Re: OMG, not ANOTHER one?! (yes, there IS a way!)

[farna@xxxxxxx]

On May 20, 2005 Tom Bunsey wrote:

>  TOWING YOUR '64 (ON A TOW DOLLEY) REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM!
> How's that for a provacative statement?
> 
> Here's why:
> Using a tow dolley with the car on the dolley in the "normal" position, I towed a 1965 Ambassador 990H several hundred miles home (ON A TOW DOLLEY) without any ill effects. The tranny was fine, afterwards. The original, earlier versions of the B-W automatics had TWO oil pumps (one driven by the input shaft, the other driven by the output shaft). About 1966 or so, B-W decided that the output shaft oil pump wasn't needed and deleted it (cost savings). Of course, the side effect was the towing issue.
> 

You can also push start a pre 66 with the pump in the rear. DO NOT TOW START though. When the engine catches it surges forward because of the auto trans. Push it with another vehicle or get it going down a hill! Forget trying to push by hand -- has to reach around 25-30 mph before trans fluid is circulating enough (might be as high as 35 mph). 

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