Yeah, I question the thinner oil too. I'd go with Mobil synth, but in a spec rate, not the thinner stuff. I run the 15W-50 in my non world class T-5 though. So I guess I'm guilty too! [non world class T-5 specs gear lube] It worked fine, I use past tense as I'm not about to try and drive it right now. I returned to work on Tuesday and even light duty with a 10lb weight restriction is a lttle much right now. I would not want to add shifting chores to my shoulder! -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> > Did I miss why you're not using gear oil in this trans? > 75-90 or some such? > > Ken > > > Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>: > > > Just a mild FYI, the synchro on 3rd gear in my T-96 is noq quite > > happy, bathed in Mobil1 15W-50 synth oil. It took about 3 days > > for it to work properly. > > > > It's hard to picture what was/is going on in there. 2nd and > > 3rd are on the same slider (their own dogs). I even took good > > enough photos that I can see that it was assembled right. ALl I > > can figure is that the end play, within spec, made it fussier > > about lube (it's based on lube viscosity I guess) and there > > was no such oil in 1963. > > > > Fine now though. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list