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Igovert500
04-07-2004, 10:51 PM
Ok, so tomorrow, I got nothing to do, and I have noticed that my shifts are a little harder then normal, so I think it's time to get under the car and change the gear oil. My main question is what do you guys recommend/prefer to use.
I am going to be doing the transaxle, transfer case, and rear.
This is what I got from Jeff Lucius' site:

GL-4 Gear oils (transaxle and transfer case): Red Line MT-90/MTL (50/50 or 67/33 mix), BG Synchro Shift II, GM/Pennzoil/Quaker State/Texaco Synchromesh (synchromeshfluid.pdf), Valvoline Synthetic, Mobil 1 synthetic.

GL-5 Gear oils (rear differential): Red Line 75W90, Valvoline Synthetic, Mobil 1 synthetic.

I'm leaning towards redline. I don't know if I am really motivated enough to mix the MT-90 and the MTL(apparently it helps bring the viscosity down closer to the 85 recommended by Mitsu)
My main goal is to get improvement on the shifting. As I am sure all of you know, our cars aren't the easiest in the world. On top of that, 4 or 5 times this winter, my car REALLY did not want to shift into gear when I started her up. Also, after storing it for the last 2 months on the way home there were a few red lights where it was tougher to get it into first when it turned green. So I really want to improve the shifting.
What do you recommend?
Also, this is the first time I am doing this. Anything you recommend or this I should be wary of. Obviously I know to make sure I open the fill plug prior to the drain plug so I don't end up SOL. But should I get new metal O-rings ahead of time? stuff like that. Thanks, Geoff

talskinyguy
04-08-2004, 01:06 AM
Hard shifting is perfectly normaly when its cold out. The oil need times to warm up.

Trans and transfercase
I currently have GM sycromesh in mine, but many people have said that 10w30 synthetic works better, so thats what im going to try next.

Rear end
Just using gear oil.

Igovert500
04-08-2004, 01:22 AM
I've heard good things about synchromesh, except that its like 10 bucks a quart...
I attribute most of the problematic shifting early on this winter to the weather
but on the way home, I had been driving the car for over 3-4 hours, and when I got off the highway and took normal roads for the last 20 mins I had some trouble getting it back into first after waiting a min or so at a red light. I don't think that's the cold weather.

Igovert500
04-09-2004, 10:05 PM
Just wanted to update you all. I drained my rear and put in mobil 1 synthetic 75w90, and swapped penzoil synchromesh in my transaxle. I didn't do the transfer case, because it was so close to my downpipe, so I am just going to wait until I swap downpipes then do it then. But I took it out for a quick spin after changing the rear and transaxle and shifting was SOOOOOOO much smoother. You can definantly tell the difference.

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