[Spridgets] Motor Oil in the Gear Box

[Dean Hedin]

I am glad you chimed in David.
Now I must ask, what kind of oil are you running in your gearbox?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Riker" <davriker at nwi.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Motor Oil in the Gear Box


> My rebuilt Datsun tranny is also noisy in neutral, clutch out.  It was noisy 
> before the rebuild, we replaced all the bearings, and it was noisy after the 
> rebuild.
> 
> It also crunches a little going into second when cold.  I used NOS Datsun 
> syncros for the rebuild.  It crunched exactly the same before the rebuild. 
> We test fitted all the syncros, and put the one with the most bite on second 
> gear, and the one with the least bite on 5th.
> 
> The before and after were so unremarkably similar that I wouldn't have 
> believed it was rebuilt if I hadn't participated in the work.  Thing is we 
> did find things that needed attention, but fixing them didn't solve any of 
> the symptoms that led to the rebuild in the first place!
> 
> I will still take a little crunch and a fifth speed over the ribcase any day 
> of the week and twice on Sunday....