On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 04:34:00PM -0400, VanDerWal, Peter MSgt wrote: > Whoa there, this is very likely BAD ADVICE. Many transmission can be > damaged by putting them in neutral and towing them any significant distance, > 15 miles might just be enough.
I was under the impression this was only an issue with automatic transmissions, which have an oil pump driven by the input shaft to lubricate some of the moving parts. As far as I know, that's not true of any manual transmissions, but I'm far from being an expert... -- Alan Batie ______ alan.batie.org Me [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / www.qrd.org The Triangle PGPFP DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A \ / www.pgpi.com The Weird Numbers 27 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 \/ spamassassin.taint.org NO SPAM! "You just wish sometimes that the [Catholic] Church protected children as much as it protects fetuses." -- Lesbian comedian Kate Clinton writing in The Progressive, July issue.
