REVIEW - ATF in Gearbox

The reason we went to Sydney NSW was my mate was buying a Nitrous Oxide kit for his car as they were not allowed to be sold and band in our state, young and silly lol.

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This must've been his ride:

The funny thing when he got the kit back home he set it up on his other mate's stock 308 V8 Holden motor to try it out, they had a lot of fun for a few days till the motor went BANG and being on the drugs they snorted the rest of the GAS, the drugs finaly got the better of him about 10 years later found him with a needle still in his arm, what a wasted life.

Ashley

It's tough going to survive long enough to outgrow that phase. I've many friends now pushing flowers up because of dope.
My trans has never been opened and I hope it never has to, also the measured amount of gear oil shall continue to go into it fairly often since it's an easy change. Those little gearboxes are quite pricey, enough so that it's not worth risking by changing from spec lube oil to ATF.
Besides I gave mine a special treat today and let it savor winding along at 5K for a bit through all four...We both felt good after.

With the wife being a dentist.... I'm rather partial myself to a sniff hear and there
And the garden mower used to run fine until the B&S engine took a liking to it.... it now has a ventilated piston ...Ooooops

1up3down said:

After reading Comnoz's post a while about about him running with ATF in the gearbox for many thousands of miles touring with his wife and luggage I thought I would try it out.

I like it. Finding a gear or neutral is immediate with just a snick, no drag or slight stick compared to regular weight gear oil. Using the gearbox is actually a pleasure now!

Thanks Jim!

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Thought about it last year and did the deed for this year. So far I have the same impression as you

I run the Synthetic Trans Fluid in the ' T-5 ' Trans ( These will disitigrate on gear oil ) AND the power steering , in yea olde falcoon .

Cant help but think its vastly superior to std TQF .


" CASTROL TRANSMAX TYPE F "

Are you talking Ford Falcon from the Days of Our Youth or a bike gearbox ie Norton?
Just asking...

As I posted here a month or so ago, I had the opposite experience with ATF. The shifting was notchy and, for the first time ever on a Norton, I was missing shifts. After one ride, I went back to gear oil.

I had a ‘72 Falcon 302 v8 4bbl , got it from a lady for $400 cash , while her husband was away working ... that car would dig holes in asphalt from a stop sign .... loved that car !

From the 50s in Australia we had the Holden vs the Ford Falcon from 6 cylinders to the V8 but the Holden V8s weren't that good and the Falcons had the big mussle V8s then Holden started to put Chev motors in them, but Holdens were a bit lighter than the Ford Falcons, and our car racing history was always Holdens vs Fords and today no more aussie made cars, we have been sold out and every car now is imported from else where.

Ashley

" Are you talking Ford Falcon from the Days of Our Youth or a bike gearbox ie Norton?
Just asking... "

BOTH ACTUALLY ! .



Its just like this . Apart from one or two things .

This is the garbage I use , in the xf 6 Cyl. 5 speed . maybe a 2000 box ? . As it was a auto X factory .




Now we know . Olde Len Perry was saying they used ATF in the Suzz ookies , at Daytona . TR 500 & TR 750 , around 70 / 74 .
Less drag = more speed . Replaced for each race though .

Most people use a drop of some slick shift shite in the ATF in the T 5 / T 50s . I used a drop of moreys with the ATF .
The Transmax F is just straight .
Like new brake fluid , new ATF in the power steering , after 10 year old stuff , improves the brakes , and steering , no end.
So a COMPARISON with the transmax is inevitable . Smoother , more ' cushion ' , cleaner , less wear ( none hopefully ) .
Better shift in the Box . power Steers more precise . Runs a cooler there . Most of the utes do std . XG's etc .

Not sure if theres anything in it that disolves bronze bushes , some say some oils do . Id doubt it with this .
Cars going well , seems to be run in now its got 200.000 miles on it .