Fordmods Logo

Manual gearbox oil 

 

Page 2 of 2 [ 21 posts ] Go to page Previous  1, 2

 
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:23 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 41

Posts: 422

Joined: 23rd Mar 2005

Gallery: 5 images

Ride: EL XR6

Location: Near Perth
WA, Australia

Could find Transmax Z no problem, but had trouble finding the lubrizol. I found 'G70' Nulon Manual Gearbox Treatment....but it didn't say anything about having lubrizol in it. Noone had 'lubrizol' though and none of the places knew what it was....not by that name anyway. Went to Supercrap, Repco and Auto One...no Autobahn here.

 

_________________

Image

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 3:11 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 44

Posts: 1518

Joined: 6th Nov 2004

Gallery: 14 images

Ride: BA XR6 Turbo

Power: 175 rwkw

Location: The Shire, Sydney
NSW, Australia

Yeah I haven't been able to find lubrizol anywhere either...
Mine has a bit of a rattle when out of gear, but is quite enough with the clutch in and it shifts ok. I'm approaching 200k though and for all it's probably still the original oil. I've had it since 160k, but most servicing prior to that was done by ford. Anyone know at what interval ford usually changes the gearbox oil ??

 

_________________

ImageImage

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 5:22 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 41

Posts: 516

Joined: 20th Dec 2004

Gallery: 4 images

Ride: EL Manual

Location: S.E. Melbourne
VIC, Australia

Spider_GT wrote:
and where can oyu get that and retail price


They sell it at coventry's. $35 per litre. The workshop manual states that you need 2.1 litres so I bought 3 bottles, used about 2 and a half.
If you buy a bit more you can also use it in your diff.

We had the redline guy give a talk to us while at uni.
To cut a 2 hour lecture short basically redine is based on palm oil which has a higher temp rating before it brakes down. Also it has much less friction for the same protection. So there is less friction between the gears and it helps the syncros out while mainitning or bettering gearbox wear. Some other oils can get the same effect on shift quality but the wear will increase. Their LSD diff oil is supposed to be fantastic - ie really thick but low friction and maximum portection. Paricuarly from 'shock loads'.
Also saw 5RWKW increase on sti WRX due to lower friction - that was engine, geabox and diffs.

 

_________________

Manual EL Gli.
Mods: Crow Stg3, Chiptorque Dynotune. Lukey Exhaust. DBA slotted rotors, EBC Pads. Whiteline Low Susp. EL GT Swaybars, ROH Envy 17 x235 wheels. Vehicle Datalogger Display V2.0,

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:23 am 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Posts: 916

Joined: 27th Nov 2004

Gallery: 4 images

Ride: EL Futura

Location: Berri
SA, Australia

Spork wrote:
Also saw 5RWKW increase on sti WRX due to lower friction - that was engine, geabox and diffs.


I did back to back runs on in my EL, and saw a 2rwkw increase only from using AMSOIL synthetics in the engine diff and gearbox. oils aint oils.

 

_________________

5 Speed EL Futura
Stock as a rock*
Image
A1 Oils - Synthetic lubricants: www.a1oils.com.au
* A rock that has been Alted

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:04 am 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 41

Posts: 422

Joined: 23rd Mar 2005

Gallery: 5 images

Ride: EL XR6

Location: Near Perth
WA, Australia

I think i'll stick to Transmax Z with Lubrizol, heard too many dodgy/not so good stories from friends who own various cars and have used Redline oils.

 

_________________

Image

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:29 am 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 40

Posts: 47

Joined: 5th Nov 2004

Gallery: 3 images

Ride: BA XR8 Ute, XD Sedan (not runnin

Location: Adelaide
SA, Australia

I got mobil 1 in mine. Seems pretty good to me!

 

_________________

NF Fairlane Series 2
XE S pack Sedan

Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:
Sort by  
 Page 2 of 2  [ 21 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 16 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

 

 

It is currently Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:24 am All times are UTC + 11 hours

 

 

(c)2014 Total Web Solutions Australia - Australian Web Hosting and Domain Names