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Help Me HotWire!

PostModern · 2003-05-15T14:34:23+00:00

I have a long story. The bus I just bought long distance, supposedly "drivable" will not start. I had it shipped 600 kms only for the thing to not run. Not only have I incurred extra shipping expenses... but I couldn't get the bus dropped off at my house due to accessibility for the 19 metre truck that delivered it. The story now is that my bus is parked in front of a neighbour's house about 200 metres from my house. I need to move it to my place, preferably under it's own steam and it must be done today, Friday, as the neighbout is selling and having an open house on Sat. Now... the battery was (assumedly) fully charged, but for all I know, was exhausted by the seller's mate trying to start the bus for the car transporter... they ended up loading it on the truck with a forklift.... I'm whinging. Sorry. OK, the bus has probably not been started in a long time. It has a 1600 engine. I know I should check oil level, check points and dizzy for good order, dryness and correct points gap. The key is non existant. There is just a bundle of wires hanging out of the steering column.... covered in fragments of what was the windscreen. There is an on-off switch supposedly for ignition and a momentary action switch supposedly for the starter. Only one wire is connected to the starter button, but I think I can identify the other, it has a terminal crimped on it. Assuming I can get the starter to crank with the momentary action switch, how can I assure the coil will have juice? I figure it'd be easier to hotwire in the engine bay than guess the rest of the wires in the cabin, which I assume are not original or correctly colour coded. My Q's are many and stupid, I know. I'm in a %&%$ed situation and seek the help of you knowlegable ones. 1. Is a wire from battery + to coil + all I need? If not what else? 2. I should pour a little petrol into carby, ensure some in tank.... 3. Check oil level 4. Check fanbelt tension 5..... what else? Remember the car is on the roadside, I'd rather not be pulling out the sparkplugs or anything more complicated than that unless I have to and by that stage I reckon I'll have the Mrs towing the bus with the Nissan. Can someone please advise what'd be the way to get it to go?

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phatrat REALLY!

891 posts · joined May 2004 · 27 May 2003, 8:14 pm

#51224

used syringe out of the car...THIS IS A WORRY!

:thumb😀

PostModern Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 28 May 2003, 1:43 pm

#51584

DakDat wrote:used syringe out of the car...THIS IS A WORRY!

:thumb😀

f'kn thing wasn't even capped! Good thing the bus is parked outside on the road and my kids don't have free access to it, and that I found the needle before one of them did. *deep breath*.