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CustomS14A
07-23-2004, 11:15 PM
Should i just get red line of the purple stuff...
thelinja
07-23-2004, 11:38 PM
Depends on what kind of diff you have. If it's open, just get regular gear oil, there's no need for anything special. If it's a clutch type, I'd use Redline 75w-90. That's me.
andrave
07-24-2004, 12:09 AM
unless you are talking about your transmission. redline shock proof is what I use, heavy synthetic. You can also use the purple power, which makes good lubricants, or lucas, althought their stuff is uber expensive.
Wei240
07-24-2004, 12:34 AM
i use that synchromesh stuff, i believe it's made by valvoline? yellow bottle found at your local auto parts store..
420sx
07-24-2004, 01:25 AM
just use valvoline, make sure you change it like oil, every 3k miles on clutch differencials. beauty of valvoline its cheap and its organic (cant use sunthetic on tomei for example)
Natty
07-24-2004, 12:23 PM
i use that synchromesh stuff, i believe it's made by valvoline? yellow bottle found at your local auto parts store..
I love that stuff. No GL rating, but it works fine for KA trannies.
kandyflip445
07-24-2004, 07:03 PM
It's Penzoil in the yellow bottle labeled Syncromesh. I'm actually not liking it. On long trips, for some reason, it will get harder to shift when coming to a town and it is sometimes grinding now which it didn't even do with the ORIGINAL fluid. I think I'm going to try Redline Heavyweight Shockproof next.
orange-grey
07-24-2004, 07:23 PM
Are you talking about your trans or your diff? I use Redline MT 90 in the gearbox and Redline 75W140 in my LSD.
kandyflip445
07-24-2004, 08:13 PM
In my transmission.
CustomS14A
07-24-2004, 10:18 PM
Well its for my trans and i got some redline synthetic gear oil but first i need to get the dang tranny back on the block with only my arms and legs.....
kandyflip445
07-24-2004, 11:05 PM
Well its for my trans and i got some redline synthetic gear oil but first i need to get the dang tranny back on the block with only my arms and legs.....

:eek: Good luck.
andrave
07-25-2004, 10:08 PM
go to the hardware store, take your stock bolts, buy longer ones. thread those through, use them to pull the tranny back on the engine, then thread in the normal bolts in the other holes. You can then back the new shit out and put in the rest of the normal ones (or just leave em in if you want).