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1. Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:41:51 -0700 (PDT); Greetings all. Has anyone got any experience of towing a TR6 or other LBC using a tow dolly where only the front wheels are off the ground?? Is this even viable?? I am concerned about ground clearanc; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00801.html (7,099 bytes)
2. Re: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:49:04 -0700; Brought my TR3A home once on a tow dolly, had no ground clearance problems at all. The platform for the front wheels is only about 4" off the ground, which results in an angle considerably less stee; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00802.html (7,460 bytes)
3. RE: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:41:52 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; Don't know about the clearance, but you can measure the height of a Dolly and jack up the car..... However, you MUST disconnect the drive shaft! John (Always doing something wrong, according to SWMBO; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00803.html (7,765 bytes)
4. Re: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:17:19 EDT; John, a word of caution. If you tow with the front wheels off the ground the transmission can be damaged. At the VTR Mid-Atlantic convention last week we had a class on transmissions. From that I lea; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00804.html (8,075 bytes)
5. Re: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:44:13 -0700 (PDT); Hi John, I dollied a TR4A from Birmingham to Little Rock over both highway and secondary roads with no clearance problems. I did of course disconnect the driveshaft at the differential and made sure; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00806.html (7,725 bytes)
6. Re: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:13:18 -0400; Having done this very thing just a few months back, I can tell you that the clearance on everything was ok, except for the exhaust outlets. They bumped every time the car went over a bump. Since they; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00808.html (8,422 bytes)
7. RE: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:14:30 -0700; would IMO, Art is exactly right, although I would think that up to 2-300 miles would probably be OK. Another alternative to diconnecting the driveshaft is to overfill the tranny with oil during the t; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00815.html (7,727 bytes)
8. RE: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:44:22 -0600charset="iso-8859-1"; Possibly an easier way to overfill the tranny box would be to pull the transmission tunnel, pull off the top cover of the tranny, and fill directly with gear oil. This way, you wouldn't have to find; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00819.html (8,571 bytes)
9. RE: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:26:49 -0400; Message text written by Randall Young tranny with oil during the trip, then drain to normal level before driving the car. This is easy on the earlier cars with the dipstick, on later cars I believe y; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00823.html (7,750 bytes)
10. Re: Towing options (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:05:16 -0400; Gosh, when I had to tow my Herald about 100 miles back in '76, I lit the engine and the headlights when I started out. When the headlights dimmed, that meant the engine stalled - time to pull over an; /html/triumphs/2000-07/msg00845.html (8,744 bytes)

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