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Re: [Healeys] Gearbox oil

To: Richard Kahn <tahoehealey@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gearbox oil
From: I Erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:05:15 -0700
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It most likely does not drip because its empty :)
Yes to non-detergent oil in a transmission. Never heard of using
multi-weight in a tranny

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Richard Kahn <tahoehealey@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Check the prices on Ebay. Sometimes they have good deals on Redline.
> I'm not sure what all the fuss is about how much to put in. My dip stick
> has a high and low mark. I just fill to the high mark. Am I missing
> something?
> Also I don't think the gear box will get hot enough to cause much
> expansion. Multi grade oils are most efficient when engines are heating u=
p
> from cold (needing the lower weight) to hot when lower weight oil will be
> to thin. Most multi grades have detergent which will foam with agitation
> and keep debris in suspension as apposed to allowing it to drown out of
> harms way. This debris is an abrasive which causes gear wear. This being
> from lecture notes taken 30 years ago and oils may have changed.
> Rich Kahn
> ------------------------------
> From: simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:16:47 +0100
> Subject: [Healeys] Gearbox oil
>
> Thanks for all the advice.
>
> Seems like I=E2=80=99ll go for somewhere a bit below the filler plug, but
> otherwise the more the merrier.
>
> Curiously, my gearbox doesn=E2=80=99t drip. Maybe it=E2=80=99s a Toyota a=
nd I just never
> noticed!
>
> Redline costs a fortune over here. Too much.
>
> Simon
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">It =
most likely does not drip because its empty :)</div><div class=3D"gmail_def=
ault" style=3D"font-size:small">Yes to non-detergent oil in a transmission.=
 Never heard of using multi-weight in a <span class=3D"" id=3D":79h.4" tabi=
ndex=3D"-1">tranny</span></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=
=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div>Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR<br>=C2=A0=C2=A0 _______=C2=A0 =C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 _______<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (______ \___=
_1959 BN4____/ _______)<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (_____________=
____________)<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Richard Kah=
n <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tahoehealey@hotmail.com"; target=
=3D"_blank">tahoehealey@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex">


<div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>Check the prices on Ebay. Sometimes they have goo=
d deals on Redline. <br>I&#39;m not sure what all the fuss is about how muc=
h to put in. My dip stick has a high and low mark. I just fill to the high =
mark. Am I missing something?<br>Also I don&#39;t think the gear box will g=
et hot enough to cause much expansion. Multi grade oils are most efficient =
when engines are heating up from cold (needing the lower weight) to hot whe=
n lower weight oil will be to thin. Most multi grades have detergent which =
will foam with agitation and keep debris in suspension as apposed to allowi=
ng it to drown out of harms way. This debris is an abrasive which causes ge=
ar wear. This being from lecture notes taken 30 years ago and oils may have=
 changed.<br>Rich Kahn<br><div><hr>From: <a href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@ho=
mecall.co.uk" target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a><br>To: <a =
href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team=
.net</a><br>Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:16:47 +0100<br>Subject: [Healeys] Gea=
rbox oil<br><br><div><p>Thanks for all the advice.</p><p>Seems like I=E2=80=
=99ll go for somewhere a bit below the filler plug, but otherwise the more =
the merrier.</p><p>Curiously, my gearbox doesn=E2=80=99t drip. Maybe it=E2=
=80=99s a Toyota and I just never noticed!</p><p>Redline costs a fortune ov=
er here. Too much.</p><p>Simon</p></div><br>_______________________________=
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