Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #258

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Stock tiedowns are fine for towing, just not LIFTING.  The
hooks are more than strong enough, its that the when the tow
truck droid tries to lift by them the straps/chain/whatever
will press against the nose and reshape it.

If you are pulling straight out from the tow hooks,
everything will be fine.


Tom Blough &
"Molly" '99 Red LP
Nutmeg Miata Newsletter Editor
mailto:tblough@snet.net
Avon, CT


-----Original Message-----
From: miata@realbig.com [mailto:miata@realbig.com]On Behalf
Of Greg
Jacobs
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:44 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Water pump limp home


DO NOT USE THE STOCK TIE DOWNS!!

unless you want to "re shape" your MX-5..

-----Original Message-----
From: Lance Karl Schall <lkschall@earthnet.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@realbig.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 7:36 PM
Subject: Water pump limp home


>It won't do too much good to run the heater without moving
the coolant.
>Besides, with no alternator the battery won't like to run
the heater fan.
>Same with repeated re-starting.  How long will the battery
last?
>
>Repairing the car in the parking lot at work is an option,
but the water
>pump belt is "behind" the P/S and AC belts, so the job is
twice as
difficult
>as you think.  And it is far and away easiest to get to the
lower
alternator
>bolt from under the car, which suggests jacking it up.  So
the job is three
>times as difficult as you think.
>
>If it was my project, I'd flat tow it home with a tow rope,
front tie
downs,
>and a friend to help.
>
>Lance
>
>