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Originally Posted by War_Wagon
That's why older 4Runners have a clutch safety deactivation switch. If you stall them in the middle of nowhere and need to get out of a tough situation, you can push the button, and the starter will engage with your foot off the clutch pedal, using the starter to get the thing moving. Of course, all cars in the "old days" (I'm guessing pre '80s?) had this as they didn't have the safety switch to start with, and I have used it more than once to get one of my broken POS's out of an intersection rather than push it ha ha.  |
Yeah--there was a clutch override switch in my old '91 Toyota pickup. Never had to use it, though.
Of course, all this is moot for me now since I bought a car that turns the engine off and starts by itself. It kind of takes some of the fun out of it.