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Date:         Wed, 13 May 2009 18:55:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Manual transmission oil?
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <m1precjy9z.fsf@cs.indiana.edu>
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You know, after doing some further reading on Redline and other's websites it looks like the Redline NS might be a better choice for the regular Vanagon with it's open diff. But I already got the MT90 headed this way, so that is what I'll be using for this time. They say the NS-type fluids have a friction modifer to make them less(?) slippery so that the syncros in the gearbox will engage better, resulting in easier downshifts, etc. I guess that also helps the Limited Slip differential, which works with a simple clutch type stack, get a little more grip somehow. Redline also offers a stand-alone 'Friction Modifier' in like a pint bottle that you can add to your gear oil to increase the grip of your syncros or to help break in a brand new tranny... That might be worth looking into if you are encountering difficult shifting and you know it isn't your clutch or your linkage.. Not a recomendation, just an observation from someone who hasn't actually done anything with it..

Don Hanson

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > > > They are even saying right now, that MT-90 is intended for limited > > slip differentials, and is not really the right oil to use, and that > > it doesn't protect as well as a gear oil intended for where they is > > not a limited slip, would be more appropriate for our manual trans > > vanagons. > > > > I'm going to get some Swepco 201 gear oil myself. That's 'the stuff' > > in my opinion, currently. And I have used lots of it before , and nary > > a problem > > Redline makes a non-slip variation, labeled 75W90 NS, it is a GL-5 rated > gear oil. > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL >


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