The tranny oil type discussion has gone on before. Some run the
Engine oil, other like me, ran or still run the 80-90w gear oil. I
always felt that British Transmissions were no different than ours. ie.
A bunch of engaged gears spinning on bronze bushings and bearing all
dealing with heavy loads. This sounds like Gear oil territory to me?
Which is why I always used 80-90w gear oil, because thats what it
is...The only problem I saw was that when it was real cold <+25 degrees
F, I had to let the tranny warm up before I could shift smoothly. This
just meant idling in neutral for about 3-5 minutes. Other than this, no
problems at all. The tranny was in excellent shape when I removed it
from the car with the Melted piston.
Rich
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> From: OldeAlp(at)aol.com[SMTP:OldeAlp(at)aol.com]
> Reply To: OldeAlp(at)aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 1997 6:25 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Fwd: Transmission oil
>
> I get the 30 wt non-det at my local Kragen store - their house brand -
> I
> don't know who actually makes it for them.
>
> "Ole"
>
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> Forwarded message:
> From: b-douglas(at)ti.com (Bob Douglas)
> Sender: owner-alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Reply-to: b-douglas(at)ti.com (Bob Douglas)
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Date: 97-07-16 19:08:36 EDT
>
> > From: OldeAlp(at)aol.com, on 7/16/97 10:09 AM:
> > Yup - 30 wt _non_-detergent motor oil is the stuff to use. As the
> name
> > implies, detergent oil is designed to mildly foam up and clean out
> > combustion byproducts from the engine.
>
> So, who sells 30wt non-detergent oil these days? The local auto parts
> suppliers I've checked with have mostly a "don't have, don't know,
> don't
> care"
> attitude because it's a low/no demand product. Even the cheap
> generic
> brands
> they carry have detergent now. It would help to know names of some
> companies
> that are still producing non-detergent motor oils. An earlier input
> mentioned
> BP, but haven't found them carried retail in this part of the U.S.
> (Texas).
>
> I and, most likely, others on the list would appreciate any
> suggestions on
> where to look and/or brands to ask for.
>
> Thanks and regards, Bob Douglas S.II Dallas,TX
>
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