problem starting in park with Auto transmission

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Originally Posted by BearGUST

If you've ever started an auto in gear you'll realise it's not that dramatic.

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It was a few years ago, a old WB statesman V8, had to move it, not my car, battery was flat.

Jump started it with a car battery i had on a trolly, as it was a V8 carby engine car, i was giving it a fair bit of throttle to get it to start, the shifter said it was in neutral, but little did i know, the car was in drive, after quite a few lazy turns, it fired up and just took off ,bonnet still up, and one leg outside the door, dragging the battery jumper cables pulling over the trolly shorting out on the battery, creating sparks and spilling acid.

About 1M in front of the WB was a parked car that copped the impact, bendng the boot lid and smashing a tail light, plus a little damage to the statesman.






I found it quite dramatic at the time !

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Originally Posted by 04OFF

It was a few years ago, a old WB statesman V8, had to move it, not my car, battery was flat.

Jump started it with a car battery i had on a trolly, as it was a V8 carby engine car, i was giving it a fair bit of throttle to get it to start, the shifter said it was in neutral, but little did i know, the car was in drive, after quite a few lazy turns, it fired up and just took off ,bonnet still up, and one leg outside the door, dragging the battery jumper cables pulling over the trolly shorting out on the battery, creating sparks and spilling acid.

About 1M in front of the WB was a parked car that copped the impact, bendng the boot lid and smashing a tail light, plus a little damage to the statesman.






I found it quite dramatic at the time !

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Any photo's?????????????????????????

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Very lucky no one was standing between the 2 cars, that would of ended in tragedy.

I used to work for a guy that would sack you if you started a car like that, sounds more irresponsible than bridging an inhibitor switch.

The problem starting in park hasnt happened this week, but was consistant near every day last week, concern I have now is when I start off from being stopped the is a bump changing from first to second, all the other gear changes seem fine... is this something to be overly concerned about?

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Originally Posted by BearGUST

I used to work for a guy that would sack you if you started a car like that, sounds more irresponsible than bridging an inhibitor switch.

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LOL serious, please explain ? :p

Why would he say jump strarting a car like that irresponsible ? and id love to know whats the "responsible" procedure in such a case ?

The irresponsible person is the D%*K head who knew the car would start in gear and did not tell anyone !

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Originally Posted by 04OFF

LOL serious, please explain ? :p

Why would he say jump strarting a car like that irresponsible ? and id love to know whats the "responsible" procedure in such a case ?

The irresponsible person is the D%*K head who knew the car would start in gear and did not tell anyone !

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Normally you would have 1 foot on the break and the hand break up and if the neutral park switch was buggered you would select P and click back R then N. We had a Bronco at work once with sloppy selector linkages that slipped out of neutral and into drive and took off into the bench, luck it had a bull bar and the bench was very solid and there was no damage or any1 got hurt!!

Manual transmission vehicles have started in gear since day 1, not disastrous.
My old boss would sack anyone who started a car without it being in park and having a foot on the brake, sounds like he was right. One foot dangling outside the car makes it very easy to slip on to the accelerator with your left foot, which is your non preferred foot.

Anyway, back on topic. I wonder what's effected the car this week, what's been different this week? Has it been hotter where you are?
I wouldn't think the bump on 1-2 shift is related to this problem?

Altise...The handbrake was actually ON, the V8 obviously pushed through it no problem so i guess it didnt hold the car so good :(

Remember, i had no way of knowing the switch/shifter was buggerd, a auto car with a flat battery or bad starter, will generally turn over a little easier if you put it in neutral.

Bear...I had many failed attempts to start the engine, i dont know of anyone who for each try, would close the bonnet so you can see in front, sit in the drivers seat, close the drivers door, put your seat belt on, foot on brake, all just to see if the engine turns over when you hit the key, perhaps your old boss new he had some "booby trapped" vehicles waiting to catch someone out ?

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Originally Posted by ckh

The problem starting in park hasnt happened this week, but was consistant near every day last week, concern I have now is when I start off from being stopped the is a bump changing from first to second, all the other gear changes seem fine... is this something to be overly concerned about?

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As Bear suggested, this problem sounds like something unrelated, but i think its time to visit a auto lec or transmission specialist before it gets worse ?

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Originally Posted by BearGUST

Manual transmission vehicles have started in gear since day 1, not disastrous.
My old boss would sack anyone who started a car without it being in park and having a foot on the brake, sounds like he was right. One foot dangling outside the car makes it very easy to slip on to the accelerator with your left foot, which is your non preferred foot.

Anyway, back on topic. I wonder what's effected the car this week, what's been different this week? Has it been hotter where you are?
I wouldn't think the bump on 1-2 shift is related to this problem?

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Was exceptionally hot here last week, high 30's+ and higher

The bump between first and second, is not were near as dramatic as when you have the car running and put it into drive and get the usual bump on any auto transmission. Just being paranoid.. How much does a service cost for an auto transmission? Anyone know?

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Originally Posted by ckh

Was exceptionally hot here last week, high 30's+ and higher

The bump between first and second, is not were near as dramatic as when you have the car running and put it into drive and get the usual bump on any auto transmission. Just being paranoid.. How much does a service cost for an auto transmission? Anyone know?

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Hard shift between 1 and 2 could be shift solenoid or your tps is out of adjustment, before you go spending $$$ on a service try a nulon auto transmission treatment to try and soften the seals to ease the shift.