Oily Question

[Al Duncan]

Ive got a 5 speed Ford T9 gearbox

The manual says it should be filled with EP80 any well known brand

the only stuff we could get off the shelf was EP80-90W

is this suitable, Phone call to 7 Factory was met with a

"mmm.....ehh.... that should be OK!"

They also reccomend that Comma oil was used, ours is valvoline, should I get down to the shop and order some?

Al 😬

[Rob Walker]

I would tend to agree with the Factory mmm....eh. Your choice of oil is not ideal Ford had a lot of trouble with the Type 9 and the fix was to use a special GL4 spec synthetic lubricant `Red` in colour and smelled a bit like cherry`s. Unfortunately this is no longer available and its Ford replacement is not as good. The oil of choice would be Red line MTL fully synth GL4 spec 75W/80. This will allow your syncro mesh to operate at optimum. Available from Demon Thieves or Miserable M/Sport

 

Edited by - Rob walker on 5 Sep 2002 17:51:52

[AMMO]

I use Castrol TAF-X in my type 9. I like it a lot. Good gear changes even from cold. The gloop that was in it before was awful. Could not select first until the gearbox had done a few miles.

 

AMMO

[martinwhitcher]

Go with Rob's suggestion, Redline MTL - (i think 2 quarts is enough) which you can get from Delta Oils 01476 861195 ask for Gavin, free posting (next day) and don't forget to ask for your Owners club discount (17.5%) no connection apart from very good service!! 😬

 

Martin

 

MW 51 CAT

[STEVE GILBERT]

Second Ammos comments, cheers for the oil Ammo 😬 I kept beating the synchro on 7.25k changes and this was eliminated with Ammo oil