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Re: gear oil question/warning/ more Qs

To: Geegc@aol.com, Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com
Subject: Re: gear oil question/warning/ more Qs
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:30:37 -0800 (PST)
What is ear oil?


--- Geegc@aol.com wrote:
> So you think MT 90 is a bad idea, and recommend MTL, or just stay
> with 
> regular ear oil?  If so, what weight?  The Chilton recommends 140 for
> 32 to 
> 90 degrees, 90 for cooler temps.  In LA, it is never that cold.
> 
> How is the MT 90 working in the diff?  Any leakage?  What are you
> using in 
> the steering box?
> 
> Gary C
> 
> In a message dated 2/11/02 4:55:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Hey Gary C,
> > you asked about gear oils, and the manual said 140W, and there was
> a 
> > RedLine
> > answer, and I'm a little late but 'beware'.  Read the Red Line site
> tech
> > info, because some of those RL synthetics are incompatible with
> elderly
> > synchro materials. You want MTL, (thanks for the info, Victor and
> Craig
> > Carter) and there is one other but I can't remember its' name.  I
> bought
> > MT90 and then found it was only to be used in my diff.  (oh, and
> the 
> > RedLine
> > Oil website distributors list is a pile of @#$%.  I think I got
> mine at
> > Balboa Auto Parts on the corner of Devonshire/Balboa)
> > Also, since my trans seals won't hold synthetic, (too thin) I
> thought I'd 
> > be
> > real clever and put in 140W, and now when I drive the first 2 miles
> is
> > second gear synchro grind zone, until the oil heat/thins up.  Now I
> gotta
> > drain and go back to 75-90W.  You don't wanna know what your
> forearms feel
> > like after pumping 4.6 pints of 140W thru a tube.   Fergus O, 69
> 2000,
> > HB,CA.
> 
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