Jerry,
I have a '61 E-Type with the original Moss box that also suffers from
slow synchros. I haven't tried this myself, but at least a couple of
people on the E-Type list have put Redline MTL (a synthetic) into their
gearboxes and have experienced noticable improvement. It is not
immediate, they say, but comes after driving some time with the MTL.
I don't know why this is, but it seems to contradict Paul's notion that
the synchros get slower with synthetics. I'm guessing that it might have
something to do with the fact that synthetic oils don't tend to be as
thick at lower temperatures. You'll know what I mean if you've ever
dumped a quart of Mobil 1 into a valve cover versus a quart of Castrol
20w-50. The Mobil 1 will literally fall out of the bottle while the
Castrol will glug slowly.
David Littlefield
1962 MGA MkII
1974 MG Midget vintage racecar
1951 MGTD
1961 Jaguar E-Type OTS
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:27:52 EDT GMGoodman@aol.com writes:
> I currently have a smoothcase in my "59 Bugeye....Read something the
> other
> day and this idea came to mind....looking of experienced
> opinions....
> The Smoothcase has slow syncros...and is pretty easy to beat
> shifting...here's the idea....I have heard that Slick 50 makes a
> transmission
> lubricant that makes shifting very smooth and quiets
> transmissions.....has
> anyone ever tried this product? It is supposed to be a SUPER
> Lubridcant...
> Could it make things more quiet...but more importantly speed up the
> syncros??????
________________________________________________________________
/// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try
/// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
/// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive/spridgets
|