I wonder if you can tow it for 30 miles at 75 mph.
Wear due to lack of lubrication is probably not linear.
Of course you can! Might not have a working transmission when you are
done.
Yeah, that's what I'd think.
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After consulting the oracles here, a few other off-list sources with impeccable
credentials, as well as considering other critical factors (tow vehicle,
weather, wind, road condtion) it was decided to tow backwards. It towed
beautifully with nary a wiggle as the speed was kept between 45-50.
Glad to hear!
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'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
After consulting the oracles here, a few other off-list sources with
impeccable credentials, as well as considering other critical factors
(tow vehicle, weather, wind, road condtion) it
There was a discussion about this several years ago. Some versions of
automatic transmissions have rear pumps and some don't. The transmission
numbers must be checked rather than the model/type of car according to that
discussion.
Gerry
From: Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
It will say
Hmmmy owners manual is in German.
On Apr 18, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
It will say that (if you can tow with rear wheels on ground) in the owners
manual, along with limits for speed and distance.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
When I used a tow dolly to bring my 84 300D from Chicago to Whitehall, MI
(couple hundred miles) I could not go faster than 50 MPH without the car
starting to whip back and forth. Be careful and take it easy!
Michael E. Esh
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michael...@mac.com
Google translate is your friend...
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
Hmmmy owners manual is in German.
On Apr 18, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
It will say that (if you can tow with rear wheels on ground) in the
owners
On 18/04/2013 7:39 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
It will say that (if you can tow with rear wheels on ground) in the owners
manual, along with limits for speed and distance.
The manual for my 76 300D says it can be towed for up to 75 miles at no
faster than 30MPH with the rear wheels on the ground
I wonder if you can tow it for 30 miles at 75 mph.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 18/04/2013 7:39 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
It will say that (if you can tow with rear wheels on ground) in the
owners manual, along with limits for speed and distance.
No doubt you can but I doubt that you should.
Probably need an F350 or so in order to reasonably safely pull a car at
that sort of speed.
Randy
On 19/04/2013 2:10 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I wonder if you can tow it for 30 miles at 75 mph.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Randy Bennell
it in neutral. I also
towed a 4400# farm tractor 300 miles at 55mph with that same '96 Dakota
although the tractor was on a flatbed.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:07:26 -0500
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Towing
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No doubt you can but I
Andrew sez:
I wonder if you can tow it for 30 miles at 75 mph.
Of course you can! Might not have a working transmission when you are done.
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I have to move a '68 250S about 55 miles tomorrow, and my usual trailer is
unavailable. Is it OK to tow backwards with a dolly (rear wheels on dolly)?
The steering column locks.
Thanks,
Jon
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Air pressure in front tires low (20-25psi) and go slow. 55. I
towed a 110 hundreds of miles with a 111. Towed 123s similar
distances with gCaravan.
Best if your tow vehicle is twice as heavy as the towed vehicle. GO
slow and allow lots of stopping distance clearance. Never jam on the
Thanks.
On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Air pressure in front tires low (20-25psi) and go slow. 55. I towed a 110
hundreds of miles with a 111. Towed 123s similar distances with gCaravan.
Best if your tow vehicle is twice as heavy as the towed vehicle. GO slow and
No. The heavy end of the car MUST be on the tow dolly. Remove the drive shaft,
and put the front end on the dolly.
Rick Knoble
Sent from My Samsung tabletJon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:I have to move a
'68 250S about 55 miles tomorrow, and my usual trailer is unavailable. Is it
OK to tow
On 18/04/2013 2:41 PM, rickknoble wrote:
No. The heavy end of the car MUST be on the tow dolly. Remove the drive shaft,
and put the front end on the dolly.
Rick Knoble
Sent from My Samsung tabletJon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:I have to move a
'68 250S about 55 miles tomorrow, and my usual
rickknoble wrote:
No. The heavy end of the car MUST be on the tow dolly. Remove the drive shaft,
and put the front end on the dolly.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/general-information/225168-towing-disaster.html
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Concur. Towing backwards doesn't work too well as the steering geometry may
cause the steering wheels to oscillate side-to-side. That may eventually whip
the Mercedes around so much that your tow vehicle will lose control. Going
very slow may eliminate that.
There was a thread on one of the
Take some planks/blocks along. The tow dolly ramps may be too steep
to climb backwards. you can lessen the incline with the planks.
Because the front tires are closer to the bumper, they go right up
the ramps. The distance to the bumper from the rear tires causes
the bumper to hang up on
Concur. Towing backwards doesn't work too well as the steering
geometry may cause the steering wheels to oscillate side-to-side.
That may eventually whip the Mercedes around so much that your tow
vehicle will lose control. Going very slow may eliminate that.
Not applicable on an MB, so long
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No. The heavy end of the car MUST be on the tow dolly. Remove the drive shaft
I thought these were cars that could be towed with the rear wheels
on the ground without harming the AT - assuming it is an AT.
Randy
I was thinking the same thing. I thought MB auto trans ffrom 1959
until 198? all had rear pumps and could be towed.
It will say that (if you can tow with rear wheels on ground) in the owners
manual, along with limits for speed and distance.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I thought these were cars that could be towed with the rear
IIRC, it's OK to tow up to something like 50 miles at up to 35 mph ---
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
I thought these were cars that could be towed with the rear wheels on the
ground without harming the AT - assuming it is an AT.
Randy
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IIRC, it's OK to tow up to something like 50 miles at up to 35 mph ---
Let the towed car idle, and go like a bat out of hell.
-- Jim
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OK, then just drive it instead of towing it!
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
IIRC, it's OK to tow up to something like 50 miles at up to 35 mph ---
Let the towed car idle, and go like a bat out of hell.
-- Jim
The MB tranny has a rear pump so that it can be started by getting it up
to around 35 m/h, drop it in drive and the engine will turn over and
crank if the fuel and ignition are OK. This is explained in the Owners
Manual.
If you tow with rear wheels down the rear pump will try to engage the
recall reading somewhere that the MB transmissions lock up when in
fourth
gear such that the torque converter is no longer involved in the
transfer
Not to my knowledge, in any of the vintages we usually talk about here.
-- Jim
Darrell W. Sigmon wrote:
The MB tranny has a rear pump so that it can be started by getting it up
to around 35 m/h, drop it in drive and the engine will turn over and
crank if the fuel and ignition are OK. This is explained in the Owners
Manual.
If you tow with rear wheels down the rear
There have been a few recent posts suggesting that
towing with the MB transmissions may cause them to overheat. I seem to
recall reading somewhere that the MB transmissions lock up when in fourth
gear such that the torque converter is no longer involved in the transfer
of
P. D. Ferguson wrote:
There have been a few recent posts suggesting that
towing with the MB transmissions may cause them to overheat. I seem to
recall reading somewhere that the MB transmissions lock up when in fourth
gear such that the torque converter is no longer
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