You wrote:
>
>>
>
>I'm not quite sure I understand this. You say you use 20/50 in your
box w/OD
>but advise: "use a gear oil(85/90 etc)" in non-OD boxes? Seems
awfully
>thick.
>
>BTW, a Rootes service bulletin from 1966 reprinted in the Sunbeam
Survivor
>recommends Shell 10/30W for both non- and all-synchro boxes
(everything
>except Imp).
>
I will concede - I have used 80w oil in boxes for years on a range of
old cars, and bikes. However , you are correct- Rootes recommends
lighter engine oil in the tranny. And if I have to use it in my OD
unit, then by definition it must be ok in the non-OD unit.
Sorry for my haste in replying before getting the book out.
John
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