John
Thanks
I'll go with the Redline as soon as I can put my hands on some.

Gary

----Original Message Follows----
From: John McLean <jaymac@internetcds.com>
Reply-To: jaymac@internetcds.com
To: Gary McEachern <glmce@HOTMAIL.COM>
CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Manual transmission gear oil questions
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:11:22 -0700

Gary,
Don't bother with anything but Redline MT-90.   After a trial of several
other
brands of tranny fluid I have come to this conclusion.  It's the second best
thing to getting the rebuild you really need.

John McLean  87 Vanagon GL  ( 200,000 miles )

Gary McEachern wrote:

 > Hello
 > I am replacing the gear oil in a used tranny I bought prior to
installation.
 > At the parts store I noticed there is a 85/140 gear oil available in
 > addition to the 80W and 80/90W. I believe the 85/140 gear oil is
Valvoline
 > synthetic or semi-synthetic. Is this a new weight/type of gear oil that
 > would be suitable for use in the Vanagon transmission or should I stick
with
 > the 80/90?
 >
 > When I pulled the drain plug there was a fair amount of metal filings
 > attached to the drain plug magnet. Is this common on a tranny that hasn't
 > had the fluid changed for 100K miles or more.. or is this a really bad
sign?
 >
 > Thanks
 >
 > Gary
 >
 > Gary McEachern, Reading Ma.
 > '90 Westy
 > '84GL w/ Super Sunroof
 > '87GL Wolfsburg Weekender (X2)
 > '75 Spitfire
 >
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