Need a quick answer!
03-17-2011, 09:21 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 6
Need a quick answer!
Hey guys.
I've got a two car garage, and I wanted to clean up the car for the summer. I backed out the van, backed out the car, put the car into the garage in a manner that I could walk around it and clean it easily.
I plugged my ipod into it for like 7 or 8 minutes, didn't have the key in the ignition or anything and because of the cold weather here and the car not being used recently the battery almost immediately died.
Now I have a dead car in my garage, and a van that I COULD boost it with if I can fit it in beside it, but the cables might not be long enough to reach since the batteries are on opposite sides of the hoods.
Now.. I had an idea.. could I throw the mustang into neutral without starting it and push it back (a two person job) while one person steers it into the street, and then we could re allign the cars so we could boost them with no problems from the booster cable length..
I tried shifting but even with the key in the first turn position it won't shift to neutral... is it stuck in park? That makes no sense, how are we supposed to tow it? Is it just stuck there forever?
What do I do... If there's a way to shift it to neutral please tell me.
I've got a two car garage, and I wanted to clean up the car for the summer. I backed out the van, backed out the car, put the car into the garage in a manner that I could walk around it and clean it easily.
I plugged my ipod into it for like 7 or 8 minutes, didn't have the key in the ignition or anything and because of the cold weather here and the car not being used recently the battery almost immediately died.
Now I have a dead car in my garage, and a van that I COULD boost it with if I can fit it in beside it, but the cables might not be long enough to reach since the batteries are on opposite sides of the hoods.
Now.. I had an idea.. could I throw the mustang into neutral without starting it and push it back (a two person job) while one person steers it into the street, and then we could re allign the cars so we could boost them with no problems from the booster cable length..
I tried shifting but even with the key in the first turn position it won't shift to neutral... is it stuck in park? That makes no sense, how are we supposed to tow it? Is it just stuck there forever?
What do I do... If there's a way to shift it to neutral please tell me.
03-17-2011, 09:24 AM
#2
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Georgia
Posts: 189
Hey guys.
I've got a two car garage, and I wanted to clean up the car for the summer. I backed out the van, backed out the car, put the car into the garage in a manner that I could walk around it and clean it easily.
I plugged my ipod into it for like 7 or 8 minutes, didn't have the key in the ignition or anything and because of the cold weather here and the car not being used recently the battery almost immediately died.
Now I have a dead car in my garage, and a van that I COULD boost it with if I can fit it in beside it, but the cables might not be long enough to reach since the batteries are on opposite sides of the hoods.
Now.. I had an idea.. could I throw the mustang into neutral without starting it and push it back (a two person job) while one person steers it into the street, and then we could re allign the cars so we could boost them with no problems from the booster cable length..
I tried shifting but even with the key in the first turn position it won't shift to neutral... is it stuck in park? That makes no sense, how are we supposed to tow it? Is it just stuck there forever?
What do I do... If there's a way to shift it to neutral please tell me.
I've got a two car garage, and I wanted to clean up the car for the summer. I backed out the van, backed out the car, put the car into the garage in a manner that I could walk around it and clean it easily.
I plugged my ipod into it for like 7 or 8 minutes, didn't have the key in the ignition or anything and because of the cold weather here and the car not being used recently the battery almost immediately died.
Now I have a dead car in my garage, and a van that I COULD boost it with if I can fit it in beside it, but the cables might not be long enough to reach since the batteries are on opposite sides of the hoods.
Now.. I had an idea.. could I throw the mustang into neutral without starting it and push it back (a two person job) while one person steers it into the street, and then we could re allign the cars so we could boost them with no problems from the booster cable length..
I tried shifting but even with the key in the first turn position it won't shift to neutral... is it stuck in park? That makes no sense, how are we supposed to tow it? Is it just stuck there forever?
What do I do... If there's a way to shift it to neutral please tell me.
It is solenoid operated and requires power. There should be a manual way to disengage it.
03-17-2011, 09:27 AM
#3
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 6
Okay, we're getting somewhere. I need to find out where that shift lock is. I think I've heard of this before, don't you put your ignition key into that and it unlocks it?
This is sort of an emergency, I only have like the next 15 minutes to figure this out lol
This is sort of an emergency, I only have like the next 15 minutes to figure this out lol
03-17-2011, 09:35 AM
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Last edited by edwin108; 03-17-2011 at 09:38 AM.
