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safely towing a rear wheel drive car 200

posted by  Jorrell on  Mon Mar 9 12:40 CST 2009
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Big Harry,

If you have ever seen a mid sixties Ford with auto trans being towed down the freeway with the rear wheels on the ground and the drive shaft in place, you will know what I mean when I say you are a very lucky man! Something about seeing a 64 T-Bird on a front wheel dolly passing you at 70MPH with the back half of it completely consumed in flames!

What happens is that the trans fluid pump isn't running with the engine off so there is no lubrication circulating in the transmission. This causes the output shaft bearings to go dry, heat up, and eventually catch the trans fluid on fire! Sure, that was with a Cruise-o-Matic auto trans but the same basic design was used in AW-7x and BW-xx transmissions!

jorrell
ps. Next time remove the driveshaft!
--
92 245 250K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!






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