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Re: Some further Midget musings

To: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>, David Riker <davidr@sunset.net>
Subject: Re: Some further Midget musings
From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 08:13:20 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>, Spridget Mail List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Reply-to: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
That would be Redline MTL.  Great stuff.


--- Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Charles,
>     Redline makes a gear oil specifically for
> transmission use, even when the
> manual says to use motor oil.  Moss sells it.  Maybe
> a supplier more local to
> you sells redline products.
> Redline gear oil does not attack brass(smoothcase
> synchros) or bearings and you
> will have a quieter trans to boot.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> 
> 
> David Riker wrote:
> 
> > Charles:
> >
> > Checking a ribcase tranny for oil level is a blast
> (just one more reason to
> > switch to a 5-spd IMHO).  After discovering that
> no socket in your tool box
> > actually fits the bolt, you will drop it in the
> tranny tunnel never to be
> > found.  Then you squirt oil on your carpet as you
> try and watch for it to
> > overflow out of the fill hole.
> >
> > Seriously, maybe not quite that bad but close. 
> Never use gear oil in the
> > ribcase, though.  The sulfur in it is bad for the
> bearings and syncros.  Use
> > straight non-detergent single viscosity, like a 40
> weight.
> >
> > I'm sure there are lots of opinions on gearbox
> oil, these are just mine.
> >
> > Oh, and while we're on the subject, never park on
> a hill.  If you are facing
> > down hill, the oil will leak out the front of the
> tranny onto the clutch,
> > and if you are parked facing uphill, the oil will
> leak out the engine onto
> > the clutch.  Just another of the endearing
> qualities we all cherish.
> >
> > David Riker
> > 74 Midget (I really do love this car)
> > 63 Falcon
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Charles D. Sorkin <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 8:01 PM
> > Subject: Some further Midget musings
> >
> > > Good evening list:
> > >
> > > Despite the thunderstorms, I still managed to
> get the Midget on the road
> > > today.  But I noticed some irritating
> developments with my fuel guage.
> > > Humidity has gotten inside, and fogged up the
> inside of the lens.  The
> > other
> > > lenses are relatively clean and clear, and I
> never thought that they were
> > > airtight.  How could I clean the inside the lens
> and prevent moisture from
> > > becoming apparent?  Just so everyone knows, the
> car hasn't seen a rainy
> > day
> > > in months.
> > >
> > > Additionally, other relatively cheap maintenance
> seems to be working well.
> > > I suspect that there may have been some flaws in
> my recently flushed
> > > radiator, so I used a tube of alumaseal, and I
> was surprised to notice
> > that
> > > I was running a bit cooler than before.  As for
> topping up my dashpots, I
> > > was truly unable to make sense out of the
> earlier debate on what was the
> > > best fluid to use, so I went with
> run-of-the-mill 3-in1oil from the
> > hardware
> > > store.  The resulting idle was as smooth as it
> has ever been since I've
> > > owned the car (about 6 weeks now.)
> > >
> > > The only thing which was causing some irritation
> was the fact that when I
> > > tried to check the transmission fluid level, I
> didn't notice any sort of
> > > convenient dipstick setup down there, but rather
> just a bolt.  I assume
> > that
> > > the bolt gives one access to the gearbox, but
> there seems to be no
> > > indication as to how high the level should be. 
> What goes in there (I
> > think
> > > that a 90W oil is required) and how much?  The
> Hayne's manual seems to
> > have
> > > a lot of material on taking the gearbox apart,
> but not much on
> > maintenance.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Charles
> > > '74 Midget
> > > cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
> > > Bloomfield, NJ
> > >
> > > Re
> > >
> 
> 



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