[Mgs] Diff oil

[Rick Lindsay]

Thanks Paul.  I have never used anything other than
off-the-shelf petroleum oils anywhere in MGs but with
wear, I just wondered if you had found anything that
made an improvement is specific examples.

regards,

rick
--- Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> The first part is liable to results in loads of
> opinions and no definitive
> answer.  Whether rebuilt or not the MGB axle isn't
> that particular and any
> decent quality oil will be fine.
> 
> The 2nd part the reverse i.e. don't use additives.
> 
> Funnily enough I've just got back from a tour of 1st
> World War battlefields
> in Belgium where I met a chap who was a senior
> engineer at Laycocks involved
> in the design of MGB gearboxes, overdrives and rear
> axles, and later worked
> at Abingdon from the mid-60s to mid-70s.  If you'd
> asked earlier I could 
> have asked him, he said to call if I have any
> questions.
> 
> PaulH.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   Is there a consensus on which 90w diff oil is
> best
> > for a non-rebuilt later-style MGB differential. 
> Any
> > additive recommended?