On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Wesley Alden Pegden wrote:

> speaking of cold weather, is it worth swapping out my tranny fluid for
> something like red line?  Any folks have any experience shifting the van
> in really cold weather?  I'm not sure what's in there now, but i'm sure it
> ain't redline.

I didn't find the cold weather performance of Redline to be noticably
better than dino oil.  It's still stiff to shift when cold, and it still
tends to grind into 2nd until it warms up.  But my tranny is pretty worn.
One that has better syncros to begin with might benefit more.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si