[Healeys] OD problem

[TERRY COLL]

I originally put Redline MT-90 in my gearbox/od and it worked fine.  I was
advised via this list that Redline MTL was better for the gearbox/od, so, i
changed to that and the leaks (minor) began.  I just stuck with the MTL and
keep it topped up and its working great.

Terry Coll  '64 BJ8 P2


> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:00:11 -0400
> From: tomfelts at windstream.net
> To: racarbon at verizon.net; ruvino at ripnet.com
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] OD problem
>
> FWIW, that happened to me once with 30W oil. I've used the Redline for years
now without any problems.
>
>
> ---- Ray Carbone <racarbon at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> =============
> Hi Carl,
>
> If I remember correctly, in a previous post a few months back addressing OD
> fluid, a reference was made to a website of an OD rebuilder that did some
> tests on the effects of different fluids. One of the test fluids was Red
Line
> MTL which represented the class of synthetic fluids. The result of their
test
> indicated that, though MTL proved to be one of the best for our ODs, the
fluid
> would find its way out of the OD through every known, and some new, places.
>
> When I first switched to MTL90, my OD worked very smoothly for the first
few
> days of use and then would not stay engaged until it stopped engaging
> altogether. Upon investigation, I found fluid had leaked into, and filled,
> the solenoid housing with the solenoid piston partially filled with fluid.
> After draining the fluid from the housing and cleaning and reinstalling the
> solenoid, I buttoned up the unit and it has worked fine ever since. I did
no
> top up the OD as I felt it arrived at an equilibrium level with sufficient
> capacity to perform properly.
>
> All the best,
> Ray Carbone (64BJ8P1)
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