Nathaniel, I'm driving my 84 in the same deplorable weather conditions and not having any issues with the transaxle. Traction is a different story! The box has (I think) 85W-90 in it, or whatever it calls for in the Owner's Manual. Keep warm, Jake On 11/29/06, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote: > > I'm running my 80 Riviera just fine in this weather (handles the crappy > roads far better than the wife's Toyota), but until it warms up it feels > as > if the tranny is filled with grease, I mean really stiff and hard to find > first. It's not that cold, they say 20 below with wind chills the last few > days, but I wonder if the last PO put in the right weight of oil in the > tranny. Is this normal for these rigs? I've never noticed such a change in > any vehicle I've driven before except when it hits something like 30 below > or more. >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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