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1. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:15:27 EDT; Unless you race! In which case it can trash it within 30 minutes! Beware. Bill Spohn; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00740.html (7,459 bytes)
2. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 18:43:39 -0700; Poppycock!! You can't blame Red Line for a failed transmission, something else was wrong with that box, perhaps even its basic design. If you want a heavier oil use Red Line MT-90 for racing. High qu; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00741.html (8,538 bytes)
3. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:22:10 -0500; Hey Stuart, the OD has a friction clutch as a major component. That changes the equation. Bill is not attacking Redline. John; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00743.html (9,230 bytes)
4. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 00:57:08 EDT; << Hey Stuart, the OD has a friction clutch as a major component. That changes the equation. Bill is not attacking Redline. John Indeed, John - Redline oils are _too_ slippery for the proper function; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00752.html (7,929 bytes)
5. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:43:24 -0700; Do you engage the OD when racing? Not being a racer I wouldn't know, but that is definitely asking a lot of the unit, and your experience I'm sure is valid. I am only concerned with longevity for my; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00761.html (8,149 bytes)
6. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:55:44 EDT; Yes - in 4th gear only. I am only concerned with longevity for my daily drivers, I'm sure that it is excellent lubrication - I use it in my engines. I am very careful to back off the throttle when sh; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00775.html (9,438 bytes)
7. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:15:24 -0700; Interesting stuff, someday I am going to have to build up a racing MGB, what the heck it is only time and money! Thinking about how the OD works with the unidirectional clutch when disengaged, you m; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00777.html (8,716 bytes)
8. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 19:01:31 EDT; If you are going to all that tiem and expense, why build a mundane MGB? Make it a really interesting MGA, as I do ;-) Fortunately it wasn't me getting the slippage (I can read directions and when it; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00779.html (8,638 bytes)
9. OD Lube (score: 1): Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:39:55 GMT; Firstly, let me say that I have no experience with ODs. Nor am I an expert on oils. However, have the "no Redline in ODs" lobby considered that MTL and MT-90 have friction modifiers to enable the syn; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00783.html (8,031 bytes)
10. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:57:45 EDT; and MT-90 > have friction modifiers to enable the synchromesh to work and that this Simon, synchroniser rings wear when engaging a gear. Better lubrication will minimise that wear and prolong the use; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00800.html (9,811 bytes)
11. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <Lundgren@iname.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:22:30 -0600 (MDT); After reading though the suggestions I put in ND30. I have noticed that my shifting in my newly-professionally rebuild O/D is not as smooth as it was in my non-O/D running HD30. Are most of you OD ow; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00802.html (8,140 bytes)
12. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:40:35 EDT; I use an HD 40. It is intentionally heavier weight as the transmission gets hot enough to inflict second degree burns when used in racing. I want to have something a little thicker than water going a; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00806.html (8,547 bytes)
13. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:40:38 -0700; Hmmm, I'm running normal engine oil, so I assume it's detergent. Never thought of that as a factor. I wonder if your "new" transmission just needs to break in a bit. Andrew B. Lundgren had this to sa; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00815.html (8,624 bytes)
14. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:15:27 -0700; I see I have failed to convince you of the superiority of Red Line MTL, Bill and I can argue this one at the ABFM on Saturday, but I know there is no point in doing that. If I had a spare OD tranny l; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00822.html (9,492 bytes)
15. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:52:20 -0600 (MDT); Yeah, I'm afraid I am going to go with the list, neighbor, manufacturer, manuals and guy who rebuilt my tranny. (My neighbor tried the MT-90 in his, he said it took about 3 miles @ 35-40mph to dis-en; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00844.html (10,808 bytes)
16. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:40:50 -0700; I would suspect that detergents are not of much value in a transmission, since no combustion is taking place. But the other premium additives in HD may have a function (anti-foaming, for instance), a; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00849.html (9,213 bytes)
17. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Bob Shaw <shaws@mlcltd.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:40:04 -0500; I run the same Castrol 20/50 in my overdrive that I run in my engine. I know John Twist does the same. I would guess that Lawrie does also, but he can confirm or deny that. A new box is going to be a; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00860.html (8,604 bytes)
18. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:20:41 -0700; Nope! I run straight Valvoline Racing 30 wt. in all my (and my customers') MGB gearboxes, both with and without overdrive. Lawrie --Original Message-- From: Bob Shaw <shaws@mlcltd.com> To: Andrew B.; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00864.html (9,145 bytes)
19. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:23:18 -0700; Either HD 30, 20w-50, or Red Line MTL will work. MT-90 is physically thicker and I wouldn't use it except under racing conditions where the heat will thin it enough for the pump to pump it and for i; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00870.html (13,144 bytes)
20. Re: OD Lube (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:40:43 -0700; Ahh, interesting. I've always used 30wt, and I wondered why others used multigrades. I thought maybe they were taking the "use engine oil" instruction too literally, and therefore using exactly what; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00878.html (9,769 bytes)

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