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Subject: [Healeys] Transmission Oil
From: pajtamuvek at gmail.com (Austin Healey)
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 13:15:02 +0200
References: <00cc01cbff1c$b5603760$2020a620$@ca> <BANLkTikGdBtjsKqLZ6Gy04qa6sZxzZYomA@mail.gmail.com> <002701cbff5d$af7457f0$0e5d07d0$@com>
Hi,

Unfortunatly neither could I find W30 nor Redline here in Hungary. Though I
managed to find a mineral based 80/90 GL4. Any chance that it will work?

Gergo

2011/4/20 Team.net <lawrence.swift at gmail.com>

> I tried MTL and my box sprang multiple leaks; changed back to 30wt and now
> no problems.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Peter Schauss
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:03 AM
> To: PG
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Transmission Oil
>
> My experience was just the opposite.  Shifting was considerably
> smoother with MTL.
> Shortly after I made the switch, however, I had problems with the
> overdrive dropping out.
> Replacing the o-ring in the accumulator seemed to solve the problem.
> Given the cost of MTL, however
> I decided to switch back to straight 30wt in case I had to drain the
> oil of the gear box
> multiple times in order to chase down the pressure loss issue.
>
> - Peter Schauss
> 1963 BJ7
> 1980 MGB
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:35 AM, PG <britishcars at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > However, here's an observation..I recently switched from 30wt
> non-detergent
> > oil to Redline MTL and what I found surprised me...
> > I found that my gearbox ground going into both second and third both in
> > upshifting and downshifting.it's like the syncros can't grip.  Keep in
> mind
> > that I rebuilt the transmission last year.
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