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Re: Synthetic Oil with Overdrive?

To: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@Autox.Team.Net>, mgs@triumph.cs.utah.edu
Subject: Re: Synthetic Oil with Overdrive?
From: Skip Kelsey <kelsey@value.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 19:38:45 -0700
Mark:

I talked to Redline today, and they advise using MT-90, which is a 15-40.
in overdrive gearboxes if you have this problem. I am running MTL with no
aadverse affects.

Cheers:

Skip..................At 08:08 PM 9/22/97 -0600, Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>
>      Which begs the question of how much you paid for it. The only price
>      I've seen for Redline MTL is $9.50 a quart from Summit.
>
>Yikes.  Saw this while cleaning up the digest and sending out another
>issue.  The Fat Chance Garage has Redline MTL in stock now, $7.00 per quart,
>plus shipping.  See the Monster List for more details about FCG, or send
>email to fcg@autox.team.net, and I'll eventually get around to answering it!
>
>While some folks have used either MTL or MT-90 in gearboxes with Laycock
>overdrives, the Redline synthetics in this weight may, in hot weather after
>an hour or so of driving, fail to provide enough hydraulic pressure to
>keep the OD engaged.  This has only happened to one person I know of.
>
>Someday I'll test some Redline 75W140NS, a non-sulfer gear oil that is
>thicker, and should work better as hydraulic fluid than the MTL, and still
>provide the high temp shear stability and film strength of a synthetic.
>
>mjb.
>
>


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