[Healeys] Transmission troubles

[David Nock]

The Red Line Gear oils are several different ones

Red Line MTL is a 75/80 gear oil.  This is designed for a manual  
transmission that requires 30 wt oils.

Red Line 90wt gear oils are designed for transmissions and rear axle  
units that require a 90 wt gear oil, This will also vary if you have  
a limit slip rear axle.

Also gear oils do not have the same viscocity ratings as engine oils  
so a 75/80 gear oil is the same as a 30 wt engine oil. The British  
transmissions that did not have a syncro  first gear did  not use a  
90wt gear oil that all required a 30wt non detergent engine oil.





David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jul 28, 2009, at 10:21 AM, writeian at aol.com wrote:

> I made a mistake reporting the fluid-oil my friend had used in the  
> gearbox of his '60 BN7 who experienced a gearbox failure requiring  
> replacement.? He had been using Redline 75W90NS whether that is the  
> MT or MTL fluid-oil.
>
> I use?SAE 30 non-detergent oil in my '60 3000 gearbox and its  
> overdrive and will probably not ever use anything else, period.
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