Re: Re: TR7/8 5 speed gearbox oil

[Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>]

> 
>      Every time we get on gear oils, transmission oil, and motor oil,
> I always have the feeling that we're not speaking the same language.


> honey !  I wondered why it wasn't thicker !  I would think 90W motor oil 
>would be realllll thick.


Actually this has been discussed a couple of times recently.  The SAE
viscosity scales for gear and motor oils are different.  SAE 30w
motor oil has about the same viscosity as 80w gear oil.