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I can't think of any mechanical reason for a limit. Everything is turning whether you are in all wheel drive, or are not. In the pickup truck world, trucks with positraction front differentials are very squirrely if you leave the hubs locked, as the losses between the right side, and left side...

A long time ago, several months after I bought my first 4WD vehicle... a pickup truck..., it snowed.... And, for the first time ever, I was excited that I had to go someplace ...IN THE SNOW! Not knowing quite what to expect, I took some little baby steps in the parking lot. I locked the hubs...

So, you see, having a 2wd car in the north country can be an advantage... If you can't get going in the snow, you won't have to discover the physics of how all vehicles with 4 wheel brakes stop about the same in the snow. -Chuck

Let me introduce one and all to the Wayback machine: Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine From the Wayback machine, you can get a snapshot of most any website back to 1994, or so. Unfortunately, when I try the wayback machine with...

Which is exactly the sort of preventative maintenance the government was trying to avoid by using DOT5. -Chuck

Yep! Using DOT3 because you think it will adsorb any stray water and keep the system from rusting is, as they say, a fools paradise. DOT3 has a very high boiling point, and DOT5's is even higher.... but as soon as the DOT3 absorbs any water, its boiling point starts heading down towards 212F...

I'll try to answer the three main questions here: Yes, water will drop to a low point in a DOT5 system. But that point is generally in the sump of the M/C. Any water that got past the sump, would probably never leave the master cylinder... but assume that it did, and made its way to the wheel...

The '84 manual says the maximum tow speed is specified in the '10 for the towing vehicle. -Chuck

The second manual you posted has a 20MPH speed restriction for flat towing on primary and secondary roads. -Chuck

Initially, I thought that the 15MPH might be for the off road section, but on close inspection, I don't think so. Notice that the section I posted has three independent paragraphs about towing: (a) Highway Tow (b) Cross-Country Tow (c) Towing Precautions for Wheeled Vehicles And that the sub...

Imagine if one of these beasts was towed, got loose, and and rolled through a school, or a playground. I'd bet it would, and does. I fully expect that I will get tarred and feathered for even mentioning it. As Travis said, "Just because you can doesn't mean that you should." -Chuck

I understand that. I was commenting on things that were brought up in the thread. [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]Does it say anything about use and applications? I read of the speed limitations in one of the TM's for the deuce that discussed towing... but I can't remember which one. Time to...

It takes a surprising small amount of water to turn a detergent oil into a very gloppy mayonnaise like emulsion... diesel fuel enhances the process. The end result looks like milk added to coffee. I'm guessing that you accidentally did this to yourself by pouring some WMO that had a big glob...

I have to wonder about several things: First, the TM's I have read all seem to indicate that towbars are meant for low speed emergency recoveries. I haven't seen anything that says they are rated for towing a deuce, 6 wheels down, down the highway at highway speed. Second, lynch pins, and all...

DOT5 will not rust a wheel cylinder on the liquid side. The rust you might find will be on the dry side, and is caused by water that leaks past the boots into the dry side when you go fording, and mudding, and don't immediately tear the system apart and clean it like the TM's say you should...

If you do, don't forget that the tandem axles are tied together by their center drive shaft, nothing will turn unless at least two wheels are jacked up. -Chuck

Do lockouts help? Yes, and no. They only help fuel mileage to the degree that they stop the gears in a differential from spinning, and to the degree that they stop tire scuffing. First, lockouts should not be used on the front axle of a truck that has a sprag transfer case.... it will do...

Differentials confuse a lot of people. Although it appears from a diagram that there is a driven and a non driven side, it isn't really that way. Unless the differential is broken, neither axle shaft is directly connected to the ring and pinion set. The ring and pinion set drive a spider gear...

Absolutely correct! To anyone that is confused about that, think about what your car does when it suddenly accelerates: The front lifts up, and the back hunkers down. This is because the center of mass is above the wheels, and the wheels are trying to run away from the center of mass.... that...

Here's a copy. -Chuck