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Subject: [TR] Flat towing a TR3
From: "Art McEwen" <amcewen2@cogeco.ca>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:43:04 -0400
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I read somewhere where this wasn't possible without disconnecting the 
driveshaft due to, I think, a bearing in the gearbox or O/D that doesn't get 
lubricated without the gearbox in gear. But I've also read reports of Kas 
Kasner and his contemporaries routinely flat towing to the race track. Which is 
true? Both? Neither? Or is Kas forgetting he used to disconnect the driveshaft 
at the end of the weekend?

I've seen several MGBs (different gearbox design?) and MX5s being flat towed 
behind RVs, I know the MX5 manual says it's a no-no.


Just wondering.


Art '60 TR3A.

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