Al Duncan Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 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 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Walker Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMO Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinwhitcher Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE GILBERT Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Second Ammos comments, cheers for the oil Ammo 😬 I kept beating the synchro on 7.25k changes and this was eliminated with Ammo oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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