[Shotimes] Could my mtx be bad?

[Donald Mallinson]

Josh,

One thing to remember is when you switch from regular to 
synthetic fluid in a tranny, you need to give it some time 
to wear in.  The reason being that the regular fluid has 
soaked into the fiber portion of the syncro, and when you 
put the synthetic in, it takes some time to flush that out 
and replace it with the better synthetic, so the friction 
properties are out of whack for a while (in non-technical 
terms) from what lubricant engineers have told me.

But although I like Amsoil and Mobil 1 fluids, I have always 
gone with the Redline products that were found to go well 
with the SHO from day one.  Of course the early SHO's had 
brass syncro's and they needed NO "flushing" to start 
working with a new fluid.

Why not try Redline D4 and give it a while to soak in, and 
then flush and fill with the same thing again after a 
thousand miles or so.  Give one fluid a chance to work over 
a longer haul and you might be happier.

Don Mallinson

Josh Salaets wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> 
> While figuring which clutch I want to go with for my next clutch job, I got to
> thinking.  My SHO has always been more difficult to shift than every other SHO
> I've driven, but I just attributed it to my clutch, although it was still kind
> of notchy even when the last clutch was brand new.  When I did the drain plug
> mod, I put in Amsoil, and the thing WOULD NOT shift at first, but started to
> loosen up, and allowed me to get home to flush that fluid out and install
> Mobil 1 ATF.  The Mobil 1 made if feel better, but still not quite as good as
> I think it should.
> 
> It has gotten to be a real pain shifting lately (sometimes nearly impossible,
> other times great), but it doesn't have the other symptoms  I had when my
> first clutch died - I don't have to turn the car off to get it in gear if I
> put it in neutral at a light, reverse doesn't grind when shifting from neutral
> as long as the clutch has been engaged for a couple of seconds, and I don't
> have to rev-match to get it to shift.
> 
> The car only has 98K on it, and I bought it with 48K, so I wouldn't think the
> transmission would be bad in 48K, but who knows.
> 
> Has anyone had problems with their mtx's other than differentials grenading?
> If so, what was the problem?  Since I really can't afford a new clutch right
> now, I don't want to go through the expense of installing one only to find out
> the trans is also bad.
> 
> Any information you guys have would be appreciated - even if it's to tell me
> I'm being too paranoid! : )
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Josh Salaets
> 95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
> 85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
> NWSHOC Member
> Eugene, OR
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