- 1. SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:52:24 -0600
- I am working on a friends SPIT with OD. The owner wants to find out why it is nonfunctional... Once I get all the wiring straightened out I was planning on installing new OD filter and change the fl
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00728.html (7,257 bytes)
- 2. RE: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:00:15 -0600
- Yes, the Spitfire O/D trans shares the oil between the gearbox and o/d unit. The factory manual does list 80-90 wt trans oil as the preferred fluid... I know that MG used to suggest something more l
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00729.html (8,203 bytes)
- 3. Re: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:07:24 -0800
- Don't want to split hairs here, but it's actually Laycock De Normanville 8^) Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00730.html (7,980 bytes)
- 4. RE: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:10:22 -0600
- Thanks Joe... haven't had breakfast yet today... ain't work fun? Jim
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00731.html (8,395 bytes)
- 5. RE: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 12:21:31 -0500
- I've sometimes heard talk of using a straight 50-weight oil (no multigrade), but I can't recall where I heard or read it. Again, once everything else (electrical, mechanism, filter, etc.) has been el
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00732.html (8,776 bytes)
- 6. Re: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:30:47 EST
- There was a "Notice to Dealers" in the '60''s on this issue. We discussed it on the list about 6 months ago. Don't have time right now to look it up again but I THINK it said to use engine oil (50W)
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00744.html (7,454 bytes)
- 7. RE: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:38:51 -0500
- THAT's where I think I heard it before - I KNEW I wasn't imagining it!! fluid... I for it's Normanville There was a "Notice to Dealers" in the '60''s on this issue. We discussed it on the list about
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00745.html (7,920 bytes)
- 8. Re: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 04:58:01 -0500
- The OD and the gearbox share the same oil.The OD and gearbox are filled through the same plug. Good luck,Rick Hand
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00746.html (7,587 bytes)
- 9. RE: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:56:51 -0700
- This is an interesting and somewhat controversial topic. I remember asking this question when I first joined the list as well -- replies were basically the same as any other iteration of this debate
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00748.html (8,622 bytes)
- 10. RE: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 18:31:13 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
- Not that I'm an expert, but I recently bought a newly rebuilt O/D trans from my TR3B. The builder (Quantum Mechanics) sent along an instruction sheet that said to only use "non-detergent straight 20W
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00761.html (8,493 bytes)
- 11. Re: SPIT OD (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:08:33 EST
- << sometimes heard talk of using a straight 50-weight oil (no multigrade), but I can't recall where I heard or read it. Again, once everything else (electrical, mechanism, filter, etc.) has been elim
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00765.html (7,456 bytes)
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