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1. OD (score: 1): Author: frank krajewski <frankk@intap.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:22:45 -0400; I recently acquired a very rusty 79B which I am proceeding to part out. It has an od tranny that works fine which I am going to put in my 80 B. My shop manual (Bentley) says to fill the tranny, drive; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00858.html (8,171 bytes)
2. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:39:24 -0500; Hi Frank, The later MGB gearboxes have no dipstick. The earlier ones do. Thus the characterizations, "top-fill" and "side-fill." My Bentley manual only covers models through '74, so it covers top-fil; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00859.html (8,031 bytes)
3. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: "wizardz" <wizardz@maxinter.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:25:15 -0400; The key word there is non-detergent!. Yep.. MG's... same oil in the engine and tranny. I use Castrol 20-50 year round here in MD in my engine and O/D tranny. Always have... always will. Now the inter; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00864.html (9,188 bytes)
4. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: frank krajewski <frankk@intap.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:02:32 -0400; Paul: Isn't the Castrol 20-50 a detergent oil? I have always used it in my LBCs assumed it was a detergent based oil. The 30 wt. I get for the trannies is specifically non-detergent. Frank; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00865.html (9,787 bytes)
5. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: frank krajewski <frankk@intap.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:07:18 -0400; Charley: The shop manual is clear about not using detergent oil in the tranny. I assumed the Castrol 20-50 was a detergent oil so I have been using a 30 wt. non-detergent. The 75-80 Bentley Manual sa; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00866.html (8,877 bytes)
6. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:42:42 -0500; I never did see a reasonable explanation of why one should use non-detergent oil in the L de N, MGB overdrive. The driver's handbook in my Bentley manual makes no such distinction. CR; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00867.html (7,691 bytes)
7. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:37:41 -0700; "diversity of temperatures"? I can't think of two places in the country (where MGBs would be in regular use, anyway) where the temperatures vary as much as the temperature variation inside an engine; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00868.html (8,777 bytes)
8. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:59:05 -0500; I have the Bently manual. I have found nothing in it about using non-detergent oil. What page did you find that on? Show me that I'm wrong and I'll change the oil today. Cheers, CR; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00869.html (7,760 bytes)
9. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: David Deutsch <mgman@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:32:24 -0400; Reason for non-detergent oil use in tranny is that it doesn't foam up under high pressure cirulation like the detergent oil will. Safety Fast, David Deutsch PS: Charley, if your towing your car with; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00874.html (8,309 bytes)
10. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:40:44 -0700; I am running a late OD tranny in my 66. It does not have a dipstick, so I filled it through the side hole as you described. I am using also using 30wt engine oil, with no problems except for a little; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00875.html (9,644 bytes)
11. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:16:55 -0700; I would further speculate that the detergent additives are completely unnecessary in a transmission, since it has no combustion byproducts to contend with... David Deutsch had this to say: -- Max Hei; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00878.html (8,925 bytes)
12. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: "RL Chrysler" <lchrysl@fhs.csu.McMaster.CA>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:13:47 -0400; The way I always understood it, you don't want a detergent oil because by it's nature, it keeps everything in suspension and circulating, whereas a non detergent oil allows contaminants to settle to; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00881.html (8,753 bytes)
13. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 05:33:15 -0500; See below: By "diversity...." I meant the climatic temp spreads as the seasons change. That's the way the lube charts in the manuals are organized. For instance, for temps around 10 F, the chart 0n; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00903.html (10,626 bytes)
14. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 05:42:42 -0500; Hi Dave, According to that logic, my OD shouldn't work. It does. Also, I ran Castrol 20W-50 detergent oil in the OD I had before for over five years, never had a problem with it. As far as I know, no; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00904.html (9,041 bytes)
15. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 05:50:51 -0500; Hi Max, I'll concede that you may have a point there. The question remains as to whether the detergents will do any harm in the OD tranny. For the life of me, I can't see why they would and I tend to; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00905.html (8,608 bytes)
16. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 06:00:21 -0500; Hi Rich, Well, the OD gearbox has a filter in it. You want the gook to stay in the oil so that the filter can grab it. According to what I read recently in my Haynes manual, that "suspension" busines; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00907.html (8,692 bytes)
17. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: paul.hunt1@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:41:35 +0100; Dunno whether Castrol 20W/50 is detergent or not, but that is one of several oils (all engine oils) that the factory recommended. PaulH. -- Original Message -- From: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobin; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00947.html (9,689 bytes)
18. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: frank krajewski <frankk@intap.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:28:05 -0400; Charley: Page 73 of the Bentley Complete Official MGB 1975-1980, copyroght 1980 states "NOTE: SAE 90 Hypoid oil is also suitable for use in the gearbox, with ot without overdrive....." Need I say mor; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00955.html (8,979 bytes)
19. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:28:47 -0500; Hi Paul, I have a jug of it before me as I hunt 'n peck. (G) It sez on the back: " Superior detergency action to help prevent deposits." Makes all kinds of other claims too. Cheers, CR; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00958.html (8,236 bytes)
20. Re: OD (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:59:13 -0500; Thanks a whole lot for putting a private message of mine on the list, Frank. I suppose you wanted to embarrass me. Well, it worked, I guess and it also showed what kind of guy you are. CR; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00961.html (7,924 bytes)

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