- 1. Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:35:43 -0500
- Dear Listers, I think this should be an easy question for the wisdom of the list. Should the lubricant used in the gearbox be the same or different as the lubricant used in the rear axle? I fear the
- /html/triumphs/2000-03/msg00307.html (6,451 bytes)
- 2. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 10:00:51 -0500
- Erkan, it is my understanding that the same lubricant should be used in the gearbox, diff, steering box and trunnions of a TR3...90 wt hypoid gear oil. GL4 should be used rather than the more readily
- /html/triumphs/2000-03/msg00309.html (7,113 bytes)
- 3. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:55:24 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
- Gearbox lube is a perennial topic of discussion on the list, with no clear consensus. I use Valvoline Racing 20W50 motor oil in my (OD) gearbox, and Valvoline synthetic 75W90 gear oil in my rear axl
- /html/triumphs/2000-03/msg00326.html (6,710 bytes)
- 4. Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:16:52 -0000charset="iso-8859-1"
- I know this thread comes up for an airing from time to time but I thought I'd post some 'off the record' comments that have come into Gaydon over the last few weeks from oil companies about modern o
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00282.html (11,461 bytes)
- 5. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 12:44:15 -0700
- There are those who swear by full synthetics, but whenever this subject comes up, I generally repeat the following: When Mobil 1 was first on the market, I was working at a city engineering departmen
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00293.html (11,474 bytes)
- 6. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:44:07 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
- Michael / Jonmac : I agree thoroughly with the comment that you shouldn't use lower viscosity oil than an engine is designed for. However, full synthetic has been available for some time in 20W-50, w
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00301.html (9,015 bytes)
- 7. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 18:57:41 -0500
- Michael, I respectfully disagree with the notion that synthetics do not provide proper lubrication to engine bearings. In your example, you point out that the oils in question were 5 weight oils, and
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00303.html (14,808 bytes)
- 8. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:03:08 -0700
- I checked the Lubrizol site, and it verifies what Randall says. I stand corrected, to a degree. However, the standards used for viscosity measurement, I will note, use two tests with two different me
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00315.html (13,758 bytes)
- 9. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:33:27 -0500
- Message text written by INTERNET:triumphs-owner@autox.team.net " As liquids (including oils) are generally considered to be not compressible materials, the pressure in the oiling system should be con
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00321.html (8,398 bytes)
- 10. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:59:16 -0500charset="windows-1252"
- Has anyone ever tried to tap into an oil galley to monitor oil pressure? It might be interesting to monitor both the pressure at the filter housing and pressure at the 'end o' the line'. A large pres
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00322.html (9,619 bytes)
- 11. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:03:42 -0500
- I don't think we're disagreeing at all. That really was my point, that the bearing is the faucet and behind the bearings the pressure delivered to each bearing would be equal making it irrelevant whe
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00323.html (11,007 bytes)
- 12. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:23:10 -0600
- OK....Doesn't ANYBODY know ANYTHING about fluid dynamics?Fact: At high RPM's rod journal oil pressures are in the muli hundreds of PSI. Fact:Dynamic fluid wedge pressure on main and rod bearings at s
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00325.html (9,796 bytes)
- 13. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:25:12 -0800
- ** FWIW. . . The oil pressure sender "tap" is (on almost every engine I've seen including the TR variety) directly in the oil galleries to the main bearings just after the pressure relief valve AND
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00326.html (8,107 bytes)
- 14. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:41:25 -0600
- And to continue........Rod bearing failure is not an instant phonomena,Nor does it occur due to one instant of oil starvation.The proccess is not so simplistic, dozens of factors have intercorrelativ
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00328.html (10,661 bytes)
- 15. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:39:30 -0000charset="iso-8859-1"
- Brian Schlorf wrote: Having had the luxury of pressurizing an oiling system without the oil pan on, I can say that the oil doesn't squirt out around the rods and mains under pressure, it just sort of
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00329.html (9,169 bytes)
- 16. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:54:31 -0600
- Once again ,this is NOT the REAL WORD here.Fact is that so much oil is being slung arou,,,,,,,,,,well May I ,bein' ever so 'umble Sir, recommend reading, SMOKEY YUNICKS PWER SECRETS book(Available at
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00330.html (9,222 bytes)
- 17. Re: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:33:10 -0500
- Message text written by INTERNET:dkveuro@flash.net Ok, but so what. Are you saying that due to this pressure the pressure reading by the oil pressure gauge is or is not an accurate measure of the pre
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00332.html (8,388 bytes)
- 18. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:33:07 -0500
- Message text written by "Westerdale, Bob" Well, I certainly think it is more accurate to measure the pressure as close as possible to the end point, or as close as possible to the most delicate/sensi
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00333.html (9,106 bytes)
- 19. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:01:47 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
- Actually, on the TR2/3/4 engines, it taps in _before_ the filter. This is probably a leftover from the TR2/early 3, which had bypass type filters, where the filter output went into the pan. Randall 5
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00337.html (8,264 bytes)
- 20. RE: Lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:07:44 -0500charset="windows-1252"
- I'm quite surprised the gauge tap is upstream of the filter. Does this mean an engine could have a clogged, collapsed or otherwise restrictive filter while the Oil pressure gauge says all is OK ? Com
- /html/triumphs/1999-11/msg00338.html (8,746 bytes)
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