[TR] Flat Towing a TR6

[Johnnie Donnelly]

Many many moons ago, the oil pump shaft broke rendering the engine useless.
Decided to get a tow dolly and pull it 500 miles to home. That was in 1972.
The tranny still functioned perfectly 40 years later before being replaced
by a HVDA toyota. So there's two issues here; is flat towing really a
problem?   and .... can a Toyota conversion be flat towed?

Johnnie

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:46 PM Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a great demo. My son asked me how a gearbox worked and I told him
> why didnt he ask me a few months earlier.  I had a Triumph Stag box apart
> and just pit back the top cover
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> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 11:12 AM <jpaynepbr at cox.net> wrote:
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>> That is really cool.  Good show!
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>> *From:* Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Dean
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2020 10:44 AM
>> *To:* Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>; triumphs at autox.team.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [TR] Flat Towing a TR6
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>> I built a cut away transmission to show people how a transmission works
>>  and always showed them how the oil level was below
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>> The main gears and if they don’t turn they don’t bring up the oil.
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>> Dean Tetterton
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>> The black line shows the oil level. By turning the output flange you can
>> see gears sitting still and not pulling up the oil.
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>> By turning the knob on the clutch disc you can operate the gears.
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>> You can also shift all the gears while it is turning.
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>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
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>> *From: *Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
>> *Sent: *Monday, November 23, 2020 11:40 AM
>> *To: *triumphs at autox.team.net
>> *Subject: *Re: [TR] Flat Towing a TR6
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>> On 11/22/20 7:50 PM, dave wrote:
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>> > But if you are flat towing the car, the transmission gears are moving.
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>> Actually the gears are NOT moving.  Just the mainshaft is turning, in
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>> unlubricated bearings and syncro bushings.
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>> mjb.
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