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Re: Gearbox oil question

To: "Triumph 6 Pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Gearbox oil question
From: "Ken Davis" <ken.davis@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 16:55:59 -0800
Readline MT90!  Wow.  What a difference.   Smooth, easy (even cold,
especially cold!), no synchro "mash" between 3-4 in OD...

Thanks everyone for the email, the support during my weeks worth of
work!

Ken

73 TR6, CF7000U0,   Vrrrooommmm, Vrrrooommmm

,
:
: Now that I'm back running, I've started to check and change the
vital fluids.
: The gearbox/J-OD is just fractionally low, and, as I was getting
ready to pump
: in a 1/2 pint, I read the container -- its a valvoline 85-90, but
it's GL5.
: Recall having read that GL5 is not good, bad for synchro (?).   Is
it?  Should
: I drain, flush and refill ( I have oodles of time on my hands),
and short of a
: GL4 refill, I hear mention that 20W50 motor oil is also a good
bet?
: Comments?
:
:
: Thanks
:
: Ken
: SSF
: 73 '6, CF7000U0

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