<VV> Finding manual transmission oil locally?

[FrankDuVal]

Hugo, you say "but I wasn't actually suggesting putting ATF in a diff."  
But you did!

By not knowing the transmission and differential on manual transmission 
Corvairs share fluid.

Since PG Corvairs have separate fluid, you can run GL5 in their 
differentials with no problem.

Just adding this email in for the archives to make sure no one follows 
the bad advice in the future.

I've shared bad information in the past also.... You have now joined the 
club. ggg

Frank DuVal


On 6/30/2019 10:36 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Thank you, but I wasn't actually suggesting putting ATF in a diff. I 
> went to some lengths to explain that (hypoid) crown wheel & pinion 
> gears (ring & pinion if you prefer) require a different oil from the 
> standard Extreme Pressure stuff, and I explained why hypoid oil was 
> unsuitable for synchro cones. It has less to do with the oil attacking 
> the soft metals (in fact I've never seen a sybchro cone corroded in 
> this fashion) and everything to do with making the cones slide over 
> one another instead of biting, which can literally make a vehicle 
> un-driveable, on commercial gearboxes anyway.
> But I've already said all that - the confusion arose because my car 
> has separate oil for gearbox and transmission and I didn't realise 
> that a 4 speed shared trans oil while a PG didn't. Not that this 
> affects the validity of my arguments of course.