<VV> Synchromesh problems.

[Jay Maechtlen]

On 3/26/2015 11:44 AM, Jim Becker via VirtualVairs wrote:
> You guys should take a lesson from "he who knows everything" and maybe 
> see what your computer says.
>
> I don't have a bottle of this magic elixir in front of me, so I looked 
> on the Pennzoil web site.  They only have 5 products in the 
> transmission fluid and gear oil category, so it doesn't take that much 
> reading.  They list all sorts of good things about their "Synchromesh 
> Manual Transmission Fluid" but nowhere did they mention GL-4, GL-5 or 
> anything even hinting at an extreme pressure additive.  Guess what, no 
> EP rating, you will eat up your hypoid gears!  You mix some of this in 
> with some GL-4, you may not chew up your ring and pinion or you may 
> just do it slowly.
>
> If you want a Pennzoil product, their "Gearplus" (conventional GL-5 
> only) and their "Synthetic Gear Lubricant" (GL-4 and GL-5 versions) 
> are the only ones that mention hypoid gears or EP additives.
>
> Jim Becker
>
Well, if a person had the transaxle out anyway, what does it take to set 
it up to keep trans oil and diff oil seperate?
then you could actually have proper oils for each unit.


-- 
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans

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