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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 02:29 AM
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Reverse sensor or pump. Just shows you there's more than one way to skin a cat . . . erm . . . add gear oil to your transmission.
Old Jul 18, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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is redline MT-90 the best to use?
what about mobile 1
or royal purple
Old Jul 18, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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I used Amsoil 75W/90 GL4 about a month ago and its been great!
Old Jul 19, 2007 | 01:10 AM
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I think the consensus is any of the gear oils you listed will feel better than stock when shifting. I'm happy with the MT90, some folks swear by amsoil, others love the royal purple. You can't lose!
Old Jul 19, 2007 | 02:10 AM
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I would avoid mobil1 of the ones you listed. Not that there is anything wrong with it, it just isn't as good quality as the others IMO and this is a fluid that will be in your car for an extended period. The top 3 (not in any order) seem to me the redline, royal purple, and amsoil. Any one of the 3 and your golden, just choose the one with the best price!
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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thx to all who contributed this thread...
just ordered my 3 bottles
cant wait to see good results
Old Jul 24, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Fsu1dolfan
I used Amsoil 75W/90 GL4 about a month ago and its been great!

Amsoil FTW
Old Oct 27, 2007 | 02:16 AM
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good write up ima sure use this in the future but when u fill the tranny wouldnt fluid be coming out through the "Fill Plug" while ur putting tranny fluid in even tho that is suppose to indicate that its full??
Old Oct 28, 2007 | 04:38 AM
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yes, when u see the fluid coming out of the fill plug, that mean it is full.


i stuck a long funnel to the Fill Plug and adding fluid until i see it over flowing.
Old Oct 28, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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Is this the fluid to use for the tranny??
http://www.jscspeed.com/universal/fl...dline_mt90.htm
Old Oct 29, 2007 | 02:48 AM
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^^^^^yes
Old Nov 1, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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Yo wuts the difference between the mt-90 75w90 and mtl 70w80 if any since they are both gear oil??? sorry im new to this transmission thing.
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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maybe this can stop the grinding i here...
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 06:26 AM
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ok so i have a 07 auto tc the gear shift fine but i am going synthetic on my oil and i wanna do it on my trans to so do i do the same as a manual trans or is it a different method for a auto trans and wat fluid would i use from royal purple, redline and amsoil? would really apperciate the help
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 06:42 AM
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this is for manual only
it says so in the beginning of the thread
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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so where can i find the one for automatic cuz i tried searching for it but had no luck if anyone knows i would apperciate it
Old Jan 1, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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just ordered some royal purple

heres the site:
http://www.americanmuscle.com/royal-...-gear-oil.html
Old Jan 27, 2008 | 04:25 AM
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This method worked well for me and thanks for the pics...Remember a 15/16 WRENCH for the drain plug. A standard socket will not fit.
Old Jan 27, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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great write-up, definitely gonna do this soon.
Old Jan 27, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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i used like a hugeass 24 mm wrench for the drain plug i believe.

the reverse sensor plug on the top where i filled, i didnt have a socket big enough to even go over it. i went to advance and picked up a 1 and 1/16th. worked great.

scratched my arm on the hood latch mechanism when i was tryin to break the bolt loose though.. ah well



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