I would suggest you starts your re-built tranny's life with Redline MT 90 for blood. It will take care of you for a long time. Change it out about every two years. A lot of people diasagree with this, but all oils, tranny oil included, are made from long chain molecules and over time they shear, and all gears and bearings wear, and the wear material adds to the mix to help grind more material, etc, etc, etc. Changing periodically gets rid of the debris, reduces the wear, and lengthens the life. Just plain good horse sense. John Rodgers 88 Gl Driver Jeffrey Stangeland wrote: >hi all- > >i'm preparing to swap the crapped out tranny on my >"new" '81 westy with a aa transaxle rebuild... i'm >wondering if there is anything in particular to pay >attention to with the pancake engine. i used to have a >'70 that i did a bunch of engine work on. got the >bentley manual, the haynes manual and the muir manual. >wondering if there is anything these all left out that >someone out there might've found through >experience...? >also- will i need any special tools? >thanks as always.... >peace, >jeff >'81 westy > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more > > > |
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