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j-d
Jun 03, 2017Explorer II
Automatic transmissions used to have a "rear pump" that would be turned by the driveshaft when the engine was not running. That made it possible to push start these vehicles. Cheaper to eliminate rear pump and used a "front pump" coupled only to the engine. No push start and NO LUBE to the transmission when being towed.
Many manual transmissions have gears which the driveshaft can spin to sling lubricant into bearings etc. when towed in neutral. Some don't, so...
The engineers build a calculated risk into the owner's manuals for some transmissions and ask us to put lubricant into critical places and then replace it every so often with a procedure they spell out for us. In that manual...
Many manual transmissions have gears which the driveshaft can spin to sling lubricant into bearings etc. when towed in neutral. Some don't, so...
The engineers build a calculated risk into the owner's manuals for some transmissions and ask us to put lubricant into critical places and then replace it every so often with a procedure they spell out for us. In that manual...
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