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I have searched and can not find out if you can tow a Mustang. I would be towing it behind Class A. Any help you can provide would be great. Thanks.
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AFChap
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Did you check at www.remcotowing.com ??? ...there should be a spot on their website where you can input year and other info and get accurate information on what is requried to flat tow whatever Mustang you have.
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brobox
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A little more information would be helpful. They have been making Mustangs since 1965. Manufactures change from year to year if the vehicles are towable. What year, auto or manual transmission? As AFchap recommended, a good place to start would be Remco.
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I am looking to buy either a Fox body style V8 convertable with a manual transmission. If I can't find one that I like, I will likely buy a newer one.
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You might want to take a look at the dingy guide in Motor Home Magazine and see if you can find one that you can tow, 4 down.
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brobox
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Checking Remco's site, it doesn't look like too many Mustangs are towable without a trailer.
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We just sold our 2000 red Mustang convertible that had a 6 cylinder and manual transmission. We towed it to Yuma several times without any problems. Never had a transmission pump or braking system, since it weighed just over 3,000 lbs. It was a fun "kid's car" that we just got too old to enjoy.
Friends have a slightly newer Mustang with a V8, and tow it without any difficulties. I can't recall if it had an automatic, but I doubt it.
The owner's manual says none of the Mustangs can be towed. However, check with a baseplate supplier and they can tell you if it is safe to tow or not. I believe only those with the automatic shouldn't be towed.
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Ford approves 4-down towing with the Mazda-derivative M5OD transmission used in certain years in the Ranger and in certain Fox-body (and later) Mustangs. There are restrictions (55 mph, 200 miles) which would make many people say that this is not really towable.
The Mitsubishi-derivative M5OD transmission used simultaneously with the Mazda is not OKed by Ford for towing. The 4-speed overdrive may or may not be, the 4-speed Warner Gear and 5-speed Tremec boxes are not.
Fox-body was used for almost 20 years, there were a lot of different drivetrains, you need to know exactly what you have. In most model years where there were different tranmissions used with different packages, if any of the transmissions were not flat-towable, the owner's manual simply restricted towing for all.
I doubt you will find the Mazda transmission with a V8, the ratios are spread too wide, V8s usually have a close-ratio box. You might find the Mazda with the four-cylinder (but Ford could also use the Mitsubishi), maybe with the 3.8 V-6 (which was a little too strong for the Mitsubishi). Depending also on model year.
With a manual transmission, the main issue is accelerated wear of the output shaft bearing, which gets splash lubricated only when the input shaft and countershaft are spinning. It is not going to blow up, people can tow thousands of miles and not have a problem. It is just a problem the guy who has to replace the bearing (and maybe the output shaft) at 20-50 thousand miles, on a transmission that should have been trouble free for half a million miles.
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Not to argue with tatest but I talked directly with Tremec regarding my 2001 Mustang GT, 5 speed. They told me to tow it 4 wheels down only and tow it a million miles with no modifications. Two years later, so far so good. I have met others who are doing the same.
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