if the clutch goes out....

Never heard of a bad clutch causing the trans to pop out of gear...

I once ran from Boston back to Wisconsin without any way to disengage clutch... parked on on ramps with a grade so I could release the brakes and allow the truck to roll fast enough to start.

On the Ohio and IN pike I just threw $$ at the toll taker and kept rolling (no gates in those days).

 

So your actually starting the engine with the truck in gear?

Wouldn't that risk busting the starter off? Just asking.

I lost my clutch one morning in Pa., I was supposed to go across the G.W. bridge in NY that day. The maint. guy at my company told me to drive it that way. I laughed and said YEAH with my whole two months of experience I should be good to go.

I told him I wasn't moving till it was fixed, and crawled in the sleeper.

 

I have tissues. If this happens to me, I have plenty of them for all the crying.

 

My 2000 WS has a shifter lockout. It will not start in gear. When I lost my clutch in Ogden UT grossed out at 79,800, I was dead in the water in the middle of the street at that Pilot. Had to get a hook, but it was the cheapest tow ever $300 for 30 or so miles. I've thought about having it disconnected, but I just never have.

Yes, you can move or start a loaded truck rolling with just the starter. It is hard on the starter and batteries obviously, but if you're in a bind, it can work. It's a great technique for when the truck won't run and a repower shows up to take your trailer, if you have the battery juice left to do it. Far easier to do that than to hook up a tow strap.

 

Yep, really hard on it, but it works. Again, I've done it with my car when the clutch was dead and I was in traffic.

 

I've never had a clutch go out, but have a thought about starting the truck in gear. I'd imagine that it'd be best to put the trans in 1st gear(lowest gear possible) to start it. That way, its not putting too much strain on the starter(as opposed to choosing a higher gear).

 

That I know of most clutches will go out with little to no warning. Personally I only use the clutch for 1st and reverse or steep hills if I'm loaded heavy so I'd miss about any warning that would show. So far the advice is pretty good. And I hope this helps atleast 1 newbe.

I had to have a mechanic adjust the clutch up before I could continue home and the owner took the load with his truck back to our shop. Really surprised him that I knew how to limp in being a young driver.

Don't shut the truck off in gear unless its 1st. If you're outta gear push in the air knobs and put your foot on the brake. Push in clutch and put in 1st gear , won't always go in all the way so soon as you start make sure its completely in gear. Then start the truck. You will start moving soon as you start so be careful. Once you're Rollin float the gears and roll on. If you have to go thru town leave plenty of f-up room so your not f-ed if a 4wheeler pulls out. If its possible slow down well before s-lights so you don't have to stop just gear down and keep Rollin. If you do have to stop just repeat. I wouldn't recommended driving a long way like this but it can be done and will get you to a shop without having to get towed in. Its hard on the starter and batteries but when you're in a bind something's better than nothing.

Again thanks to all that toss in advice.

 

not to be ignorant, but this is really not that helpful..

 

You completely miss the process, and quote that as not helpful? do I need to explain floating gears?

 

sorry but yes, again, i'm new.