Hi all,
Just back from a conference in DC and I had 170 messages!
Yikes!
Anyway, I don't remember being a big player in the
disconnect-the-driveshaft debate, but I probably couldn't keep my mouth
shut. And I can't now. In my many moves recently, I've driven the
'67 B cross-country twice--from San Diego to Atlanta, and from Seattle to
Boston. How, you ask, did it get from Atlanta to Seattle? It was
towed. Was the driveshaft in it? No. It has an early OD tranny
and I decided that the OD was too close to an automatic to risk it, and
besides, it's only eight bolts, and it was only a matter of lying in a puddle
to
put it back in in a parking lot. However, the rear shocks were shot when I
arrived and they were only 20 years old! I could have avoided all
problems by towing the car backwards, but then the wire wheels would have come
off.
So, is there any reason why I shouldn't store a battery on concrete?
Denise
I'm so bad...
----- Original Message -----
From: James
Schulte
To: Mgs@autox.team.net ;Dan
DiBiase
Sent: 6/27/01 12:11:40 PM
Subject: Re: MG 2001 preparation
Dan
I'm new to the list, so I'm not aware of what has gone on in the past
concerning the drive shaft issue (Denise, you can chime in anytime
now).
However, I have decided to to disconnect it to go to St Paul, just to
be
safe. I did not disconnect it for the short 15 mile trip to the Auto
electric
doctor. I did get to read some in the archives. It
is a contradictory
subject. We need a mini cam installed inside to see what
actually happens
:-)
Jim
70B
78B
Dan DiBiase wrote:
Jim, stick with, it gets better - I think! If it wuz me, I probably
would
have given up on the tow bar and just had my SO drive the truck while
I
worked the brakes and steering wheel in the B, towing with a
rope....
(Hmmm, no one has asked you about disconnecting the driveshaft yet,
have
they?!)
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