<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Johnnie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:46 PM Sujit Roy <<a href="mailto:triumphstag@gmail.com">triumphstag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 11:12 AM <<a href="mailto:jpaynepbr@cox.net" target="_blank">jpaynepbr@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><p class="MsoNormal">That is really cool. Good show!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dean<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 23, 2020 10:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mark J Bradakis <<a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">mark@bradakis.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Flat Towing a TR6<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I built a cut away transmission to show people how a transmission works and always showed them how the oil level was below <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The main gears and if they don’t turn they don’t bring up the oil.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dean Tetterton<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="793" height="531" style="width: 8.2604in; height: 5.5312in;" id="gmail-m_-8006370898837237141m_-7073997423245416296Picture_x0020_3"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The black line shows the oil level. By turning the output flange you can see gears sitting still and not pulling up the oil.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="793" height="531" style="width: 8.2604in; height: 5.5312in;" id="gmail-m_-8006370898837237141m_-7073997423245416296Picture_x0020_4"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">By turning the knob on the clutch disc you can operate the gears.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="793" height="531" style="width: 8.2604in; height: 5.5312in;" id="gmail-m_-8006370898837237141m_-7073997423245416296Picture_x0020_5"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">You can also shift all the gears while it is turning. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark J Bradakis</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, November 23, 2020 11:40 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [TR] Flat Towing a TR6<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">On 11/22/20 7:50 PM, dave wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">> But if you are flat towing the car, the transmission gears are moving.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Actually the gears are NOT moving. 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