[Tigers] tranny oil change

Steve Laifman SLaifman at SoCal.rr.com
Mon May 19 10:11:22 MDT 2008


Peter,

That is what I did, and used synthetic Mobil 1 *_gear_* lube (90 wt).  
The shifting was a lot easier as soon as the slippery synthetic replaced 
the dinosaur lube.

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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com



Peter Laurinaitis wrote:
> question guys - changed the tranny oil for the first time today (havent had
> the tiger that long) with Lucas Heavy Duty 80/90 Gear Oil ... question i had
> was...the manual says 1.8 liters is the capacity, but seems like it took more
> than 3 liters to fill the tranny up to the fill hole to the point it started
> to weep out (car was flat, not on a jack).  is the proper fill level to fill
> it to the point it starts to weep out of the fill hole?  what is the risk if
> overfilled?
>
> thks
> peter


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