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Posted by: TomR Dec 23 2010, 07:52 PM

Hi out there! I'm the proud owner of a '73 914. just had tranny rebuilt. It is a stock '73 sideshift. Not sure what kind of gear oil to use to break it in & then maintain it. any suggestions on brands and weights would be great. Thx for all your help!
Tom

Posted by: sww914 Dec 23 2010, 08:02 PM

Several people posting will recommend Swepco 201, including me.
I get a good deal on it at GPR, an advertiser here.
A couple others will say that their local auto parts store brand will work fine. Some more will say that there is a Swepco conspiracy and that Swepco will destroy the world and render all life forms in the universe infertile.
It's blue so you can tell what's leaking.

Posted by: dangrouche Dec 23 2010, 08:23 PM

I have used both; found not much of a difference. For the price of one gallon of a Swepco, you could have paid for two gallons from the FLAPS. Since I have used both, I would default to the one that is cheaper and then flush it with the second gallon. When I owned a tail dragger, nothing but the best, so I used Swepco. Now that I only have the teener, then I go cheap, though I could afford Swepco. Dino oil is what the tranny was designed for back in the day. Now that I have rebuilt a couple of trannys, I see that dino oil still kept the insides well lubed and the gearsets are no worse for wear. the wear items are always the dogteeth and the syncro bands (which can be re-used if the band still has tension and some surface)

Posted by: underthetire Dec 23 2010, 08:27 PM

Dino oil. At 60 bucks a gallon for sweepco, I can change it a lot !

Posted by: smg914 Dec 23 2010, 08:36 PM

Use the SEARCH function at the bottom of the page. Search for; gear oil

You should find a lot of in depth discussion on the subject of what is the best gear oil to use in a 914 transmission.

Many people swear by Swepco and I'm sure it is probably the best. I believe it's pretty expensive ($55.00 a gallon) compared to normal name brand gear oil.

I've been using Valvoline 80W90 Gear Oil for over 30 years in my street Porsche's an have never had a transmission issue. I do however change the transmission gear oil every 2 years.

Posted by: Dr Evil Dec 23 2010, 08:40 PM

Read my 31 pages of transmission notes below in the link about gear oil, it should answer all of your questions

Posted by: bmtrnavsky Dec 23 2010, 09:41 PM

QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Dec 23 2010, 06:40 PM)

Read my 31 pages of transmission notes below in the link about gear oil, it should answer all of your questions