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Old Sep 21st, 2020, 00:53   #12
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Originally Posted by Harley Dave View Post
I think I read somewhere that your procedure is correct i.e. Neutral - Brake - Park to take the load off the transmission or something.

I must admit I usually do Park - Brake unless I've really tried to remember the correct way...

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Dave
I find that I have to do it this way or at the very least, if I go straight to park, I have to then go back to neutral to take the load off, if I don't, starting can be impeded, you can feel the load being released when you go back to neutral, well, I can with mine, more so because I have a small tyre groove in my gravel where I park up, and if I don't wait for the car to rock back to center in the groove, it will put load on if its caught in forward or even reverse... I suppose its much worse when on a hill....
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