Towing a Fiero

[CincinnatiFiero]

Anyone ever towed a fiero with a tow dolley before? I need some advice. Which wheels do I put on the dolley? Is the steering wheels locking enough to stop it from moving around? Picked up a white 88GT haha.

[Emc209i]

HAHA! Tow the rear wheels on the dolly, front wheels should be on the ground. Put the L67 in the White car now!

[Aaron]

I towed my 88GT from Oklahoma to Colorado with the front wheels on the dolly, rear wheels rolling. Just have to make sure it's in neutral and that the VSS is unplugged if you care about mileage.

[CincinnatiFiero]

A-aron stop posting here and sell me some fucking bushings. Where is the VSS on a 282?

Emc, I am poking around on swaps, I don't think I want another L67, but we will see. Maybe by the time the 87 car is "done" probably next year, L32s with be down...

[Aaron]

A-aron stop posting here and sell me some fucking bushings. Where is the VSS on a 282?

Emc, I am poking around on swaps, I don't think I want another L67, but we will see. Maybe by the time the 87 car is "done" probably next year, L32s with be down...

I suck at teh motivation to get money.

It is underneath the rear exhaust manifold sorta, right above the differential.

[CincinnatiFiero]

So front wheels on the dolley or rear? A-aron and Emc disagree, anyone have the tie breaker?

[Aaron]

I'm not saying I disagree, that's just how I did it.

Either way will work I'm sure.

[Emc209i]

Trust me, rear wheels on dolly. Towing an automatic transmission by the drive wheels can cause pressure buildups inside the case = o ring failure and other wonderful things. Towing a manual transmission car by the drive wheels can lead to premature synchro wear. I learned this lesson when I was a little kid and my grandparents decided to tow the Taurus backwards behind their RV. *Boom*

As for the odometer. It's electric, and doesn't send the 2000ppm signal to instrument panel unless the battery is ON. But you don't need to worry about that, because you're gonna load the car onto the dolly the "right" way. Right? (:

"Either way will work I'm sure." -Famous last words

Oh, and I was mentioning taking the L67 out of the notch and putting it in the white car.

[CincinnatiFiero]

The L67 in the notch is highmiled, if I swap the 88GT I'd like to do a lower miled better swap. The L67 in the notch was a great learning experience and in a couple months it will be a very nice, very fast car. I'd like to go n/a and OHC with the 88GT. I think a high revving n/a motor would be better with the stick. So if people could sort out the 3.6VVT swap I'd be all over that. By the time I have the time/money/space to swap the 88 that swap may be in the picture. Or I may buy an E36 M3 and start on my 3.0CS resto. I change my mind a lot, may hate fieros in a year.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Stick or Auto? Autos require having the pump turning to lubricate the transmission. If you tow one without the engine running, you'll destroy it. FWD/transverse sticks seem to do fine. Do not tow longitudinal/RWD stick with drive wheels on the ground. The transmission is built differently and will have lubrication problems.

Keep in mind that the further forward you put the weight on the dolly, the less tendency it will have to sway. I like to put the rear of a Fiero on the dolly for this reason. HOWEVER, this means that front toe in is now toe out and the car is somewhat unstable. If you dolly backwards, you should crank some adjustment into the tie rods to "fix" the toe for towing.

The factory column lock is fine for towing.

[CincinnatiFiero]

Its a 5speed.

[Aaron]

Looks like a clean car!

[Series8217]

Trust me, rear wheels on dolly. Towing an automatic transmission by the drive wheels can cause pressure buildups inside the case = o ring failure and other wonderful things. Towing a manual transmission car by the drive wheels can lead to premature synchro wear. I learned this lesson when I was a little kid and my grandparents decided to tow the Taurus backwards behind their RV. *Boom*

A manual transmission car in neutral neutral is just fine for towing with the drive wheels down. Manual transmissions are splash oiled by the diff geear. Automatic transmissions will generally get damaged; the input shaft spins the oil pump. The Taurus was an auto or if it was a standard it was in gear..

[CincinnatiFiero]

On a used u-haul trailer a Fiero GT nose on a stock height car will smash into the rails on the ramps.... So it had to go backwards regardless.

yeah its a clean car. doesn't run, but we can work on that. I have a set of tails for it too.

[p8ntman442]

On an unrelated note. Towing an S-10 2.8 5spd in gear behind a corn chopper and dump wagon will pump all your oil out.

[Aaron]

On a used u-haul trailer a Fiero GT nose on a stock height car will smash into the rails on the ramps.... So it had to go backwards regardless.

We towed a stock suspension 88GT forwards, and it didn't scrape going up. I remember it being close, but we also used the angle of his driveway to help avoid it.

[CincinnatiFiero]

Her driveway was flat, so crunch! But its here now, so it doesn't matter. What does matter is how the car will only go in 3-N-4 and won't move side to side in neutral so I can't get to 1-2,5-R. I also need a battery and all 4 speakers and a clutch master cylinder. AND my 87 needs those poly bushings!!!!

[The Dark Side of Will]

Her driveway was flat, so crunch! But its here now, so it doesn't matter. What does matter is how the car will only go in 3-N-4 and won't move side to side in neutral so I can't get to 1-2,5-R. I also need a battery and all 4 speakers and a clutch master cylinder. AND my 87 needs those poly bushings!!!!

Cold there?

Probably ice in the select cable. Disconnect the select linkage and make sure the transmission will actually go into those gates. Hit the select cable with a heat gun (or run the engine long enough to heat up the engine bay) and it will probably work.

[CincinnatiFiero]

My other 5speed did this too in the winter and it went away after the car warmed up. Never connected that it was the weather. Derrrrrrr....