TR transmissions have bronze synchros and thrust washers. Look for a gear
oil that actually says 'safe for use with bronze parts' right on the
container. Pep Boys carries the Sta-Lube brand of safe GL-4 although some
stores only carry it in 5 gallon buckets. Red Line makes 'safe' synthetic
manual transmission oil which is expensive and available from many
racing/performance catalogs.
-Erik
At 11:18 AM 10/16/2001 -0600, Lumia, John wrote:
>A while back there was a thread on tranny/ diff oil and the use of GL-4 oil
>instead of GL-5. Something to do with "yellow metal" (bronze or brass
>parts). I had trouble finding GL-4 and the Valvoline stuff I put in says it
>meets GL-4 and GL-5. I did try draining some oil from the tranny and
>siphoned out some oil from the diff and I didnt see any specs of metal as
>some have suggested.
>
>I have a later non-OD TR-6. Does anyone known if the tranny and/or diff
>have yellow metal parts that I need to be concerned about?
>
>John Lumia - 76 TR6
>Louisville, CO
--
Erik Quackenbush, V.P. Operations, Midwest Filter Corporation
1-847-680-0566 fax: 1-847-680-0832 http://www.midwestfilter.com
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