<VV> tow-dollying
Trey Bosson
corvairbo at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 25 09:54:20 EDT 2015
thanks for the info, I have decided to trailer it home--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 7/25/15, Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
Subject: Re: <VV> tow-dollying
To: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 9:51 AM
While it's true that
the majority of the cooling comes from the converter
spinning, the converter is also where the vast majority of
the heat comes from so without the heat from the converter
the transmission shouldn't even get warm. I would be
curious to see if it even gets noticeably warmer than
ambient temperature. Maybe someone that is towing will
check?
Joel McGregor
-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]
On Behalf Of Sethracer--- via VirtualVairs
Subject: Re: <VV> tow-dollying
If it is a stick, don't
worry about it, but move as much weight as you can into
the front trunk. Battery? (Spare should already be there!),
or into the tow vehicle, to limit the amount of weight on
the rear wheels. If a PG, the issue is that trans fluid
will be circulating through the transmission, as long as
the rear wheels are turning (because a pump is driven when
they turn, a good thing), but the only cooling of trans
fluid is the regular spinning of the torque converter, and
the integral fan during normal operation
-
which it will not be doing if the engine isn't
running. Perhaps a midway stop for a long lunch will allow
the fluid to cool down for a while. Note that some people
have NEVER had a problem doing this. - Seth
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