<VV> Towing with a Car Dolly or Flat tow

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/16/2010 2:02:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
vanman453ta at yahoo.com writes:

In the  transmission, however, the gears are only running- and thus dipping 
into the  lube to distribute said lube to all of the bearings and bushings- 
when the  engine is running, and the clutch is engaged.  Well, unless you 
tow with  the car in gear (high gear would be best) and have someone hold the 
clutch  down the whole time!  




Keith - I had a friend flat-tow my autocrosser behind his Southwind  
motorhome from San Jose, CA to the Williamsburg, VA Convention in 1994 -  Where my 
daughter raced it - and won. And then he towed it back home for me. No  ill 
effects. What I asked him to do, though, (since he had his teenage son with 
 him) was to, every 500 miles or so, put his kid in he car and tow it a  
couple of hundred feet. (In gear with the clutch depressed)  Usually at a  gas 
stop or where they were stopped for the night. He said he pretty much did  
this. That seems to have provided the needed lubrication. Perhaps a  
straight-through tow across-country would do it harm, I don't know. 
 
 
Seth  Emerson

C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette