<VV> gear lube leveling problem

[Dave Keillor]

Clark's sells the Amsoil gear oil, not the GL-4 transaxle oil.


Dave Keillor

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 6:21 PM, J Bruce Weeks via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Curious, why continue to maintain the 'communication' between trans and
> diff? Given that it's getting harder to find lube that works well in both.
>
>
> Corsa had GL5 in it when I got her and started suffering synchro clashes.
> So I changed out to Redline and it cleared up. Then on VV I hear Redline
> doesn't work with hyphoids. So I change it out (again) to Amsoil from
> Clark's, as they recommend. Synchro clashes are back, though not as bad.
>
>
> Why not put a solid (no hole) gasket between them and put Redline in the
> trans, Amsoil in the diff?
>
>
> Bruce Weeks
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> Looking at a mated differential and transmission, without measuring, the
> two
> filler plugs look to be located about halfway between the lower two cases
> mounting bolts.. Of course, if ideally they are exactly equally located,
> and
> the cast boss is large enough, it might be possible to have a filling plug
> hole drilled slightly off "up" or "down".
>
> Chuck S
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