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| Dr Evil |
 Aug 7 2019, 11:38 AM
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QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Aug 3 2019, 10:56 PM)  Thanks Ed, that's the answer I was looking for. I just did this today and stumbled into these QT jugs at FLAPS. Only needed three... The book says 2.6 qts fills it, and that's what I experienced. I filled the emptys with what was left of my gallon jug for next time. It was a 5 min job. No mess. No pumps. No gallon jugs. No one give me grief now on my choice of lube...I find it works just as good if not better than the colorful stuff. This! 100% this. Also, cheap dino is just fine. |
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| JamesM |
Aug 8 2019, 05:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,915 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Aug 3 2019, 06:56 PM) No one give me grief now on my choice of lube...I find it works just as good if not better than the colorful stuff. No grief here, i have ran that exact same stuff before. I tend to find the cheaper the gear oil the better it tends to work in a 914 tranny. I try to run GL4 (without the the GL5 rating) if I can find it, but when i can't the cheapest GL5 is what goes in, the less manufacture additives/friction modifiers the better. In my early 914 years I tried running Sweepco 201 for a while as that was what was being recommended at the time, syncros in my box didnt seem to like it at all, thought it was my tranny that was toast but the next change I went back to cheap GL4 and the difference was night and day. ...and single quart bottles with the pointy tip are probably the cleanest way, as long as the oil you are running comes in that packaging. |
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| gereed75 |
Aug 8 2019, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,260 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States
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My amateur opinion for what it is worth - there are 100's of brands of oils out there, there are not 100's of people making lubricants. I suspect that there are only a few people manufacturing these lubes and that they all meet the specs as advertised and private label off brands all come out of the same batch. Maybe some vendors special order extra additives on a custom basis, but the basic good stuff is there as long as you are running the correct type for your tranny.
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| Front yard mechanic |
Aug 8 2019, 03:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,172 Joined: 23-July 15 From: New Mexico Member No.: 18,984 Region Association: None
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Germans invented synthetic oil in ww2 it is pressed from coal
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| stinkindiesel |
Aug 9 2019, 11:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 14-June 13 From: Georgetown, TX Member No.: 16,012 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(Ed_Turbo @ Aug 4 2019, 12:02 PM) Transfer pump from Harbor Freight Jeff. Not a perfect mess free situation but does the trick for a one man job. Coupon + free item....BOOM. -Eddie Tried the Harbor Freight pump for some transmission oil. The oil was so slippery the hoses wouldn't stay on the pump. Made a real mess. Gary |
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