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    Red face towing in 5th???

    i am going up north later this year---i will be towing a tinny loaded on a trailer ---probably no more than 300 kg or so --surely the weak box on the old girl can handle that weight???????????----if not i am starting to lose all that respect i have got for my old datsun lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    5th should be fine on easy roads, if bigger inclines drop down to fourth.

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    I always tow in 4th. Keep an eye on the revs.

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    PS Don't forget your max speed on the open road is only 100kph towing the trailer.
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    Mate, I'd say that weight would be fine in 5th. I towed a 25ft boat to exmouth and blew 5th half way, but that was 3/4 ton.
    If she starts lo labour a bit up hill, pull er back one. cheers. ps mine was a MK sd33t. GU box is a bit tougher, but seek ynots advice, he's the guru.
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    Hmmm... a 99 GU eh... you might be in the danger bracket for the dodgy 5th gear machining problem in the early manual boxes. If you have the correctly machined splines, shafts etc then you can tow for years in 5th. If you have a dodgy box and the gear and shaft hasn't already been replaced heavy towing in 5th is def a risk.

    300 to 400 Kg isn't very much load tho...

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    Quote Originally Posted by the evil twin View Post
    Hmmm... a 99 GU eh... you might be in the danger bracket for the dodgy 5th gear machining problem in the early manual boxes. If you have the correctly machined splines, shafts etc then you can tow for years in 5th. If you have a dodgy box and the gear and shaft hasn't already been replaced heavy towing in 5th is def a risk.

    300 to 400 Kg isn't very much load tho...

    Check out this thread for more info

    http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...highlight=gear
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    Quote Originally Posted by the ferret View Post
    Mate, I'd say that weight would be fine in 5th. If she starts lo labour a bit up hill, pull er back one.
    That's the best advice.
    As ET suggested your only real concern is whether or not you have the upgraded 5th gear, unfortunately there is no external way to determine if the G/box has been upgraded. If it's been upgraded you can tow in 5th all you want, but if you're not sure follow ET's advice, when it starts to labour, pull it back a gear.

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    Iv always towed in 5th in my GQ is it only a Gu problem?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost View Post
    Iv always towed in 5th in my GQ is it only a Gu problem?
    It's pretty much all explained in the links, cobber.

    There was a small production run of 5 Speed boxes where the splines were not fully machined for 5th gear. Obviosly it took a while for the failures to occur and when the did Nissan replaced the faulty components.

    I think the problem was very late 90's to very early 2000's but not exactly sure

    All was OK prior and since
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    great...i got the 2000 model and am pulling a 12x5 trailer that will be loaded up to its 2t capacit...I dont wanna be driving 4100km's to Darwin in 4th gear?

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