[johnco]

don't think that was me although I did something close. i pulled off the fuel line loose on my truck for some reason, probably clearing water from bad gas out the line, and while sitting on top of the motor, reached over and jumped the solenoid. well... it turned it over alright.. as the fuel pumped into the open carb, it cranked right up, in gear, backfired and caught on fire all the same time. so i'm on top of the engine with flames everywhere, holding my fuel line that is now a flame thrower, trying to smother the fire and kill the engine before it jumped and chugged along into the truck parked up ahead a bit. wait.. just remembered... i posted in that thread about the time i had my cis partially taken apart, reached in thru my partially open window to turn the key and bump it just a bit. forgot it was in gear, had no clue it would start with those parts off, which it did instantly. so i'm there with my hand thru the window about 1/4 way down trying to grab the key, shut it off and hold the beast back at the same time as it lurches forward under my carport. got it stopped finally. actually it stopped itself after jamming up a set of sawhorses up against my dryer. tiny scratch on the bumper and broke my foglight. superman insisted my car would not start/ couldn't start with the rubber cover removed. well maybe if that switch was plugged in. never did find the wires for the switch so it's still not connected. but it wasn't as bad as the first time i did the same thing in my mother's Pontiac firechief/starchief or whatever it it was cqlled in the 50's. i was a curious kid and she should not have the keys in the ignition, so i won't take all the blame. that time i took out rhe wall before hitting the washing machine. i'll have to tell you sometime what happens if you remove a head, crank over the engine to clean the piston tops, leave the fuel line squirting into the block and don't remove the coil wire. guess how high lifters can fly and what happens when they come back down.