I've been running the MTL in my '93 3.9 for three years now.
I put it in for the same reasons: Hard shifting when the truck was cold,
and REALLY hard shifting when both the truck and the temperature outside
were cold - especially into 2nd gear.
The verdict: it made a definitely noticeable improvement, but not a
night-and-day difference. I haven't decided yet whether or not it's
worth the $7 or $8 a quart it costs plus the mail order nuisance for my
upcoming xmission oil change.
- Paul Schelling
SchellinPM@corning.com
'93 Dodge Dakota (every day)
'78 Fiat Spider (sunny ones)
'84 VW Rabbit (ice racer)
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>>...i have the AX-15 (i believe) trans (5-speed on a
>>2.5 same as the V-6)...it is a pain in the cold wheather (gear clash and
all
>>that ) was wondering if anyone took out the gear lube and replaced it
with
>>anything in it's place with out a problem...Dodge
>>says this is normal (the gear clash) but i don't buy it....thanks
>& I have the same problem when cold. I just replaced the the fluid with
Mobil
>& 1 75w90. Helped a little, but I still have problems getting into 2nd
when
>& its cold.
>I would try Redline MTL (manual transmission lubricant). It is a
>synthetic that does not get thick when cold, and the MTL stuff is
>designed to make the synchros work well. This stuff really worked great
>in my '62 Ford. Other synthetic transmission oils can cause the
>synchros to not work well.
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