Jim,
My SAAB uses motor oil in the Tranny. To me, however this does not make
sense as the shearing action ofthe gears should be much harder on motor
oil than gear lube. Knowing the longetivity of SAAB's, however, I'd say
they know what they are doing.
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
1960 TR3-A TS69032L
'74 Norton Commando Roadster
On Mon, 4 Nov 1996 13:37:46 -0500 JimBPPS@aol.com writes:
>Fellow Scions,
>
>I've been following this on and off thread on the proper gear oil for
>the OD
>equipped TR trannys for several months. I am curious as to why there
>is so
>much disagreement. The red factory Service Instruction Manual and the
>glove-box owners manual, plainly call for motor oil; Duckum's NOL
>"thirty",
>MobilOil A, Castrol XL, Energol S.A.E. 30, Shell X-100, and ESSOLube
>30.
> These are all standard motor oils! The very same oils as are called
>for in
>the crankcase!
>
>I know that there has been tremendous improvements and changes in all
>motor
>oils in the thirty-something years since the specifications were
>written.
> However, I would think that the current motor oils available are
>still the
>best choice for the tranny! I currently use Castrol 20-50 in the
>engine and
>when I put my car back together I plan on putting 20-50 in the tranny
>also.
>
>Any other "motor oil in the tranny" users out there? Any comments or
>discussion?
>
>Looking forward to hearing from you all,
>
>Jim Bauder
>Palo Alto, CA
>'58 TR3 (in boxes for now)
>
>
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