recently (few weeks ago) changed the oil in the gearbox when i changed the wishbones as it was well past it, replaced it with 75w/90, however the past week or so first and second have been really hard to engage, and it crunches into second unless you've driven it for about 10 minutes. so if i get stuck in traffic after 5 minutes of driving i have to literally force it into first. never used to do this. noticed haynes says 75w/80 for the 'box, is this the problem? or is my box fubared? (have got a replacement but shorted out on replacing it as the snow hindered me!)
gearbox oil and crunchy gears/stiff
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#2shit oil can cause huge problems on these boxes -
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#3best to drop it asap and shove some decent stuff in?Quote:Originally Posted by Sparco_Tom
shit oil can cause huge problems on these boxes