- 1. Re: Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: Spook37211@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 16:07:46 -0400 (EDT)
- << here, I'll put my hand up for hypoid 90. I've been rebuilding these things for longer than I care to remember and if they went wrong due to using the wrong oil, then it would cost me! The fact is,
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00025.html (7,100 bytes)
- 2. Re: Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Quinn <jpquinn@cyberramp.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 16:20:51 -0500
- I drained out the crude motor oil and put in a mix of Dura Lube Auto/Man trans afriction reducer additive and Castrol 5W50 Syntheic Motor oil. Seemed to really smooth out the shift. Q -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00099.html (7,957 bytes)
- 3. Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 09:19:04 -0700
- Awhile back I emailed to everybody the question of what oil to use in my Midgets tranmissions (a '72&'78). I got many emails with as many answers. Some people use regular old 90weight Hypoid, some sa
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01370.html (7,292 bytes)
- 4. Re: Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Garnett" <rwg1@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:25:33 -500
- The factory speced Motor oil, not gear oil. One theory is that because Hypoid gear oils are a different beast, and contain sulpher additives, they may not be compatible with the syncros in BMC tranny
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01379.html (7,780 bytes)
- 5. Re: Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:32:46 -0400
- Careful... the factory speced motor oil for the 72, but not for the later all syncro boxes (Marina parts). The 1500 midgets have these gearboxes, and the spec'ed oil is 80 weight gear oil on refills,
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01380.html (7,472 bytes)
- 6. RE: Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: "john ruse" <hologothic@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 97 17:15:29 UT
- If we're going for the vote here, I'll put my hand up for hypoid 90. I've been rebuilding these things for longer than I care to remember and if they went wrong due to using the wrong oil, then it wo
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01419.html (8,019 bytes)
- 7. Re: Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Eaton <cheaton@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:00:47 -0400
- I'd say just make sure you have some type of oil in your tranny.SAE90,20w50,blah,blah,blah.Use oil! it really isn't outside of logic to say it doesn't matter,and it all depends on wether you have hyp
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01422.html (7,078 bytes)
- 8. Re: Oil in Transmission-Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:06:28 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Chris Eaton!! Well, your reccommendation is a little bit uninformed... Quoting from the "ESSO (Canadian EXXON) LUBRICATION GUIDE", "The SAE number designations for GEAR OIL grades were purposely c
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01477.html (8,653 bytes)
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