Hi Robert,
Should I be running redline MTL in my non OD transmission -- 68 TR250
60K miles.
It shifts fine now.
Don Malling
"Robert M. Lang" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, michael lunsford wrote:
>
> > Ted Ciporin and I have the same problem. My transmission also grinds
> > when shifting rapidly from second to third and when downshifting
> > rapidly from 4th to third. This is not a big problem and I don't
> > notice it 99 percent of the time. The reason for this post is because
> > I rebuilt my transmission and put new synchros in it and I still have
> > the same problem. I have heard (after the rebuild) that if you lap
> > the synchros with valve grinding compound before you install them they
> > work much better but have no personal knowledge of this. I'm
> > certainly not going to pull the transmission out and do it again
> > unless it gets a lot worse and it's been the same for 20K miles.
> > I've tried synthetic oil, and regular gear oil but not motor oil or
> > ATF. If anyone has a simple solution to this problem I would like to
> > hear about it. By the way my trans is the early A type OD but not
> > original to my 1970 TR6.
>
> REDLINE MTL WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM UNLESS THE SYNCHROS ARE KNACKERED.
>
> > Mike Lunsford
>
> regards,
> rml
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