That is where the friction enhancers come in. My gearbox has a D type Overdrive and like I said, it works fine.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Van Kirk Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; spitfires@autox.team.net Subject: Re: [Spit] Synthetic gearbox oil? Yay or nay I'm not 100 percent sure but sometime ago it was said that synthetic was a difinite no-no with the overdrive unit. Something about it being too slippery... --- Joe Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It depends on what type you have in mind. Synthetic > oil is very slick and > if you don't have some chemicals in the synthetic > oil that intensifies the > friction between the synchronizers and the gears, > you will constantly be > grinding thegears as you shift. I am using Redline > MTL and after several > years, I am very happy with it. > > Joe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S1500" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <spitfires@autox.team.net> > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:15 PM > Subject: [Spit] Synthetic gearbox oil? Yay or nay > > > > I'm almost done with the gearbox rebuild and thus > subsequent road > > testing after that. > > > > Here's the brick wall I ran into: ran out of > gearbox oil. I had 2 > > bottles(totalling almost 2 bottles worth) of > Valvoline 80w90 I put in. > > But with a rebuilt overdrive, it is needing quite > a bit more. > > > > So I bought some of the same type. Only after I > brought it home did I > > realize it had the word synthetic on it, looking > like the original. > > > > I can't find regular tranny fuild anywhere in the > twin cities. Pep > > Boys(only place that carries Castrol GT-LMA brake > fluid) only has > > automatic tranny fluid. > > > > So.. > > > > Is it safe to fill the remainder with synthetic > 80w90, or will it digest > > the syncros? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
