THanks for that. apparently he just had the thing rebuilt before he left,
had a trans cooler fitted all that. Maybe wind resistance cruising up the
highway added to it as well. There's nothing worse than pulling up a hill
ever so slowly and having no where to change down to because your already in
first!
Cheers,
Justin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 15 January 2003 19:25
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: '89 Skyline towing capabilities
>
> I think about 800kg. The auto was probably stuffed before hand and a
> 700kg trailer would just expediate the symptoms.
>
> These cars are getting on a bit now so this is bound to happen. FYI I
> towed another skyline (1400kg ) and a bloody heavy tandem trailer with
> my manual silhouette. I nearly didnt make it up the steep hill it was
> parked on but I made it home (30km or so) taking it easy. I dont'
> really want to do that again though, the clutch slip was huge taking off
> up the hill .
>
> - Julian
>
>
> Justin Wakeling wrote:
>
> >I'm asking for a friend. He towed a 700kg trailer to queensland and now
> he
> >reckons his auto is stuffed. Poor bastard now needs to get back to
> melbourne
> >but isn't sure if he's car will make it. From what he says the tranny is
> >leaking a little bit and he's using tons of fuel and cant drive it up
> even a
> >small hill without putting it back into first. What was the Factory
> torque
> >rating for a 3 litre auto skyline? What about horse power?
> >Cheers,
> > Justin
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: greg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>Sent: 15 January 2003 8:18
> >>To: ozdat
> >>Subject: Re: '89 Skyline towing capabilities
> >>
> >>Gearboxes weren't the problem, especially the manual (pretty strong box)
> >>but the diffs were, as far as I know.
> >>
> >>Greg
> >>On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 09:41, Justin Wakeling wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Does anyone know what kind of load an 89 Skyline automatic can tow? I
> >>>
> >>>
> >>heard
> >>
> >>
> >>>they had problematic gear boxes. Is this true?
> >>>Cheers,
> >>> Justin
> >>>
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