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1. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: bkahler1 at gmail.com (Brad Kahler); Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 09:08:29 -0400; A friend of mine wants to flat tow a Vitesse behind his motorhome. Are there any issues other than placing the transmission in neutral that he needs to worry about? Thanks! Brad; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00002.html (7,766 bytes)
2. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: gt6steve at aol.com (gt6steve at aol.com); Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 18:53:02 -0400; I'll bet that question comes up on Google a lot LOL A friend of mine wants to flat tow a Vitesse behind his motorhome. Are there any issues other than placing the transmission in neutral that he need; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00006.html (8,957 bytes)
3. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: tony at tonydrews.com (Tony Drews); Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 12:04:22 -0500; Do any of the gears spin in the trans when in neutral?? I have a vague recollection about towing in neutral for long distances causing excessive wear on trans output due to no oil circulation, and di; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00010.html (9,333 bytes)
4. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: duncan.charlton54 at gmail.com (Duncan Charlton); Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 15:55:15 -0500; If that?s the case he could just overfill the gearbox before towing and then lower the level when done. That way the main shaft would still run in oil. Duncan; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00012.html (10,786 bytes)
5. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: jerryvv at roadrunner.com (Jerry Van Vlack); Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 17:22:24 -0400; If you have an open transmission look inside and turn the output shaft while holding the input shaft stationary. What you'll see is none of the gears turn, only the syncro hubs will turn since they a; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00013.html (9,661 bytes)
6. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: weredinger at cox.net (Bill Redinger); Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 20:12:39 -0500; Tony is right. Remove the drive shaft, rebuild the transmission or use a tow dolly. Bill; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00015.html (10,745 bytes)
7. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: billdentin at aol.com (Bill Dentinger); Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 20:57:29 -0700; Hell...years ago Chevy made a stovebolt 6 engine that worked like that. The ?Splash Oiler?., when little scoops used to come down, fill up with oil, and splash oil the engine. Should work in a tranny; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00018.html (11,392 bytes)
8. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: sbarr at McCarty-Law.com (Barr, Scott); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 12:49:03 +0000; It's just so easy to remove those four bolts that connect the drive shaft flange to the diff flange. Why not do it? It'll take 10 minutes. Scott B. If that?s the case he could just overfill the gearb; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00020.html (12,578 bytes)
9. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: duncan.charlton54 at gmail.com (Duncan Charlton); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 08:09:26 -0500; I think the issue is that the layshaft gear cluster may not be turning when being flat towed (with the driveshaft connected) so oil is not being flung upward onto the gearbox?s upper components, some; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00021.html (13,241 bytes)
10. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: jerryvv at roadrunner.com (Jerry Van Vlack); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 09:32:49 -0400; I had a 37 Chevy with that 216 splash oiler system. Those dippers went into a trough that had oil pumped into them from the sump. The dippers did splash oil to the inside of the engine but what they; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00023.html (11,524 bytes)
11. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: bkahler1 at gmail.com (Brad Kahler); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 10:22:31 -0400; Over filling has been mentioned to me several times. Based on the transmission issues while flat towing the odds are the interested party will likely opt to not purchase a Vitesse as a Toad. I think; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00024.html (12,273 bytes)
12. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: johnstydo at gmail.com (John Styduhar); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 12:01:09 -0400; ?We should get some input from Hardy Prentice, the grand-daddy of flat towing TR experience.? On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote: -- next part -- An; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00026.html (13,351 bytes)
13. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 14:07:27 -0700; Just a thought: he could set up a transfer pump and a small catch tank, to fill the gearbox for towing and pump some oil back out into the catch tank for driving. Just put a pipe fitting in place of; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00028.html (9,812 bytes)
14. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: dmar823 at gmail.com (Don Marshall); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 17:21:43 -0400; ?I saw this rig a few months ago going through Jacksonville on I-95. By the time I caught up to take a picture he had taken the exit onto 95 south toward Miami so you can't see the trailer. If I was; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00029.html (14,019 bytes)
15. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: jwheeler1947 at yahoo.com (Jack Wheeler); Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 13:21:56 +0000 (UTC); I really shouldn't speak for Hardy, but I do recall him flat towing his TR-3 race car behind his 1967 E-Type coupe for years, up to about 1987?? I also seem to recall that he disconnected the drivesh; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00037.html (11,452 bytes)
16. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: explore8 at outlook.com (D V); Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 15:23:30 +0000; Why the need for flat towing when you can have this? [image1.png] Sent from my iPhone I really shouldn't speak for Hardy, but I do recall him flat towing his TR-3 race car behind his 1967 E-Type coup; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00039.html (13,767 bytes)
17. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: billdentin at aol.com (Bill Dentinger); Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 11:53:38 -0400; And, of course, how one ends up with an email address moniker...CATPUSHER. It all fits. Bill Dentinger I really shouldn't speak for Hardy, but I do recall him flat towing his TR-3 race car behind his; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00041.html (12,955 bytes)
18. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: riverside at southslope.net (riverside at southslope.net); Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 16:37:26 -0500; I ran one of the early Road America regionals ? ?72 I think. There were two other TR3?s there besides mine and one of them was flat towed behind a 289 Cobra! art de armond And, of course, how one end; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00047.html (13,892 bytes)
19. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: billdentin at aol.com (Bill Dentinger); Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 17:42:59 -0400; We mortals weave a tangled web. Bill PS And/or hung are up on degree of difficulty points... Sent from AOL Mobile Mail I ran one of the early Road America regionals ? ?72 I think. There were two othe; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00048.html (13,752 bytes)
20. [Fot] Flat towing a Vitesse (score: 1): Author: jwheeler1947 at yahoo.com (Jack Wheeler); Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 21:58:06 +0000 (UTC); I started out in 1974, flat towing my TR-4 behind a 6 cylinder Mustang.? After 2 driver's schools (one snowed out and rescheduled the following weekend at St. Louis), my second Regional Race was at N; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00049.html (15,066 bytes)

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