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1. Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:41:47 -0700
Back at the wisdom well: Is there anyone out there with experience at flat towing an MGB? The process would be to remove the front RB and bolt the brackets of the hitch to the plates that the RB norm
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01491.html (7,992 bytes)

2. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: "Robert A. Dusel" <RDusel@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:25:14 -0400
My 2 cents worth: I towed 2 MGB's (one CBB and one RBB) around 175 miles on a trailer. I was able to rent a wood sided trailer for $60 and pulled the MG up with a come-a-long (drove the second B up),
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01497.html (8,639 bytes)

3. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:41:32 -0500
Ever been inside a transmission, Bud? How does the oil get circulated? There is no pump. So you have to rely on the laygear laying in the bottom of the sump to whirl the oil around. Now think about i
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01499.html (8,546 bytes)

4. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:54:33 -0500
Yo Bud, We're gonna find out soon. I'm going to tow my B to New England from TX so as to tool around and see autumn leaves. Gonna have a metal shop fabricate a hitch such as you described for my towb
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01501.html (7,800 bytes)

5. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: drded@ix.netcom.com (David Deutsch)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 04:09:33 -0500 (CDT)
There is no home. Why not just disconnect the four bolts at the rear of driveshaft and strap it up. I have heard of many many flat tow trips with drive shaft left connected "with out incident" and on
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01513.html (8,229 bytes)

6. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:10:09 -0400
Gotta agree with David on this. I towed the Midget from WY to AR and AR to PA w/ the front on a trailer and the rear on the ground. about 10 min at start and stop each to unbolt and bolt the drivesh
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01518.html (9,128 bytes)

7. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: "David Stecher" <davidandmichelles@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:18:23 -0500
I second that. A Few friends of mine were once trying to get a car started, (non LBC). we decided to tow it around a parking lot to try to start it. The transmission fluid went to the bottom of the r
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01534.html (10,022 bytes)

8. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:35:54 -0500
I'll answer that, David: I'm going to toe the car behind a class "C" motorhome. I'm going to be staying in campgrounds once I get east of the Mississippi. Not all campgrounds have pull-through spaces
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01539.html (8,671 bytes)

9. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: Kevin Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 19:42:19 -0500
When I moved I towed my '71 MGB exactly as you described. I removed the bumper U-Haul built a plate that I mounted in place of the bumper. I then clipped a tow bar to the plate and towed the car 900
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01572.html (8,681 bytes)

10. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:52:23 EDT
What equipment? All you need is 1 bottle jack, one jack stand. two box end wrenches, (all of which can be carried in the trunk of the B),and a flat place to work. Using one bottle jack on one side of
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01583.html (8,327 bytes)

11. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:09:27 -0500
Don't get carried away. Facts are that you and other people who haven't flat towed a B with the driveshaft connected are the ones who are saying it can't be safely done, while those who have done it
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01711.html (7,827 bytes)

12. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 19:52:21 -0400
On 8/30/98 9:09 AM so and so (ccrobins) said. (And I quote:) Well it was my Midget and I decided to err on the side of caution. Larry Macy 78 Midget Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01728.html (8,508 bytes)

13. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: dresden@tiac.net
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:10:54 -0500
I'm not really sure on the internals of the B transmission, but from a similar debate on another LBC list, I've gathered that towing without disconnecting the driveshaft is only dangerous if the tra
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01734.html (8,248 bytes)

14. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:30:58 -0500
The B gearbox, unlike the TR7/8 has no internal oil pump and relies on splash lubrication. While I have no relevant B experience I remember well flat towing a bugeye race car many years ago, and bein
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01738.html (8,855 bytes)

15. Re: Flat towing MGB (score: 1)
Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 03:38:00 -0500
Yours is the only first-person anecdote relating to a tranny popping into gear during towing that I've heard. All I can figure is that the interlocks were shot in your tranny. Sorry to hear of it. CR
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01758.html (7,414 bytes)

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