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Thaks Russ... I feel a bit better now. When I have the boat back there my foot is usually always on the gas as 95% of the trip is in the highway... so it only sees constant HP going through it, and when I do shift I tend to slip the clutch a bit more to and sync things to cushion things. If I have 3rd I can get it home, and the tranney will be history at that point anyway so all I need is another 100 miles or less.... Keith > > OK... Russ can probably answer this one from what he's seen: > > > > That fine toothed 71 tranny has been pulling my boat for years... I now know > > what to be careful of when Im towing But when the tranny finally goes WHAT > > does it do?? any warning?? Will I just lose 4th gear? > > > > Just wanna know if I can get it home in another gear or will have my > > vacation ruined. > > > Since I have ridden across country with you, your style of driving is > what has kept it alive, pulling a boat. No sudden changes in speed, or > sudden shifting. And you know when to downshift. > As for forth gear, you will probably lose some teeth of the gear if it > goes while pulling a boat.. Usually it will be with no warning. If it > goes, get the oil changed as soon as possible, and you should be able to > get home in 3rd. Changing the oil, is to get the pieces of broken teeth > out of the tranny. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >