[TR] OD Oil

Wed Jun 20 13:53:41 MDT 2018

...wasn't going to bother with this topic again but it's back...so I'll 
simply recount a shot tale of two o/ds.

group Looong yearly road trip. One guy on his third o/d rebuild by the 
same noted vendor.
round one loose, then bad solenoid.... we'd thought was his drop out issue.
Post rebuild #2 (on unit 2... under warranty) more dead o/d tranny 
issues....lots of trouble shooting.

Finally drained the builder req and supplied 30wt and put in the oem 
spec'ed Hypoy 90wt
8k+ miles now without a hiccup.

further (and sorry Triumph people) my MG BGT Laycock De' Normanville 
'H=type' o/d spec was 30wt nd.
 ï¿½ 167K+ I've put on it without issue.ï¿½ All my Triumphs use 90wt gear 
oil. Have never had an o/d I put together
ever give me an issue.... hmmmm.... guessing around 250K miles 
cumulative now over the last 25 years

moral:ï¿½ï¿½ Stick to the oem suggested oil types.

ptegler

On 6/19/2018 9:27 PM, Randall wrote:
>> Is the answer that, since John Esposito put it in, ...that
>> NAPA 30 wt non-detergent is okay? ...Or should I just stay
>> with Mt-90 as all recommend here and use the 3 quarts of NAPA
>> 30 in the lawn mower?I Sorry to be so dense!!!!
> We're talking opinions here.  Mine is that MT-90 is much better than ND 30.
>
> The OD doesn't care so much, it should work fine on either one, but the
> MT-90 will make the main gearbox both perform better and last longer.
>
> And it meets the manufacturer's requirements.  ND 30 does not.
>
> -- Randall
> 56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
> 71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
> 71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild
>
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