[Mgs] Flat towing

[Paul Root]

I towed my TR7 from Orange County to San Diego. The transmission had broken.
The flat tow completely eliminated any chance of fixing the transmission.

That said, that 5 speed is completely different from the MG's 4 speed. The 5
speed has an oil pump that is dependent on the tranny turning in the right
direction. The 4 speed does not have that.

To eliminate any chance of transmission damage, pull the drive shaft, it only
takes a couple minutes. But it really shouldn't be a problem for short (100
miles) distances.

The SUV should be fine towing the B. My brother and I once towed home a Datsun
2000 roadster race car with a Datsun 1600 roadster. 120 miles. Boy was that
fun. :-)

Paul.


On Dec 16, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Eugene Balinski wrote:

> Suggest renting a 4 wheel transporter from U-haul.  Worked
> very well for me in back of my 2002 Explorer with trailer
> towing package.
>
> IMHO best and safest all around.
>
> Gene
>
> 80 B
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:21:22 -0000
> "Douglas McKinnie" <d.mckinnie at usa.net> wrote:
>> My MG is presently stored far from hone and I'd like to
>> get it back, and I'm
>> considering flat-towing it behind the SUV. My wife hates
>> traveling in two
>> cars, finding it very stressful to stay together, and she
>> worries if we don't
>> stay together.
>>
>> I've got the harbor-freight tow-bar, and a chrome front
>> bumper on the GT that
>> is already quite pitted so I don't feel guilty about
>> adding holes.
>>
>> The receiver hitch on my soft-roader is 14 inches above
>> the ground, and I'm
>> wondering how much of a "drop" I need to match the height
>> of my MGB front
>> bumper, which is of course far away at the moment. Anyone
>> have a handy
>> chrome-bumper MGB who could tell me the height of the
>> bumper above the
>> ground?
>>
>> Any tips on flat-towing? I've pulled a car on a dolly
>> before, but not one
>> four-wheels down.
>>
>> Douglas
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