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dbear
PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:55 pm 
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My diesel transmission has recently been grinding when going in third and fourth. :cry:
Is there anything that help? My brother suggested Amsoil or some other synthetic.
I need to keep the trans alive as long as possible.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:34 am 
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what helped my trans was lucas or redline synthetic oil it makes it so it shifts hella easy and grinding kinda went away :ebiggrin
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dbear wrote:
My diesel transmission has recently been grinding when going in third and fourth. :cry:
Is there anything that help? My brother suggested Amsoil or some other synthetic.
I need to keep the trans alive as long as possible.

Thanks,bear

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what helped my trans was lucas or redline synthetic oil it makes it so it shifts hella easy and grinding kinda went away :ebiggrin
If it's just the synchros, that might help. Someone over at the Isuzu P'up forum strongly recommends a Redline synthetic. Just be sure to use the recommended weight--it's like a motor oil, NOT a gear lube. Lots of transmissions have been destroyed by using 90w gear oil when the manual recommends 30w motor oil, or 5w30.

On the other hand, if it's the bearings or gears, there's no magic lubricant that will help.

Is yours a 5-speed?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:30 pm 
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Yep, It's a 5 speed.
Anybody know what the recommended lube is?

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5w30 motor oil. It takes 1.7 quarts.

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Thanks for the response. So I take it any good synthetic 5W30 motor oil would be OK?

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I wonder how ATF works in them....

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dbear wrote:
Thanks for the response. So I take it any good synthetic 5W30 motor oil would be OK?



Yeah that sounds right as far as I know. I used 5 -30 conventional in mine and it works fine.. speakins of which i need to change it soon

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Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses.

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I wonder how ATF works in them....

Works fine, but it gets around the seals, they won't hold it in.

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At one time, graphite was available in 3oz. tubes, about the size of your thumb. Have not seen it in years. I have fashioned a small funnel and put powdered graphite lubricant in noisy trannys and differentials. I have put as many as 4 of these tubes in one differential. It seems to mix well with whatever other type of lubricant you have, and, IMO, reduces the noise, and prolongs the life of gears. May be worth looking into.
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hmmm thats something i haven't heard of...

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At one time, graphite was available in 3oz. tubes, about the size of your thumb. Have not seen it in years.

Last time I saw it was at a hardware store. It's used as a lubricant for door locks.

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