[TR] Differential Gear Oil

[dmnlaw]

What is the best gear oil to use in a TR6 differential. I am considering synthetic Mobil 75-90W. Any opinions pro or con?

Doug Nelson
74TR6

-----Original Message-----
>From: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee18 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 31, 2008 2:23 PM
>To: triumphs at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [TR] Fuel additives
>
>I never used lead substitutes and finally had significant recession
>that prompted me to have the TR4 head done with the inserts.
>
>Had driven many years w/o a problem but then did a 1000+ mile weekend
>that was mostly what the manual calls 'fast road work'.  The speed
>limit out here is 75 mph so I will leave it to your imagination how
>fast that roadwork was.
>
>It wasn't a problem, got home fine.  A routine valve lash check
>revealed the recession.
>
>Anyway, my opinion is that it's okay to wait and see what happens
>unless the head is off for other work anyway.
>
>As for premium fuel, that is a different matter that gets into
>compression and what is needed to control pinging/pinking.  I do use
>premium in the TR4.
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