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I can't see why it would harm anything. There is no oil pump that needs =
to turn, there is no load on the bearings so any mismatch in output =
shaft speed relative to input shaft speed should not affect them. I =
think you could go thousands of miles, given a long enough hill, as long =
as your foot wasn't on the clutch the whole time (which would wear out =
the throwout bearing if the engine was running).=20
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> On Dec 12, 2022, at 10:15 AM, eric@megageek.com wrote:
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> I'm putting this out to the group to get some opinions from the real =
experts here.=20
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> If you put a manually car or truck in neutral and release the clutch =
while going down long hills or coming to a stop at a intersection, are =
you doing any damage?=20
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> I'm not worried about fuel savings, just is coasting in neutral with =
the clutch release.=20
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> Any thoughts?=20
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space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I can't see why it would harm
anything. There is no oil pump that needs to turn, there is no load on the
bearings so any mismatch in output shaft speed relative to input shaft speed
should not affect them. I think you could go thousands of miles, given a long
enough hill, as long as your foot wasn't on the clutch the whole time (which
would wear out the throwout bearing if the engine was running). <div
class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">jim<br class=""><div><br
class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 12, 2022, at
10:15 AM, <a href="mailto:eric@megageek.com"; class="">eric@megageek.com</a>
wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><font size="2"
face="sans-serif" class="">I'm putting this out to the group to get
some opinions from the real experts here.</font>
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<br class=""><font size="2" face="sans-serif" class="">If you put a manually
car or truck in
neutral and release the clutch while going down long hills or coming to
a stop at a intersection, are you doing any damage?</font>
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<br class=""><font size="2" face="sans-serif" class="">I'm not worried about
fuel savings,
just is coasting in neutral with the clutch release.</font>
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<br class=""><font size="2" face="sans-serif" class="">Any thoughts?</font>
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