[Vwdiesel] Won't seem to start

Roger Brown r.c.brown at ieee.org
Thu Jan 30 11:32:31 EST 2003


Nate Wall wrote:
>
> What year did NHTSA require that these on manual tranny cars? My '85 DOES NOT
> have one (you can (try to) start it in gear w/ the clutch engaged)

I know my '85 Toyota 4Runner (M/T) has no clutch cancel switch, although the factory wiring diagram shows one.  I think Toyota
added them for the '86 models, so probably somewhere around that time period.

I routinely start in gear on that truck, very handy off-road, stopped on a wickedly steep hill,
	http://12-234-141-99.client.attbi.com/Photos/101_pana/Fordyce2001/14.html
just hop in, release the parking brake, turn the key and go!


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    Roger



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