Joe, do I read you right? Did you put Mobil 1 engine oil in your tranny? How
does it shift now? I was thinking of putting in some Red Line synthetic, but
CC says use their specific oil only, and gives no specs to cross reference.
Mine sure doesn't shift very good when the oil is cold.
Eric
Joe Dille wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> FWIW I changed the lube in my '98 5.2l 5-speed tonight to Mobil 1. Here
> is what I learned:
>
> The tranny plugs take a 17mm hex to remove them. I made a removal tool by
> brazing a M10 nut amd bolt together. Worked like a champ. I was
> prepaired to put a magnet in the drain plug. After removal I saw that
> the stock drain plug has a magnet. After 1084 miles the magnet had about
> a 1/4" ball of fuzz on it.
>
> I also had magnets to put in the differential cover. There were seven
> 1/4" by 3/16" rare earth disks. I simply epoxied them to the lower part
> of the cover where they would not hit anything. When I reached in to
> wipe out the last bit of juice from the main housing I found the stock
> magnet :-) It is an industrial thickness refferigerator magnet on the
> floor of the housing. This had a bunch of black spooge which I was able
> to wipe off.
>
> Moral of the story... Both the tranny and differential have magnes in them
> from the factory to collect chips.
>
> Drive Safe,
>
> Joe Dille
>
> Telford PA USA
> (joe@dille.montgomery.pa.us)
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