my station wagon and palomino fold a wall

[brianradomski]

Check with a Ford or a Ford dealer (have the vin handy).  They will be able to tell you what the wagon is rated to tow.  Good luck with the PU.

Back  to  work tommorrow  so  i  had  the  time  today  drove  the  wagon  to  a  local  dealership  there  fore  with  the  VIN  from  it  they  could  do  nothing  so  i  am still  confirming  and  verifying>

[brianradomski]

Hello  again  sir  thank  you  and  everybody  for  having  me  here.
 What  a  scary  revelation  has  occured  tonight.  The  tongue  weight  of  my  MXL.  It  seems  to  me  the  tongue  weight  of  mine  is  either  300  or  350pds.  well  multiply  that  by  the  10(%)  and  i  have  3000  or  3500 pds which  is  just  about  TOO  heavy  for  my  wagon  which  means  everything  for  me  is  WRONG  and  i  blew  it!
        a  tongue weight  of 200  or  250  multiplied  by  10(%)  is  2000  or  2500  which  is  still  pushing  the  limit. What ever  your  camper's  tongue  weight  is  mine  has  to be  also.....mine is  far  away  yours  is  right  there  i  believe?  What  weight  is  the  tongue  on  yours  please? THANK  YOU!

[brianradomski]

Towing a pop-up with your wagon is not a problem at all.  I tow a 2001 Coleman Sea Pine with a 1991 Mercury Colony Park with the 302 V-8.  Mine has fuel injection, which is a big improvement from the carbureted version.  Probably the biggest impact on towing will be the rear axle ratio.  The factory trailer towing package included a 3.27 rear axle ratio.  My car has a 3.08, which is adequate, but not great.  Some of these cars might also have a 2.73.  That is geared toward gas mileage at freeway speeds at the sacrifice of low end power.  The factory tow package also included a heavy duty battery and alternator as well as dual exhausts.  I had the dual exhaust put on at a local Midas dealer.

As suggested by others, I have outfit the rear with Monroe load lever shocks.  I also had brand new springs installed front and rear, put performance Bilstein shocks up front, and an Addco sway bar in the rear.  I have never towed longer than 180 miles, and usually only 50 miles, so I have skipped the transmission cooler for now, in favor of frequent fluid flushes.  We are thinking of a slightly larger pop-up next year, at which point I plan to add the transmission cooler and perhaps a set of air lift 1000 air bags inside the rear coil springs.  I am also thinking of new rear gears as well.  
However, the greatest addition to the car is a set of Keystone Klassic chrome rims, circa 1970's, that upgrade the appearance of the car immensely.  Mine is a light crystal blue metallic color, and is in showroom new condition, inside and out.  As soon at the Keystone wheels went on, the car began to turn heads wherever it goes, particularly at the campground.  I have it polished so well that you can literally read a newpaper from its reflection on the hood.  I have also polished the wood veneer to a high gloss as well.  These cars are unique, and stand out in a world of me too SUV's.

REPLYING  HERE  IN  CAPITALS  SO  YOU  WONT  MISS  MY  THANKLS  AND  GRATITUDE  TO  YOU  FOR  THE  REPLY.  IT  IS  SO  TOTALLY  HELPFUL  THAT  YOU  TOW  WITH  A  302 ALSO!  SADLY  I  CANNOT  AFFORD  THE  APPROPRITES  YOU  HAD  INSTALLED  ONTO  YOUR  WAGON. A  U-HAUL  DEALRTSHIP  WAS  THE  ONLY  DEALER  WHO  COULD  SUPPLY  A  CLASS  II  CHASSIS  MOUNT  RECIEVER.  I  INSTALLED  THE  COOLER.  AS  I  WROTE  TO  MILLER  TYME  THOUGH  I  AM  GETTING  CONCERNED  THAT  IF  MY  TONGUE  WEIGHT  IS  200  TO  350  PDS  I  AM TALKING  A  2000 TO 3500  PD  CAMPER  WHICH  IS  STRETCHING  IT  FOR  MY  WAGON TRANS COOLER  OR  NOT  AND  CHUGGING  ALONG  AT  50  MPH (its  actually  fine  with  me  but)  IS  A BIT  SLOW  TO  GET  TO  FL  IN  2  DAYS  AS  USUAL.
           THE  SOUTH  IS  SO  FLAT  THAT  IF  ITS  FLAT  ENOUGH  THAT  ONCE  I  GET  MY  WAGON  OUT  ON  95  AND  ROLLING  IF  I  CAN  BET  HER  UP  TO  SPEED  THAT'LL  BE  BETTER.........UGH  WORRY  WORRY  WORRY  BUT  PLEASE  DONT  ANYBODY  TIRE  OF  PLEASE!!!   THANK  YOU!

[Miller Tyme]

Brian-
 
 I've never weighed the rig for it's tongue weight, but it's nowhere near 300 lbs. Tongue weight of the MXL's isn't that much, unless you have full dual propane tanks and a battery. Mine has just the single propane tank mounted in the center of the tongue, with no provision for a battery. My rig is light enough, that I can push it around the driveway with the front dolly wheel on.

[aw738]

In addition to the trans cooler i also added an innovation to the cooling. I just DO NOT care for thermal clutches on the cooling fan. I recall and "LOVE" the fan bolted right to the coolant pump for POWER COOLING.

The thermal clutch on your car if in proper working order is more than capable of keeping the engine/transmission cool. At highway speeds you dont' need a solid mounted fan. Also at todays gas prices disableing it will cause increased fuel consuption and noise.  

So I stuck bolts into that thermal clutch that locked the fan. There is a controversy that power is lost from the engine However many also agree that i AM cooling everything......."perfectly" now.

I'm not sure how you locked the clutch with bolts but that is in no way a safe practice. It could put undue stress on the water pump/fan clutch shaft. If the assembly is not in balance the results could be catastrophic. If your lucky all you could get is a ventalated hood or radiator.  I have known of a water pump shaft failing and decapitating someone. It happened in the small town where I work. If you are in doubt of the clutch on your car I would spend the $30-$50 dollars and get a new thermal fan clutch. It would be cheap insurance. Just don't get a syntrifical fan clutch or you will have overheating problems while towing.