mrLEE30 wrote:if you are not towing it far (25 miles) stick an extra litre of tranny oil in the thing and tow it slowly (30mph) in neutral

Thanks - its about 50 miles I have to go. If I can't get the prop off then will break journey into 2 and do that. Watch out for slow moving Passat down M23 with BMW on tow

thanks SPADGE

I am going to be towing my new auto home tomorrow.

I am going to remove the propshaft to save the gearbox (I hope)

Could someone reassure me that it's not a difficult job to remove the propshaft on an E30 please

Beswick wrote:Get a tow truck to lift it from the back, i did it and its a lot easier and less worries about the box burning out.

Thanks folks. I have a rigid 'A' frame tow thingy. rather than add / remove oil, I will have a go at removing drive shaft - assume its 8 bolts and drop type of thing??

I think if you are towing using a fixed 'A' frame, or dolly, the car does not need to be taxed or have an MOT. Its classified as a trailer, and therefore subject to max trailer weights / braking for your tow car but thats all.

With a 'bar' dont know...

Hi,

Picking up an 87 e30 auto on saturday, which I hope to tow home (about 50 miles).

Read about max speeds (30mph) and gearbox oil heat (max40 miles) - could someone check the handbook to see what it says about towing one of these please?

thanks in advance.

skr

Hi - hopefully will be collecting my 87 e30 convertible this Saturday. Needs a few bits doing to it, but appears to be sound, and also has a hard to with it (which I am told is fairly unusual) Anyways - hope to contribute wherever I can, and apologies in advance for silly questions that I know I wil...