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Subject: transmission fluid
From: Robert J Carley <rcarley@uoguelph.ca>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:12:18 -0400 (EDT)

I seem to remember someone recently making a post about 
how their transmission was jumping out of third gear.

I was just reading through a copy of the Toronto Triumph club magazine,
and noticed an article on Transmission Lubricants.  The author states that
a group of his friends experienced this problem in TRs in which they had
used synthetic gear oils.  They performed experiments and tore down a
transmission to check the problem.

After reverting to standard 80-90 gear oil, the problem was gone.  They
also stated that synthetic gear oil caused problems getting into first
gear.

They recommend 20-50 engine oil in the OD equipped units.

I'm no expert, etc., just passing on what I read.

Robert Carley
73 TR6


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