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Originally Posted by bentring
Speaking to those of you who have bump started for thousands of miles, does it seems not to affect the durability of the transmission? My owners manual specifically states not to push start it, and it's been years since I've kept up with auto tech so I didn't know if anything in manuals has changed to make it a bad idea, or if they were just covering liabilities.
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It might just be about liability. You should research it further. I have been bump starting for about 60,000 miles now. Both the transmission and the CAT are fine, though I did swap the trans for taller gearing. Each trans has about 30,000 in bump starts on it. Neither has been compromised by it, to my knowledge. Both are old transmissions with mild shifting issues and some needed replacements like seals, or bearings, or maybe a syncho could use replacing because shifting has gotten clunky in a place or two... totally normal kinds of wear for transmissions with 100,000 or 200,000 miles on them. As importantly, there are lots of other people here who have been doing this a long long time without incidents.
But you should research your car and the reasons for that warning before you attempt it, would be my recommendation.
james