Re: Sluggish xfer cases & transmissions

[Daniel Youngquist <dany@domain.elided>]

On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Tom Mandera wrote:

> One solution.. get the truck running, tranny in almost-high gear (2nd
> on my 3spd), and transfer case in NEUTRAL.. let the motor warm up in
> gear, turning the tranny and transfer case.. then when you go to
> leave, at least the transfer case shifts and things are a little
> smoother. 

Another solution:  Use synthetic oil & gear lube.  Yes it's spendy, but
if the oil's so thick that you can't shift, think what the lack of
lubrication is doing to your gears & bearings.  Not to mention the extra
fuel economy you'll get from the reduced friction.  The synthetics don't
change viscosity down to -40 or so.  If I still lived in a climate cold
enough that it mattered, there's no way I'd run dino oils in the winter. 
In fact, I decided recently to switch to all synthetics when my current
supply of dino oil is used up, with the possible exception of my diesel
unless I can get a real good filter system for it.

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