[Healeys] Gearbox oil

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

Ira:  In the Driver's Handbook for my BJ8, the table "KEY TO RECOMMENDED LUBRICANTS", column A, Engine and Gearbox, sub-column Tropical and temperate down to 5 degrees C, 41 degrees F, after all the single grade oils, the recommendations include Shell, Mobil, and ESSO 20W/40; and Filtrate and Duckham's 20/50.  In the extreme cold, down to 12 C, 10 F, there are 10W/30, 10W/40, 20W/30, 20/50, and 5050 (no slash ?).  Some of those were not available in the United Kingdom at the time of publication and some were available in the UK only.

(I wanted to scan the handbook page and include it in this e-mail but I couldn't find the instructions I have somewhere)

(The Other) Len
Fairfield, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
> >  >  > 200, 683 miles >  >  >  >

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: I Erbs 
  To: Richard Kahn 
  Cc: healeys at autox.team.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gearbox oil


  It most likely does not drip because its empty :)
  Yes to non-detergent oil in a transmission. Never heard of using multi-weight in a tranny


  Ira Erbs
  Portland, OR
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