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Re: TR O/D Gearbox Oil

To: searle@indigo.ucdavis.edu, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR O/D Gearbox Oil
From: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 95 08:47:54 -0700
In message <v02110102abf9905599b8@DialupEudora> Philip A. Searle writes:
> Any thoughts as to a suitable oil here in the US for an overdrive TR4 
> gearbox?
> I used to use Castrol ST-90 in my Spitfire 1500 O/D 'box. Is this available
> in the US anywhere?
> The only stuff I can find in the shops around here is the normal hypoy
> EP-90 etc gear oil, which isn't recommended for overdrives.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Phil Searle
> WWW:  http://www-chem.ucdavis.edu/~searle
> 
> 
>

Use 30 wt motor oil.  Do not use 90 wt.  Do not put anything strange & slippery 
into the transmission unless you want to rebuild the OD unit.  Look at your 
users manual for acceptable fluids.  If you don't have a user's manual you 
probably should pick one up.  It tells you which fluids to use where and when to
replace them.

But the TR3 & 4 gear boxes take regular motor oil.  I would hesitate to use 
synthetic oil on the grounds that it might be too slippery for OD's clutches.


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