Date:         Tue, 14 May 2013 18:51:25 -0400
Reply-To:     Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Manual Trans Gear Oil ??
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Last Fall on our way back to Virginia from Alaska, I stopped to see Daryl
Christensen at AA Transaxle and had him replace my gear box fluid.  After
arriving home, I sent him an email and asked what he had used so I could
replace it with the same stuff the next time it needed replacing.

His response is below,

Harold

Harold Teer
1991 Westy -- VANGAUX
Harrisonburg, VA





Glad you made it home in one piece. Long and winding trip but worth every
mile of it…

The oil I used was Mobil 1 Delvac 75/90 synthetic and it really is some
magic stuff it seems.

 Daryl of AA Transaxle

425-788-4070

"On the cutting edge of Old technology"

86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk
90 Doka Tristar w/2.5 Subie





On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> So during my clutch project I had planned on also replacing the gear oil in
> the trans. Well, I did not do it because I have seen many sources that say
> use GL-4 only and do not use GL-5 or the GL-4/GL-5 combination.
>
> So here is my question - assuming that information is accurate (and I
> believe it is based on the sources) - where in the HECK does one find GL-4
> gear oil???? I have looked everywhere locally and all I can find (FLAPS and
> small places alike) are either GL-5 only or the GL-4/GL-5 combination.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>