Rick Koller wrote: >Vanagoons, > In preparing for my road trip south I also changed the tranny >fluid. I >replaced the original fluid 2 years ago with Redline MTL 75-80W which >improved the shifting (at least my mind has convinced me so) and so it >was >due again for a change. I believe the "steel filing load" was much less >on >the magnetic plug than when I first changed the trans oil. Just thought >I'd >post this observation for the synthetic afficionados on the List. > By coincidence I just switched to synthetic (Redline 75W-90 GL-4) lube on Saturday, after running dino oil (FLAPS 80W-90) for a year. This was on the advice of a listmember tranny rebuilder, in an effort to stave off the inevitable from my whining differential and/or output shaft. No immediate miracles to report, although those newly-lubed shift rod bushings certainly do feel sweet! Reason for writing is to inquire what sort of "metal filing load" folks are used to seeing on their drainplugs. I didn't quantify mine, but there certainly was an attention-getting volume of "fuzz" on that magnet... I'd say the "spikes" were 4-5 mm long (kind of a "Van de Graaf" look, if you know what I mean). No gear dogs or other macroscopic debris, just a paste of fine stuff... but lots more than I'm used to seeing from other transaxles (e.g. Porsche). Any comments appreciated... Ed Mellinger Monterey CA '84 plain-jane Wasserboxer |
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