff together
@andrewmcallister41514 жыл бұрын
I 2would have literally burned my buddies car. Wow, terrible option.
@matthbva4 жыл бұрын
It must be uncomfortable sitting on top of a buckled seatbelt....
@allesklarklaus1474 жыл бұрын
You just plug the seatbelt in from behind the drivers seat and never touch it again
@pauls57663 жыл бұрын
11:47 😂😂 for the dead homies. Hahahaha 💀
@seraph86724 жыл бұрын
Love your stuff I can't tell you how much of my common vernacular has come from years of watching your videos...but just one tiddy little bit... You don't need to run the donor vehicle. In fact in most cases it is better to leave it off. You don't jump a car to make the donors alternator try to charge TWO batteries (The donor and the dead one) You hook up the jumper cables to borrow angry pixies from the "good" battery to get the motor to crank over and begin charging the dead battery itself. (And if you don't believe me...I shall direct your attention to the existence of booster boxes which are just a battery with leads attached)
@LongPeter4 жыл бұрын
“Fker Only Runs Downhill” 😂😂
@steampunkskunk36384 жыл бұрын
Found On Road Dead
@iFixJunk4 жыл бұрын
First On Race Day??? Anybody?!
@arprequest14 жыл бұрын
Fucked over rebuilt dodge
@2gunz1224 жыл бұрын
I like the downhill one best, but that could just be because i heard the other ones before
@paulolson7344 жыл бұрын
"First On Race Day" "Fastest On Regular Days"
@GeorgeTsiros4 жыл бұрын
if you get an automatic to 50 mph... might as well keep getting it at 50 mph, you'll be arriving soon wherever it is you're going
@TMatt0073 жыл бұрын
I push started my 68 VW Beetle for a year before I bought a battery, 2nd gear was always the best. Always tried to find a hill to park on, hard to find in Northern Indiana. Fun Video
@claudiodominguez.3 жыл бұрын
Push starting was part of my youth along with several Georgia overdrive arrivals at the gas pumps. Lived like nothing was a problem and a flat was just a chance to get a used tire to match one in the front or rear. 65' mustang fastback, full race cam, 12/1 pistons, 650 dual feed on a tarantula manifold. Every light was a drag race and I was lucky to be 16 legal to drive and muscle cars were everywhere.
@FletchersGarage4 жыл бұрын
I dont know a guy who doesnt "whoo" when his junk finally starts up lol 13:14
@colacp4 жыл бұрын
Every Corb Lund reference obligates me to watch another one of your videos.
@EricWolfordAnimation3 жыл бұрын
This is the first one I've caught. Where are the others?!
@MartsGarage4 жыл бұрын
All good stuff there, AvE. It's easy to forget that this isn't second nature to everybody. But one thing re bump starting an Automatic: Some older gearboxes did have a secondary oil pump on the output shaft. We had a 66 Galaxie 390 engine and autobox in a 32 roadster and had to bump (actually tow) start it once. So it isn't a myth, but probably doesn't apply to most cars on the road anymore. 30mph was enough to do the trick.
@Socoolral3 жыл бұрын
Always enjoyably entertaining. Sounds like the most brilliant commentator ever. Thanks 🤙🏼
@buckruttin22464 жыл бұрын
FORD- Fucker Only Runs Downhill! Laughing my ass off🤣🤣🤣 Your commentary is priceless. Thanks for the laugh, especially during the corona armageddon.
@stevenherd97994 жыл бұрын
When you started in reverse like that it's for driver returns on foot lol
@Nick-ds6oc4 жыл бұрын
A bit of an automotive life hack for you: If'n you find the oil is low and you don't have any on hand, simply place one end of the dipstick in a vice and a pair of stout vice grips on the other end and stretch with all your might. Problem solved.
@timfagan8164 жыл бұрын
Or if the donor vehicle has, a longer dip stick, check it with the loner dipstick
@timfagan8164 жыл бұрын
@@johnosullivan675 hahaha yup pretty much. Keep your dip in a vice
@MrMokokokoloko4 жыл бұрын
This was like watching a firm adaptation of "The Old Man and the Sea: FORD Edition"
@RainmanRaysRepairs3 жыл бұрын
This my friend, is why I have made myself a set of cables out of 1awg fine stand cable. Instantaneous pixie transfer, no charge time required.
@rmp5s4 жыл бұрын
"They leak until they don't." roooooofl
@meh-canics96284 жыл бұрын
It's a T-Shirt for sure
@rmp5s4 жыл бұрын
@Jason Bowman Hahaha...that's awesome. "It leaks until it doesn't." lol I flew on TONS of 53s (big ass helicopters) when I was in Afghanistan and they did the same thing. They'd be shooting all kinds of fluids all over us but that's ok because that means it's working. lol
@GashimahironChl4 жыл бұрын
Someplace, somewhere, a harley davidson owner is feeling his neck skin crawl...
@beardoggin89634 жыл бұрын
00:33 We call that a bolt action transmission
@dadillen59024 жыл бұрын
Good thing or they might think it IS AN ASSAULT TRANSMISSION, then they would take it from you, cause it's too dangerous. I just don't understand how all these people get away with having a FULLY AUTOMATIC 'MACHINE' TRANSMISSIONS.
@beardoggin89634 жыл бұрын
Da Dillen haha yes indeed
@a.d.d._maker4 жыл бұрын
i have bump started an AMC Pacer with an automatic transmision at 35 mph. Dont know what to tell you , but it worked. my dad was pulling me with his truck.