[Tigers] Orginal 4 speed gear lube

[genepadgett at comcast.net]

Tony, the short version of my earlier posts is to generally stay away from GL-5 oils. The vast majority seem to use a brass syncro attacking sulfur additive to achieve their GL-5 rating. GL-4 oils are much more syncro friendly. 

I recommended Red Line MT-90 75W90 GL-4 gear oil. I subsequently learned Red Line makes what they claim is a syncro friendly GL-5 oil. It is called 75W90 NS GL-5 which is specifically recommended for Ford Toploaders and other muscle car trans. (I wonder if the "NS" in the name means "no sulfur"...) Check out the Red Line website for more details. 

Gene 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Somebody" <achd73 at yahoo.com> 
To: "Beamclub" <tigers at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 3:52:43 PM 
Subject: [Tigers] Orginal 4 speed gear lube 

A more recent owner ask me about what kube he should use in his Mk1 and I 
found a shop mannual and read him what they reccomended BUT Im sure I recall a 
discussion abiut what is in certain lubes, the use of synthetics etc. I told 
him I would ask the List and see what most are now running. I have to get the 
synthetic gear lube out of the 5 speed and get synthetic ATF this week- hoping 
a new pump from NAPA will work after removing the shifter, adding ATF and 
maybe changing it again- depending on how much I can remove. I lost the 
measurement for holes when my yahoo account was stolen- had a ton of important 
Tiger info in folders- not sure if it was the theif or yahoo that did away 
with them. Makes a person want to keep them in two places- just in case. 
Thanks in advance for helping Damian, he is getting hooked fast. Have to love 
new Tiger owners! 
TtT in southern Il. 
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