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Gearbox has been rebuilt!
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:44 pm
by dj_ules
good news to me
my gearbox has been brought back to life.. replaced all the bearings with stronger ones, recoated all the syncros and gears etc
parts cost me 550$ labour 277. and get waranty with it ..
yay
no just need to know what kind of gearbox oil you guys recomend !
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:54 pm
by Oliver89
Nice dude. Good Work.
Gear Box Oil..I reckon 75W90NS is the proper REDLINE gearbox oil for our cars..
The synthetic VALVOLINE Gear Oil 75w-90 is supposed to make easier the shifting at lower temperatures. The same claim is not repeated for the semi-synthetic and mineral Valvoline gearbox oils.
This may be related partly to marketing strategies but there should be also some real effect.
You may check this site:
http://www.valvolineeurope.com/index.as ... 5548fe5c32
Re: Gearbox has been rebuilt!
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:41 am
by Bennoz
dj_ules wrote:good news to me
my gearbox has been brought back to life.. replaced all the bearings with stronger ones, recoated all the syncros and gears etc
parts cost me 550$ labour 277. and get waranty with it ..
yay
no just need to know what kind of gearbox oil you guys recomend !
Thats a pretty damn good price! Did you pull it outta the car yourself?
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:54 pm
by dj_ules
um nah one of my mates older brothers is a bus mechanic.. so he pulled it out for me and is putin it back in
yeah price is not bad .. they done a bit of free work for me .. top place where i took my box. they even gonna chek it in a couple of month for me make sure everything is ok .. do an gb oil change etc all i pay for is the oil.. just to make sure im happy with the box so theyr happy theres no probs
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:05 pm
by Delvance
a lot of people recommend the redline oil for gearboxes. Would've got some myself but was too lazy to order or find it haha. I've got Castrol Syntrax 75-90 in mine atm, it's a full synth oil and once the oil warms up, it's a pleasure to change gears. Hard to get into gear a morning start though (where the gearbox oil has cooled down completely). Apparently it's the same with the redline stuff.
I don't know what oil was in the box before, but it was hard to get in gear (compared to the syntrax) and 1st would never go in unless the car was not moving at all. It did work well from a cold start though lol.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:38 pm
by sublime19
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:07 am
by jc133480
Who did you get to fix the box and was it TIP or Manual?
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:13 am
by jonowong
manual
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:40 am
by khunjeng
GB oil. The MT90 form redline would be a good choice...shockproof if your get some serious mods which I doubt.
Motul 300V gear oil is good also.
Castol Syntrans I think or maybe Syntrax.
Look for a GL5 rated GB oil.
I used Redline Shockproof...but MT90 is a little different and helps eliminate notching.
I cbf finding out but do u need lots of friction modiferis in the FTO box? The NS version of redline is different to the std...
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:42 pm
by dj_ules
jc133480 wrote:Who did you get to fix the box and was it TIP or Manual?
Manual Transmission Factory..
theyve done a couple of fto's
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:49 pm
by FtoSam
Hey KJ,
Would you reccomend shockproof for my setup?
p.s. sorry if im hijacking this thread...
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:34 am
by Jono
Hey guys have a look at this page
http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.ph ... ht=synchro
It pretty much says GL4 is the one for our manual gboxes. Im having my gbox rebuilt as we speak, i had been using Castrol syntrax( 75w 90 - GL5)
Im not sure if i will move over to Castrol Transman ( 75w/85 - gl4 )
Not sure if the GL5 was the cause of my gbox issue.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:10 pm
by Richy
hi guys...is this whole conversation about gear oil for manual only....
cos i read the diy section for gear oil change.....Castrol TQ Dextron III was recommended.....and so i bought a 5L bottle for my soon to do service....
can someone please clarify....
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:15 pm
by mr-charisma
damns, that seems like a pretty good price!
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:45 pm
by JOeJOe
I put dex III in mine, works fine and it's been roughly 15000kms. I'll be chaning it again soon.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:02 pm
by FTO99R
$550!!! how the hell did you get away with it that cheap. I'm in the process of getting a quote at the moment and its $1000 just for bits and labour will be at least $700. Are you in syd cause I'd really like to know where I could get the parts cheaper? (the quote was on all genuine parts)
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:03 pm
by JOeJOe
Two words - Mates Rates.
If you went through the post, his mate did it for him.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:10 pm
by RallyMad
Richy wrote:hi guys...is this whole conversation about gear oil for manual only....
cos i read the diy section for gear oil change.....Castrol TQ Dextron III was recommended.....and so i bought a 5L bottle for my soon to do service....
can someone please clarify....
Yeah, manual.
For a tip you want a Automatic Transimission Fluid (or ATF) like the Dextron.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:26 pm
by FTO99R
I really need to get some mechanic mates. It would be nice to save $1150 on a gearbox rebuild
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:16 pm
by khunjeng
Richy wrote:hi guys...is this whole conversation about gear oil for manual only....
cos i read the diy section for gear oil change.....Castrol TQ Dextron III was recommended.....and so i bought a 5L bottle for my soon to do service....
can someone please clarify....
people use it.
The tip requires SPII/III rated. Been covered before.