Re: Towing a T3

[spacemanspiff@juno.com (Ben R Lowry)]

What about if you just tow 2 or 3 miles SLOWLY?
Maybe not the most prudent thing, but will it do harm?

Ben
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:16:15 GMT+0200 "Adriaan Loedolff"
<Adriaan@NORTON.CTECH.AC.ZA> writes:
>Hello all      
>
>>  I have also accasionally wondered if you could tow an 
>> AT car with the engine idling and I think it would be fine.  The 
>only 
>> potential problems I can see would be if the transmission 
>> accidentally slipped into gear, or if something (like the oil 
>> pressure light) happened to the engine and there was no one there
>> to notice.
>
>I once had to do just that after a brake caliper seized and I had to 
>get towed. You still have to take it real slow because even with the 
>engine idling, the lubrication of the transmission will be 
>insufficient for high speed towing.
>
>
>Regards
>
>Adriaan Loedolff
>adriaan@norton.ctech.ac.za
>'69 Variant Automatic (200 000 miles + and still cruisin' after all of 
>these years!)
>