synthetic in tranny?
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You could use Redline synthetic in the tranny - Mazdatrix or Racing Beat have the weight listed - and it'll smooth the shifts for a while. This will only mask your real problem, though.
Sounds like some gear teeth got chewed up a little. I'd probably start shopping for a used tranny either out of a salvage yard or a shop that caters to used Japanese engine sales, you're on borrowed time...
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Yepper, you can go Syn in trans and rearend...But if I were you, and shifting is getting "rough" I would check the clutch slave cyl. Betcha it's wet under the rubber rod cap. Replace the slave cylinder and bleed....Oh, boy! Clutch is back!
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I have used Royal Purple in the past and was pleased with the results.
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Originally posted by Denny
Yepper, you can go Syn in trans and rearend...But if I were you, and shifting is getting "rough" I would check the clutch slave cyl. Betcha it's wet under the rubber rod cap. Replace the slave cylinder and bleed....Oh, boy! Clutch is back!
A tip of the Stetson,
Denny, from the 'ol corncrib...
Yepper, you can go Syn in trans and rearend...But if I were you, and shifting is getting "rough" I would check the clutch slave cyl. Betcha it's wet under the rubber rod cap. Replace the slave cylinder and bleed....Oh, boy! Clutch is back!
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Denny, from the 'ol corncrib...
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I use redline in my tranny and it made shifting much smoother.
I have a bad synchro in 2nd and it still clunks a little under hard exceration but way better than it was.
I have a bad synchro in 2nd and it still clunks a little under hard exceration but way better than it was.
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Originally Posted by theNeanderthol
My shifting has been getting a little rough lately and I was wondering if syntheic in the transmission would help. What kind should I use if any? Thanks.
this was with castrol dino in the case
switched to Royal Purple on a hunch...obviously my tranny will need replacing eventually but the synthetic made the night and day difference...can't hear the whinning as before, and the shifting is great unless I really get on it..as in speed shifting..however just about every car i've owned (used) had issues with speed shifting...so I easily forgive my reliable 22 year old car
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Originally Posted by theNeanderthol
Oh yeah My shifting was fine until we changed out the clutch. Maybe I screwed up the slave cylinder some how. I put it back in the same way it came out. Was there some special way of putting it back in that I didn't know about? Thanks
Also, I'd like to recommend Amsoil synthetic 75W-90 gear oil for use in transmissions and non-LSD differentials. I've been using Amsoil for many years and I've been totally sold on it ever since it cleared-up my skritchy 3rd gear synchro in my old RX4. I drained Redline out of my Fiesta's gearbox and replaced it with Amsoil and the gearbox actually got a little quieter.
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my shifting was a little less notchy and seemed to put power to the ground MUCH more efficiently after i put in lucas oil a couple weeks ago......my whole rear end can slide out shifting to second now(why is something so dangerous so awesome ; ) and before my tires would just kinda chirp(my tires are going bald tho too........i noticed such a big diff. because the old fluid turned that orange color and it was obviously not lubricating well anymore because i found the metal shavings hairball on the plug magnet bummer
p.s. lucasoil synthetic i forget wieght now, but the same as everyone else recommends, found my bottles at autozone(with a diesel hauler on the front)
p.s. lucasoil synthetic i forget wieght now, but the same as everyone else recommends, found my bottles at autozone(with a diesel hauler on the front)
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