[TR] TR3 gearbox oil leak

[David Porter]

The problems weren't severe. There were pump failures and crappy shifting. 
 I think if the car was fitted with an overdrive the gear oil would certainly give performance issues. Esp. In cold weather. 
I can't speak to the company's owner manual printing policy..
Dave

On December 1, 2015, at 4:05 PM, David Porter <frogeye at porterscustom.com> wrote:

yes..second series 5spds.. TR7 & 8's in particular  They switched to ATF 
if I recall.. it's been a while:-)


On 12/1/2015 3:33 PM, Randall wrote:
>> ..before I get blasted.. a little history.. back in the seventies
>> Triumphs were experiencing many gear box failures.
> Was that with TR6 or TR7?
>
>> They sent
>> a factory
>> rep to our shop (for one).. turns out the change to 80-90
>> gear lube was
>> the culprit...
> That's interesting, since supposedly they switched to recommending gear oil for exactly the same reason (but about 15 years
> earlier).
>
> As far as I know, they never stopped officially recommending gear oil for the TR6 gearbox.  If it really caused such severe
> problems, you'd think they'd fix that in the 15 or so years (and 5 different car models) that they kept recommending gear oil.
>
> -- Randall
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