: What kind of tranny oilshould i use in my
: 4-speed. I have dextron III in it right now
: and it works good. But would 90 wt give me
: better protection?? Has anyone thought about
: using motor oil in a 4-speed? or is that a
: dumb idea?
: Thanks, Tom B
:
: Does anyone have an A-body reverse rod they
: wouldnt mind selling me???

: My brother-in-law had a mid 80's Dodge van with
: a 3 spd filled with ATF. I could hear him
: coming from about a block away. We changed
: the lube to 90W and it sure quieted the
: tranny down.

: i've seen chrysler specify ATF as their lube of
: choice as it will lube the trans just fine
: but do a better job of preventing gear
: clash. you could use motor oil, just pick
: your weight "by climate" meaning
: thicker oil for cold weather/thin oil for
: hot, etc. if you feel the need for
: "gear" oil, stay away from gl-5
: (rear axle lube) and find some gl-4 (made
: for manual tranmissions) and again pick the
: weight by your climate. also stay away from
: synthetic gear oil. i read a test in mopar
: action years ago and they found that it
: worked terribly in an a-833 (i believe
: "clash city" was the term Dr.
: Ehrenberg used!) also any persistent noise
: can only really be repaired by replacing a
: bad bearing or in extreme cases a gearset
: may be in order.

: Thanks everyone, I will just keep the ATF in my
: tranny. How difficult is it to change the
: reverse shaft seal? I have a pretty big leak
: from the reverse lever and i need to fix it.
: if i take off the side cover and the reverse
: lever, can i just slide the shaft in and
: replace the seal???

: i re-read my earlier post and said
: "...thicker oil for cold,/thin oil for
: hot..." well in the words of the great
: willie wonka, "scratch that, reverse
: it!"
:
: d-nut, as for your reverse-shaft seal i assume
: you are talking about the shaft where the
: shift lever bolts on. if so, i believe you
: need to disassemble the whole trans to get
: to it as (if memory serves me) the arm that
: engages the reverse gear sits between the
: gear and the case. it isn't really a seal,
: but an o-ring that fits in a groove in the
: shaft itself. the forward gear shafts use a
: similar o-ring type seal but you can replace
: them by removing the side cover and
: diassembling the cover itself.
:
: -james

: Great info. seems like manual trans. oil
: selection is a series of trade-offs between
: how quite and how much bearing / gear load
: protection you get (thick / slippery oils)
: vs. how well the brass syncrows rings grip
: the cluster gear cones. (gear clash vs. a
: fast shift)
: ATF and light motor oils work well for easy
: shifting but do not protect the bearings and
: gears as well, especially when running hot.
: DD

: That's how I remember it, too.

: wait, isn't it a nylon thing with an oring?
:
: Well, you cam patch it with an oring from
: orchard, or you can pick the old oring out
: with a dnetal tool and put a new one in.
:
: taking apart tranny -bad
: yearly patch-----GOOD!

: I think im just going to change the ATF for
: some 90wt gear oil or some thick motor oil
: to slow the leak. What do you guys think of
: Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil in a tranny?

: I would fix the leak before using anything
: costing $5.00 a quart.
: DD

: I changed the oil today for some straight 60
: weight valvoline engine oil. Thats some
: think motor oil! It stopped the leak. It
: leaked really bad at first with the ATF, but
: it slowed alot with some use. Now it
: stopped. I guess the seals just needed some
: use after a long sit.