MarcDurant
Need a Spot
Reged: 10/07/09
Posts: 23
Loc: Boulder, CO
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(Edit: On my 89 Raider)
Ok, yesterday I got down to "replace all gear oil" on my truck to-do list. It was all super nasty, especially the limited slip rear diff, which is probably not limited slip anymore judging by the metal shavings on the drain plug.
But I was still amazed when I opened the transmission drain plug and motor oil came out instead of gear oil. I haven't driven the truck much since I bought it last month, but I did think that the transmission felt a little rough. Not many metal shavings on the magnetic drain plug, at least. Given the maintenance record of the previous owner (never any maintenance), I figure it's been driven like this for about 2 years.
I guess I'm going to fill it back up with gear oil and just drive it, but anything special I should do? (Besides find out who did it and beat them silly?)
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89 Raider V6 manual (getting fixed up)
89 Montero V6 4-door manual (slowly dying)
Edited by MarcDurant (11/02/09 01:25 PM)
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JohnnyBfromPeoria
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 06/10/02
Posts: 2420
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Marc, can you please put in a signature to tell us what you're driving?
John B.
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'87 Raider 2.6 Auto, black. LSD, 33x12.5, budget lift, 2" BL, BoUnCyX2, KYB's. Turbo motor inching closer to completion
'95 Montero SR, 33x12.5 Toyo Open Country M/T on factory 7", 2" BL, Aisins
2005 Scion xB
2009 Kawasaki KLR 650
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 89montero
Rock Warrior
Reged: 05/28/06
Posts: 606
Loc: Vashon, WA.
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When I first started reading that I thought you meant an auto tranny. I guess motor oil isn't the absolute end of the world in a manual trans, good thing you caught that though.
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1989 Montero 4dr V6 3.0l
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2323162
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NickR
Wheeler
Reged: 12/27/08
Posts: 120
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
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MarcDurant drive it for a couple hundred miles and flush again and repeat till the gear oil looks and smell like "normal".
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1987 Dodge Raider, stick on 33" mud terrains, 2.5 in BL, Con-ferr roof rack, Hella driving lights & pencil beam lights.
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Red1979
Getting the Wheeling Fever
Reged: 08/19/09
Posts: 68
Loc: Virginia
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Thats what advance told me to put in my manual tranny but I called the dealership and they said to put gear oil in it
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1987 Dodge Ram 50
2.6 5 speed
pretty much stock right now
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4ePajero
Getting the Wheeling Fever
Reged: 12/14/07
Posts: 83
Loc: South Africa
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It's not unheard of (my Isuzu 5-spd manual tranny used ordinary Multigrade oil), but I've never heard of a Mitsu tranny with sump oil.
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Don't ascribe to malice anything that can be adequately explained as stupidity!
Pajero LWB Gen1 3.2 Di-D TD Engine
33" Bridgestone D694s
2" Lift
Front Runner Rack
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MarcDurant
Need a Spot
Reged: 10/07/09
Posts: 23
Loc: Boulder, CO
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Well, it sure does shift smoother with gear oil in it! I let it drain overnight to get all of the old oil out and refilled with cheap gear oil. I'll check it in a few weeks.
Also checked my lsd rear while I had the truck on jackstands, and it seems to still be functional - at least under light loads.
I also noticed last night that the EGR system has been stripped off of my engine - good luck passing emissions like that! Looks like it's back to the junkyard.
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89 Raider V6 manual (getting fixed up)
89 Montero V6 4-door manual (slowly dying)
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plh
Mudrunner
Reged: 11/15/08
Posts: 264
Loc: Wisconsin
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make sure it is the correct GL rating
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- 88 Raider: Header, 2.5" exhaust, 5 spd, 4.62 LSD Front & Rear, T/L, add a leaf, Skyjacker shocks, 33"x12.5"x15" MTZs, Aisin LOs, Justice Bumper #2, Dual Bouncies, Soon to be TSI
- 89 Raider V6 PARTS FOR SALE
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93montero_sr
Rock Warrior
Reged: 04/30/07
Posts: 553
Loc: atwater ca
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Some people will run motor oil in the winter instead off gear oil. When it gets cold gear oil gets even thicker so it makes for crappy shifting opposed to motor oil witch aint as thick. Then when summer comes around they put gear oil back in.
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93 montero sr 3 inch body lift 31x11.50 super swamper ltb, 2 8inch 130 watt pro comp off road lights, 2 55w lights on the rear bumper, rear air locker, magnaflow exhaust muffler,superwinch manual hubs,15x8 black rock crawlers (steel)
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