I am glad you chimed in David.
Now I must ask, what kind of oil are you running in your gearbox?
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Riker" <davriker@nwi.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Motor Oil in the Gear Box
> My rebuilt Datsun tranny is also noisy in neutral, clutch out. It was noisy
> before the rebuild, we replaced all the bearings, and it was noisy after the
> rebuild.
>
> It also crunches a little going into second when cold. I used NOS Datsun
> syncros for the rebuild. It crunched exactly the same before the rebuild.
> We test fitted all the syncros, and put the one with the most bite on second
> gear, and the one with the least bite on 5th.
>
> The before and after were so unremarkably similar that I wouldn't have
> believed it was rebuilt if I hadn't participated in the work. Thing is we
> did find things that needed attention, but fixing them didn't solve any of
> the symptoms that led to the rebuild in the first place!
>
> I will still take a little crunch and a fifth speed over the ribcase any day
> of the week and twice on Sunday....
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