yes..second series 5spds.. TR7 & 8's in particular They switched to ATF
if I recall.. it's been a while:-)
On 12/1/2015 3:33 PM, Randall wrote:
>> ..before I get blasted.. a little history.. back in the seventies
>> Triumphs were experiencing many gear box failures.
> Was that with TR6 or TR7?
>
>> They sent
>> a factory
>> rep to our shop (for one).. turns out the change to 80-90
>> gear lube was
>> the culprit...
> That's interesting, since supposedly they switched to recommending gear oil
> for exactly the same reason (but about 15 years
> earlier).
>
> As far as I know, they never stopped officially recommending gear oil for the
> TR6 gearbox. If it really caused such severe
> problems, you'd think they'd fix that in the 15 or so years (and 5 different
> car models) that they kept recommending gear oil.
>
> -- Randall
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