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Re: gear oil question/warning/ more Qs

To: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@attbi.com>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: gear oil question/warning/ more Qs
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 06:46:09 -0500
Gordon,

Having kids also accelerates the process :)

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@attbi.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:20 PM
Subject: RE: gear oil question/warning/ more Qs


> It's something that develops as you get older. It lubricates sounds so
that they
> go in one ear and out the other more easily.
>
> Marriage has been rumored to accelerate it's production, but there is no
> scientific proof of this.  ;-)
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Adam Bradley
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:31 PM
> > To: Geegc@aol.com; Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com
> > Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: gear oil question/warning/ more Qs
> >
> >
> > What is ear oil?
> >
> >
> > --- Geegc@aol.com wrote:
> > > So you think MT 90 is a bad idea, and recommend MTL, or just stay
> > > with
> > > regular ear oil?  If so, what weight?  The Chilton recommends 140 for
> > > 32 to
> > > 90 degrees, 90 for cooler temps.  In LA, it is never that cold.
> > >
> > > How is the MT 90 working in the diff?  Any leakage?  What are you
> > > using in
> > > the steering box?
> > >
> > > Gary C
> > >
> > > In a message dated 2/11/02 4:55:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hey Gary C,
> > > > you asked about gear oils, and the manual said 140W, and there was
> > > a
> > > > RedLine
> > > > answer, and I'm a little late but 'beware'.  Read the Red Line site
> > > tech
> > > > info, because some of those RL synthetics are incompatible with
> > > elderly
> > > > synchro materials. You want MTL, (thanks for the info, Victor and
> > > Craig
> > > > Carter) and there is one other but I can't remember its' name.  I
> > > bought
> > > > MT90 and then found it was only to be used in my diff.  (oh, and
> > > the
> > > > RedLine
> > > > Oil website distributors list is a pile of @#$%.  I think I got
> > > mine at
> > > > Balboa Auto Parts on the corner of Devonshire/Balboa)
> > > > Also, since my trans seals won't hold synthetic, (too thin) I
> > > thought I'd
> > > > be
> > > > real clever and put in 140W, and now when I drive the first 2 miles
> > > is
> > > > second gear synchro grind zone, until the oil heat/thins up.  Now I
> > > gotta
> > > > drain and go back to 75-90W.  You don't wanna know what your
> > > forearms feel
> > > > like after pumping 4.6 pints of 140W thru a tube.   Fergus O, 69
> > > 2000,
> > > > HB,CA.
> > >
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