Spider Gear Oil Change

["Jon Durham" <jon-durham@domain.elided>]

It also helps to heat the oil first by placing the gear-oil bottle in
boiling water.

> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:17:45 -0400
> From: "McCarty, Richard" <RMcCarty@domain.elided>
> Subject: Spider Gear Oil Change
>
> Hello All -
> I hate to argue with Russ Neely who I know to be much wiser and
knowlegable
> than myself, but the easiest way to refill the tranny is to buy a
> hand-operated suction pump. I bought one a few years ago at a Autozone
or
> Pep boys or someplace. I found that with the pump, I can fill the
tranny
> from the right side of the car by lying on my back and reaching around
to
> the other side to stick the hose from the pump into the fill hole.
This
> still reguires some care and patients as the fluid must be introduced
fairly
> slowly. Still, I've never refilled a tranny without making a sticky,
> horrible mess....
>
> BTW, the 75/25 mix of 50W motor oil and regular 80W90 gear worked
wonders
> for the 2nd gear syncro on my 72 GTV. I'ts still not perfect, but
much, much
> better. I had previously tried Redline, and regular & synthetic 80W90
gear
> oil, but the motor oil/ gear oil combo seems to work best for my car.

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