----- pbrandsema@triad.rr.com wrote:
> I'm currently using heavy hypoid oil in my TR4 gearbox, which is
> fitted with overdrive. I've read that a lighter oil should be used,
> that the syncromesh gears don't like the heavy stuff.
I don't think viscosity is the issue. I think it is the sulphur and other evil
stuff in hypoid oil which attacks the materials in British synchros.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L 1979 Caterham 7
1993 Suburban 1994 Miata C-package 2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
pethier [at] comcast [dot] net
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