Speaking of foam. I put a gallon of purple cleaner through the tank. Very foamy. What's in that stuff? I poured it out and got about the first cup or so was coal black! While I carried it over to start hosing it out you could see vapor coming out of. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:55:21 To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] moar 195.6... The downsize to Lucas Oil additive and others like its that they foam up -- all that surface tension. I'm not sure that would matter in a transmission though. I don't know how much they foam -- some bubbles? Or a box full of shaving cream? I assume it's only a little. In a crankcase at high speeds any foaming is probably bad, but in a little T-96 it's hard to imagine trouble! On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote: > No it has a "real" seal, but you are correct in thinking the original was > "strange". It was a thick double seal with a standard lip type rubber inner > seal with a felt or leather outer dust shield/seal. Don't make 'em like that > anymore! Those things were great though. Nothing got from the outside in! > Would be good for 4x4s today. Old 1930s/40s Nash design back when there were > way more dirt/muddy roads than now. No longer needed for street cars, since > we have so many actual streets now. > I checked the TSM on oil for the old T-96. It says GL-80, 20W20 or 10W30 > motor oil (never even HEARD of 20W20... I guess that's straight 20). That's > all the way back to 1961. In the 65 TSM they add auto trans fluid to the > list of acceptable manual trans lube. No way I'd run ATF, but the 20W50 > should be good. Just to keep it quiet make it 25% Lucas Oil Stabilizer. It > only holds 1.5 pints, 2.75 with OD. The Lucas sticks to the gear surfaces > and cushions them some. Works great in my motorcycle for keeping the 90K > mile trans quiet. I use 25% every other oil change. If I go two changes > without it I start to hear gear noise. > ------------ > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:31:04 +0000 (UTC) > From: Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On the trans fluid selection. > My only thought is the output seal. > Did that not have some strange not real seal deal? > Maybe I'm thinking of something else? > > I ran 20W-50 at John Elle's advice in my non world class T5. > It worked excellent with no excess noise or leaks. > > -- > Frank Swygert > Publisher, "American Motors Cars" Magazine (AMC) > For all AMC enthusiasts > http://farna.home.att.net/AMC.html > (free download available!) > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100327/d6b98393/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com