<VV> Re: Towing Per the Tech Guide

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Guys

I don't recommend dolly towing any Manual Trans Corvair. 

You have to keep in mind that hole in the cases where the gear oil moves from trans to diff. 

Depending on the angle of the dolly, you could easily smoke a transaxle. Not a cheap move. 

OTOH, I flat dolly towed my 1st Vair--a 66 500, from Hammond,La to Buffalo (about 1300 miles) and from Buffalo to Virginia Beach (650 miles) without incident. I followed a tip on flat towing in an old communique that said to start the engine and run trans through the gears at every fuel stop.  Transaxle never got much warmer than noticeable on your hand. 

Hank
> From: Tony Underwood <tonyu at roava.net>
> Date: 2005/07/20 Wed PM 01:44:36 EST
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Towing Per the Tech Guide
> 
>
> >I've flat towed my 4-speed many hundreds of miles at 60+ MPH without any
> >problems.
> >
> >Ned
> 
> 
> 
> Recently dolly-towed a dune buggy w/140 drivetrain (4-speed) 120 
> miles on the interstate and stopped often to check for 
> overheating.  Had to tow it front-wheels up, couldn't pull