All this talk of trashed trannys is making me Very nervous....
A couple of years ago, before the discovery of this list and other sources
of wisdom, I towed my donor Rover SD1 sedan with the rear wheels on the
ground... The rear end (!) detonated after 100 miles at @ 60 mph.
Afterwards, the transmission spun easily by hand in all gears, but as you
can guess by my sig line, has not yet run on the road. I have way too much
time and energy invested in my MGB-V8 project to rely on a dubious tranny.
Anybody have a 1981 Rover/Triumph 5 speed, with .79:1 5th gear, in good
shape that you could spare?
Scott Pontius
'78 MGB with 3/4 plumbed and wired SD1 V8
Los Angeles
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Levy <sales@cocoinc.com>
To: Eric A. Krahmer <eric@cdaero.com>
Cc: tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu <tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: TR7 / TR8 OEM towing recommendations
>At 11:14 AM 8/28/98 -0800, Eric A. Krahmer wrote:
>>Just to make sure I was not misunderstood, as I said in my comment,
>>"he picked it up by the rear wheels" meaning the rear wheels were on
>>the tow truck (not turning) and the front wheels were on the ground.
>>
>>Sorry for any confusion...
>>
>>Eric Krahmer
>>
>
>Eric, I meant don't tow it the way I did, do it the way you did. That's
what
>I meant by 'don't do it'. I towed mine the rest of the way by the back
>wheels and it wondered left and right some even though the wheel was
locked
>and a rope held it down. I should have explained this better.
>
>Jack
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