Idling for long periods of time

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m rust

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I sold my d6 5r The man hauling it wants to leave it run for the trip. He says he knows nothing about starting a cat with pony start to get it back off the lowboy. It is over a 3 hour trip. My question is do you put trans in gear and pull the clutch. Or do you put trans in neutral and put forward reverse lever engaged with the clutch pulled? I know its to keep trans lube flowing while idling.

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Tue, Apr 30, 2019 4:10 AM

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From another thread;

"If you are leaving it idle. be sure to put the FNR lever in either Forward or reverse and place the transmission in neutral and engage the clutch.. if the tranny is in gear and the FNR lever is in neutral, clutch engaged the top shaft does not recieve proper lubrication."

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Tue, Apr 30, 2019 5:31 AM

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From another thread;

"If you are leaving it idle. be sure to put the FNR lever in either Forward or reverse and place the transmission in neutral and engage the clutch.. if the tranny is in gear and the FNR lever is in neutral, clutch engaged the top shaft does not recieve proper lubrication."

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Thanks. Just could not remember.

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Tue, Apr 30, 2019 5:43 AM

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