Hello Bill:
The amsoil gear lube is exactly that. It is made for use in Difs. I carry
amsoil gearlube and motor oil. I feel that it is the best.But for trannys,
I prefer Redline MTL (75/80). It is make for use in manual trans. In MgTDs
and TFs, I use Redline MT90(75/90). In your worn trans this might be
better. The sruff that moss is selling is better in Miatas. It is 75/140
ns. I talked to the folks a Redline. They are in Benicia, Ca. The agreed
with what I am using. And it does not smell like gear lube. It is a GL4,
and wont attack the brass syncros. You should be able to get this a most
auto parts stores. It costs $7.25 a qt. If you cant find it I usually stock
an ample supply.
Cheers:
Skip............At 02:22 PM 6/24/97 -0500, Bill Eastman wrote:
>As I mentioned a while back, I filled the MGA's transmission with Amzoils
>gear oil. This was an attempt to quite it down and smooth out the shifts a
>bit.
>
>After about 500 miles, I am considering changing to something else. While
>noise is down and shifts are much smoother, to negative effects have been
>noticed. First, the stuff is too slick for my, admittedly old and worn,
>synchros to do their job. I can now beat all the synchros all the time
>where before second was an issue only when you were in a hurry.
>
>The second issue may be peculiar to my car but, knowing LBC's fairly well,
>I doubt it. After 36 years, my tranny is not as oil tight as it once was.
>The Amzoil gear lube smells like gear lube which means that it stinks to
>high heaven, in my opinion. Now, when my car gets warm and I stop at a
>stoplight, I get the unmistakable aroma of gear lube gently wafting up from
>the floorboards. This I can live without.
>
>So I expect that I will be ditching the Amzoil soon. Others have mentioned
>Redline MTL. Where do you get it? How much does it cost? What does it
>smell like? Moss sells Redline Nonslip gear lube for manual tranny's. How
>does that stuff smell?
>
>Regards,
>Bill Eastman
>61 MGA with slight BO
>
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