>1) Oil Pressure. Souds OK. 90 is a little high at start-are you
>using a multi-grade oil? I was told to (and do) use 20W-50 (Castrol)
>in my TR. The 20w number refers to its effective viscosity at low
>temps.
I'm presently using 10W-40. Wouldn't I expect a higher pressure (both
hot & cold) with the 20W-50?
>But like others have probably said, unless it dips seriously when
>*idling* you sound OK.
When idling it drops from about 50 psi cold (roughly) to about 25 psi
or so after 20-30 minutes of driving.
>The OD is bolted to the back of the gearbox which is in turn bolted,
>of course, to the back of the engine.
I'll look again, but I don't recall seeing anything resembling an OD
unit when I was working on the clutch. I suspect that, as someone
already mentioned, the original tranny was replaced with a non-OD unit.
>Good luck! And welcome, welcome to your TR. :-)
Thanks! I'm enjoying it quite a bit, and haven't had much of a chance
to drive it so far. (I suspect my motorcycle is going to be extremely
jealous for the next month or so! <g>) I have to say that I've never
driven a car with such tight steering as this. One little twich and
you're in the other lane! Not like the "bump steering" of my Astro van
at all.
>ps.s if you have WWW access, I maintain a TR6 page at:
>http://www.mit.edu:8001:/people/zimerman/tr6.html
We're supposed to get WWW access at AOL Real Soon Now. I'll save off
your address so I'll have a place to play when I do get it.
Bruce Krobusek
Rochester NY
tinyhost@aol.com
'83 R80RT
'72 TR6
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