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Towing an Odyssey
Want to pull an Odyssey behind my motorhome. I checked a couple RV
Magazine sites and Odyssey was not in their list. But neither was the Civic and I tow that just fine. I don't want to have to do any modifications to it, nothing more than the run it for 3 minutes every 8 hours routine. |
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My dad pulls his Odyssey behind his motor home with out any problems. He had to
modify it some for a tow bar and he has added a braking system. Go over to rec.outdoors.rv-travel for the group that can really talk about the subject of towing cars behind RV's. Regards Dean On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:30:21 GMT, (Chris Lamb) wrote: >Want to pull an Odyssey behind my motorhome. I checked a couple RV >Magazine sites and Odyssey was not in their list. But neither was the >Civic and I tow that just fine. I don't want to have to do any >modifications to it, nothing more than the run it for 3 minutes every >8 hours routine. |
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I participate on rec.outdoors.rv-travel, but we know less than you
give us credit for. :-) On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:53:00 GMT, Dean <no.email @ papernapkin.net> wrote: >My dad pulls his Odyssey behind his motor home with out any problems. He had to >modify it some for a tow bar and he has added a braking system. > >Go over to rec.outdoors.rv-travel for the group that can really talk about the >subject of towing cars behind RV's. > >Regards >Dean > > >On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:30:21 GMT, (Chris Lamb) wrote: > >>Want to pull an Odyssey behind my motorhome. I checked a couple RV >>Magazine sites and Odyssey was not in their list. But neither was the >>Civic and I tow that just fine. I don't want to have to do any >>modifications to it, nothing more than the run it for 3 minutes every >>8 hours routine. > |
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Thanks for calling Dean. That's what I do with the Civic that I tow
now and it isn't on the list for the RV magazines. I checked further and the magazines say they only include the vehicles the manufacturers specifically say they have tested as towable. I have seen other people pulling Odysseys but you don't now if they were modified. On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 03:33:24 GMT, Dean <no.email @ papernapkin.net> wrote: >On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:05:34 GMT, (Chris Lamb) wrote: > >>I participate on rec.outdoors.rv-travel, but we know less than you >>give us credit for. :-) > > >I used to lurk there from time to time, but during the recent US election season >it got more political than normal so I quit hanging for a few months. > >I just called Dad and he told me that all automatic Hondas from 95 on can be >flat towed. Apparently they are designed so that the trans axle and >transmission use the same lubrication pool so there is no need to stop every so >often to run the engine. The procedure he follows is to connect the car to the >coach and put the transmission in each gear for a few moments. Starting in >park, reverse, drive, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, (or whatever the Odyssey has) and back to >neutral. Turn the ignition off, but not in the lock position, and go. His only >comments were that you have to go from drive to neutral, NOT reverse to neutral. >And if you let the car sit over night you should repeat the shifting process, >but again there is no need to do it if you are actively towing the vehicle. > >I guess I could have posted the same thing over in rec.outdoors.rv-travel, but I >don't know what the OP level of sophistication is regarding RV's. The regulars >over there can help in the various issues that come from RV'ing. Though the >challenge over there is filtering the off topic static. At least this group >stays generally on topic. > >Dean > > >>On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:53:00 GMT, Dean <no.email @ papernapkin.net> >>wrote: >> >>>My dad pulls his Odyssey behind his motor home with out any problems. He had to >>>modify it some for a tow bar and he has added a braking system. >>> >>>Go over to rec.outdoors.rv-travel for the group that can really talk about the >>>subject of towing cars behind RV's. >>> >>>Regards >>>Dean >>> >>> >>>On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:30:21 GMT, (Chris Lamb) wrote: >>> >>>>Want to pull an Odyssey behind my motorhome. I checked a couple RV >>>>Magazine sites and Odyssey was not in their list. But neither was the >>>>Civic and I tow that just fine. I don't want to have to do any >>>>modifications to it, nothing more than the run it for 3 minutes every >>>>8 hours routine. >>> > |
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If you're asking, is any special equipment needed, other than the towing
device; the answer is no. However; you MUST follow the transmission preparation procedure, (as you have pointed out), and run the engine and shift the transmission through the gears after 8 continuous hours of towing. The trans failure when these precautions are not observed, are very well known, even by the dumb-assed dealers. So if you forget, it's going to cost you big time. The choice ultimately, is all yours. Chris Lamb wrote: > Want to pull an Odyssey behind my motorhome. I checked a couple RV > Magazine sites and Odyssey was not in their list. But neither was the > Civic and I tow that just fine. I don't want to have to do any > modifications to it, nothing more than the run it for 3 minutes every > 8 hours routine. -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... |
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