I second that.
A Few friends of mine were once trying to get a car started, (non LBC). we
decided to tow it around a parking lot to try to start it. The transmission
fluid went to the bottom of the rad to cool it. Only one tube of the rad I
think. Well we towed it around trying ti start it for about an hour when
the car overheated. Keep in mind it never started so the engine never
heated the water, only the tranny fluid.
Dave Stecher
Urbandale IA
73 BGT
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
To: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: Flat towing MGB
>Bud Krueger wrote:
>
>> Is there anyone out there with experience at flat towing an MGB?
The
>> process would be to remove the front RB and bolt the brackets of the
hitch to
>> the plates that the RB normally mounts to. Towing distance would be
about 200
>> miles. I've yet to see a convincing argument against flat towing with
the
>> driveshaft connected. <Whoa! snip>
>
>Ever been inside a transmission, Bud? How does the oil get circulated?
There is no
>pump. So you have to rely on the laygear laying in the bottom of the sump
to whirl
>the oil around. Now think about it. Normally the laygear must always turn
because
>it is geared directly to the input shaft. But, when towing, the input shaft
is
>stationary as is the laygear. Thus the oil is just lounging around in the
sump.
>
>When towing, the output shaft is spinning. Nothing else. The intermediate
gears are
>engaged by the stationary laygear. Thus they are also stationary. Thus the
output
>shaft is spinning inside the intermediate gears which have merely plain
bearings.
>
>Get the picture? Heat. A lot of it.
>
>I don't know anything about hooking up the tow bar but, if I were you, I'd
put an
>extra quart of oil in the tranny with plans to dump it out when I got home.
>
>Bob Allen, Kansas City
>Famous Punch Lines: "After the first couple of inches it's just like back
in high
>school!"
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