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

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: On the '64 I had, I had to roll at 27 mph and downshift to first gear to 
get it to kick in. Same on my pre '67 Chryslers when the big blocks ate 
another starter (before I figured how to make the dist timing adjust from 
inside the car with a choke cable. Pulling it out would retard timing, like 
an old Model A, then as soon as it caught, I'd push it in till the motor 
smoothed out) Same goes with chev powerglides. My '66 Grande Parisienne with 
396 ate starters weekly, so I gave up and parked on a hill near work and 
home and didn't take it anywhere else or run too low on fuel.


From: farna@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: OMG, not ANOTHER one?! (yes, there IS a way!)
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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).