From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Fri Jul 09 2004 - 09:40:01 PDT
Can you disconnect the drive shaft at the rear end, and wire it up, out of
the way? Then the oil won't come out the transfer. APB
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From: "chance wolf" <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Off Topic (M151?)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buzz" <buzz@softcom.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Off Topic (M151?)
>
>
> >
> > I've towed one MUTT with another 30 miles round trip and haven't had a
> problem. I use a medium
> > strength bungee cord on the steering wheel. I did notice that the
towing
> jeep could use 2 more
> > cylinders. It tows great behind the Ford 250 with the 420.
> >
> > Buzz
>
> I've towed them quite a bit too, and I echo the bungee cord statement
> wholeheartedly. The only problem thus far was when I was towing a
disabled
> one behind a deuce tearing through the mountains, and I couldn't figure
out
> why people passing me were pointing at the deuce's rear-end with
expressions
> on their faces like bad extras in some horror flick. I pulled over after
> about half an hour of that stuff to find that the rear pass. side tire on
> the 151 had grenaded, and the thing must've been taking turns swaying left
> and right just out of the capture range of my mirrors and making a nice
> rim-sized wandering furrow in one of Washington's finest roadways. Oops.
>
> The other thing (and it's been covered here before) is that some people
> habitually remove the rear driveshaft before towing any 4wd vehicle any
> great distance. Don't do that on the M151. The only thing holding the
> output coupling to the output shaft of the transfer case is the presence
of
> the driveshaft itself (front and rear), so if you remove the driveshaft,
> you'll soon be following several miles of oil slick back to that spot in
the
> road where the output coupling fell off. Been there, done that. I guess
> you could remove both shafts and wire the couplings in place for the
> duration of the tow, but...I really haven't seen anything during or after
> towing to indicate that sort of operation would be necessary.
>
> I've towed them around town quite a bit (60 mi. plus) with CUCV vehicles
to
> and from film sets and stuff and have never had a problem that wasn't
> related to forgetting to pack a bungee cord. <shrug> Other mileage may
> vary, of course - as always.
>
>
>
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