Thanks a bunch buddy for coming back on this. Ya got me cornvinced so I left this morning on a quest for some manual transmission gear oil by Mobil, specifically Mobil Delvac Synthetic Transmission Fluid 50.
Left the house at 0700 and literally stopped at every parts house in a 40 mile radius north, south and east of me, NOTA!!!!
Not any gear oil for a manual transmission at any of them. Seems that manual transmissions have gone the way of the dinosaur.
I looked it up at Grainger’s website last night and by now it was 1130 so my last resort was the Grainger 35 miles east of me. Yep they had it……but it was in their warehouse way north of there. However, they had a delivery coming at 1400 so I paid the $59.33 for the gallon (no quarts available) and went looking for some where to kill three hours. Got back over to the store at 1430 and strapped the gallon jug to the back of the Triumph and headed home. Construction and road closures at every turn, had to drive back east 20 miles to get around the closed railroad crossing and finally got home at 1625. Looooong day it was. So what did I get done on my Stovebolt today, you just heard it, nuttin” much!!!!!!
But, now I do have the “correct” gear lubricant for my SM420 and tomorrow we drain and refill and then,,,,,I’ll be ready for the road and won’t have to worry bout that trans for a million miles, right Ken???
Tks again,
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 08/30/2011 1:18 AM.
