Date:         Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:15:48 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Redline removed.
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Drained my trans (5sp) after about a year and a half, with about 30k miles
> on it's MT 90 Redline.  It was almost new looking..still had the red color
> and very little cloudiness. There were just a few shavings on the magnetic
> drain plug.  Amazing stuff.
>
>  This time I am trying some Swepco 201 which is a dino oil that many of the
> Porsche crowd swear by and also a lot of industrial companies use in their
> commercial vehicles.  We shall see how that stuff works in the vanagon.
>
>  I also replaced my fuel filter.  I replaced the line from the tank to the
> pump and added a small moto steel inline fuel filter into that section also,
> just before the pump.
>
>  Love all that sliding around under the van with gasoline running up my
> sleeves.  At least I did remember to borrow a few golf tees for use in
> stopping the gas lines....the perfect tool, golf tees..Close as I will
> probably ever come to golf..
>
>  Don Hanson
>


Yah I tried golf. "whoosh, whack, slice". I'll stick to using golf
tees in fuel lines.   ;^)

That Redline is great stuff, but keep us posted on any differences
with the Swepco. My "new" tranny is ok, but I suspect it is long in
the tooth. Am using Redline MT, but maybe Swepco might help it shift
better and/or eke out a few more KM's, er, Miles.    ;^)

Neil.


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