<VV> Towing A Powerglide

[Jay Maechtlen]

Interesting - what was the temperature when you did that? Was it 100 
degrees outside, or cold?
Maybe it's ok at 60 degrees but not 100?

What was "highway speed"?

On 3/1/2015 10:09 AM, Smitty via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Smitty Says  ;  I have flat towed PGs many times in close proximety of 
> my home, say within 35 miles at highway speeds without problems.  
> Twice I flat towed (200 miles and 1000 miles), and overheated the 
> fluid badly.  In one case the tranny got gummed up and failed to shift 
> correctly, but after a couple of drain and refills in three days of 
> driving it went back to normal. When I say overheated I mean the fluid 
> was cooked brown.  Yes it is true that the rear pump is running and 
> circulating fluid.  The problem is though that the converter is not 
> spinning and creating a centrifugal blower to cool the fluid.   The 
> fluid just circulating through the pump and valves builds up heat.  
> You can get away with anything sometimes but you can't always get away 
> with everything.
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Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans

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