33 gearbox oil + humble apology

[John Day <J.C.C.Day@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
I got our new 33 sportwagon legal over the weekend and It's 
fine. It does however have the 3rd-2nd gearbox crunch that 
every other 33 I've ever driven has if you get too 
enthusiastic changing down.  I've heard apochriphal stories 
that you can improve the gearbox no end if you change to an 
all synthetic oil.  Does anyone know if there is any truth 
in this? I've had old Austins in which you could make a 
major improvement to the synchromesh by careful choice of
oil. I was going to try on my old 33 4x4 but was worried 
the bevel box wouldn't cope. 

Finally, when I mentioned hot coffee in my litigation rant 
last week I had no idea that it might spark the dreaded cup 
holder thread again. If it was me responsible then 
please can I offer my sincere and humblest apologies to all 
digesters.

John

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John Day
J.C.C.Day@domain.elided
Interface Analysis Centre
University of Bristol
121 st Michael's Hill
Bristol BS2 8BS
UK
tel 44 (0)117 9255666
fax 44 (0)117 9255646

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