Yes, I called and talked with a Dave.
He was quite familiar with the Sprite rears and trannys.
HE said MTL inthe tranny, 75w90 in the rear.
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At 01:48 PM 5/30/97 -0700, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>On Fri, 30 May 1997, Jay Quinn wrote:
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>> I just ordered up 1 gal of 75W90 for the rear axel for the
>> Sprite and 1 gal of MTL for the tranny, which will
>> be in soon, from Redline. Yipee!
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>> Jay Quinn '62 Austin Healey MKII Sprite
>
>Jay,
>Is MTL the gear oil?
>I thought we weren't supposed to use gear oil in the tranny since the
>tranny takes motor oil.
>I am using Redline (I think it is MTL) in mine, but I have the Datsun
>5-speed installed now. It is nice in that it shifts the same whether hot
>or cold, but I somehow feel the tranny might be quiter with some heavier
>oil in it. I haven't run the Datsun tranny with regular oil, maybe I'll
>try it some time.
>
>I haven't tried Redline in the rear end, but would be surprised if you
>could really tell a difference. Let us know!
>
> Ulix __/__,__
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> '67 Sprite
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Jay Quinn '62 Austin Healey MKII Sprite
Systems Engineer
jpquinn@cyberramp.net
http://www.cyberramp.net/~jpquinn/index.htm
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