Before you I did search but didn't find a definitive answer about the towing question!

 

Can you use a tow dolly with a Brat. In my case, 86, manual tranny with dual range t-case.

 

On my push bar, there are this plastic pieces, don't know what they are called so I took pictures:

 

These are now very sun rotten and chalky. These are not the originals, I actually made them from plastic stock back around 1997. Can you get originals or should I start making them again?

 

On another note, I will have a surprise on Sunday

It shouldn't be a problem towing it, We hauled mine about 20 miles with front wheels on a dolly. As long as there is sufficient fluid in the trans, it will be at the back of the casing anyway, it will keep it lubed as the d/s turns.

YOu shouldnt need a dolly with a manual with a dual range. The dual range should have a Neutral between low and high. That disconnects the driveline from the transmission.

 

 

nipper

YOu shouldnt need a dolly with a manual with a dual range. The dual range should have a Neutral between low and high. That disconnects the driveline from the transmission.

 

 

nipper

 

Ummm . . . or just leave it in fwd.

yep. just FWD and neutral and you're okay. (provided front bearings and other components are in good working order )

yep. just FWD and neutral and you're okay. (provided front bearings and other components are in good working order )

 

I would be using the tow dolly, so only the rear on the ground. OK, just wanted to make sure!

I wouldn't use the t-case "neutral" position. It's just hitting between the detents for hi and low, and if the selector moves while the car is in motion, it can cause a lot of damage to the transmission.

Put the selector in FWD, and the shifter in neutral, and you will be fine.

YOu shouldnt need a dolly with a manual with a dual range. The dual range should have a Neutral between low and high. That disconnects the driveline from the transmission.

 

 

nipper

 

DO NOT leave Lever between positions! There is no "NEUATRAL". Subarus literature warns against this. I believe it even says so on the sticker below the Dual range shifter. But it definately says it in the owners manuals and FSM's Leave it in FWD so the rear driveline is disengaged.

I've done it a few times (not saying that its right but didnt know it was wrong either).

Then how come the occasional thread comes up that the car will start, will shift, will rev, but wont move. Usually its the d/r accidentally put in neutral.

 

nipper

I've done it a few times (not saying that its right but didnt know it was wrong either).

Then how come the occasional thread comes up that the car will start, will shift, will rev, but wont move. Usually its the d/r accidentally put in neutral.

 

nipper

There is a spot in the shifter range where it is not engaged to either gear, but that is not "neutral". It is simply no fully engaged to either. I just know that Subaru warns against it repeatedly. Even to the point of a sticker right there on the shifter:

 

"When shift lever depress clutch while driving. Do not leave shifter between HI and LO positions"

There is a spot in the shifter range where it is not engaged to either gear, but that is not "neutral". It is simply no fully engaged to either. I just know that Subaru warns against it repeatedly. Even to the point of a sticker right there on the shifter:

 

"When shift lever depress clutch while driving. Do not leave shifter between HI and LO positions"

 

Now here i thought that was while the engine was running. I'll have to see if i still have the FSM out of curiosity and look at the guts of the tranny.

 

nipper

Now here i thought that was while the engine was running. I'll have to see if i still have the FSM out of curiosity and look at the guts of the tranny.

 

nipper

 

I have looked, and honestly can't find a real reason why it wouldn't be Okay, other than that there really isn't clearance or "space" for it, you're basically just right on the edge of engagement of either gear and perhaps a small movement could cause it to grab suddenly, and just at the edge. This could damage the tooth edges?

 

I just tend to think there is a reason they put that sticker there. But who knows, maybe the resaon was just to cover there own arses IF there was ever a problem.