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    65 A100 Gear oil or ATF?

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    Post by rustyspoke66 Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:58 pm

    Ok, not to sound to stupid but I just drained my 3 speed trany and it had gear oil of some sort in it. So I looked in the manual to see what was recommended for a 3 speed manual transmission. It seems that you can put 2 kinds of ATF or SAE 80 or 90 weight gear oil. Just wanted to see what the consensus was on what I should put back in the trany.
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    Post by pittsdriver Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:19 am

    I bought a new A100 in 1969. Being the hot rod senior in high school and speed shifting I blew the syncros. It had ATF in it and that's what I replaced it with. tranny worked great for the next couple of years I had it.
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    Post by Twinpilot001 Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:33 am

    80 W 90 ONLY!! The traan fluid (auto( stuff is I do believe for very cold climates- only late model trannys use the auto trans stuff-
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    Post by white-lightning Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:57 am

    My dad put an Amsoil 75w-90 gear oil in my 65's trans after it was rebuilt.
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    Post by Twinpilot001 Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:06 am

    thats some good stuff! Id add if your gearset is a limited slip / posi unit - must use that recommended oil for those!!
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    Post by slowflapper Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:40 am

    rustyspoke66 wrote:Ok, not to sound to stupid but I just drained my 3 speed trany and it had gear oil of some sort in it. So I looked in the manual to see what was recommended for a 3 speed manual transmission. It seems that you can put 2 kinds of ATF or SAE 80 or 90 weight gear oil. Just wanted to see what the consensus was on what I should put back in the trany.

    If you have an automatic you use ATF (automatic transmission fluid rabbit), if you have a manual you use 90w "gear oil" (same stuff that's in the rear end). You can get it at any parts store.
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    Post by pittsdriver Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:35 am

    From the manual: service with automatic transmisson fluid type AQ-ATF Suffix A for all temp ranges. You can use SAE 90 in warm climates.
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    Post by rustyspoke66 Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:00 am

    So I guess something like the 75w-90 Amsoil might be the way to go. The temp. range in Spokane can be anywhere from below zero temps to over 100deg. We tend to have about the full extent of all seasons. Thanks for all the input and if anybody has anything to add it would be greatly appreciated.
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    Post by dix Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:38 pm

    RUSTY YOU ARE CORRECT THE MANUAL DOES STATE COLD TEMPS TRANS. FLUID . WARM TEMPS 80/90 WEIGHT...
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    Post by 69 a 100 Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:01 am

    someone put atf in mine when i bought it and it burnt the bearing in the tail shaft
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    Post by rustyspoke66 Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:23 am

    Thats good to know, I ended up useing gear oil but I hanent had it on the road yet.

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