"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
03/29/2020 at 21:00 • Filed to: None
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"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
03/29/2020 at 21:00 • Filed to: None | 5
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This afternoon’s small Pajero project was changing the gear oil in the transfer case as I continue to baseline the maintenance of the truck. Like the front differential a few weeks ago, it was nice to see clean old oil come out of it. Someone in Japan kept up with the maintenance on this truck. U-joints got greased on the front and rear driveshafts while I was at it.
I also figured out that the step in the garage floor and the 2x10 boards I used for racecar loading on the trailer are the same hei ght. Pulling the Pajero up on them, combined with its ground clearance in the first place, results in a level truck with ample room to work under on a creeper. You can get under it on a creeper without, but it is just a bit too tight to comfortably work under for more than something really quick.
I’ll have to wait for Amazon to bring me another bottle of Red L ine GL4 gear oil to change out the fluid in the transmission.
Just Jeepin'
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/29/2020 at 21:09 |
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Oo-oo that smell,
can’t you smell that smell?
Oo-oo that smell,
the smell of death’s around you.
GLiddy
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/29/2020 at 21:13 |
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I changed my gear oil in the Corolla a couple days ago. I heard good things about Red Line but it would have taken a few days to get some delivered so I went with the economy option. T his:
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Just Jeepin'
03/29/2020 at 21:16 |
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Actually, GL-4 gear oil doesn’t have really have a strong smell to it, as it lacks the s ulfur found in GL-5 gear oils.
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Just Jeepin'
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/29/2020 at 21:18 |
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Huh. I can practically still smell it from the only time I changed mine, 3-4 years ago. Didn’t know s ome were worse than others.
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Just Jeepin'
03/29/2020 at 21:29 |
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GL-5 gear oils contain sulfur as an EP lubricant, since they’re intended for use in differentials. Sulfur is the source of the strong smell classically associated with gear oil. GL-4 gear oils don’t contain sulfur, as they’re usually intended for use in manual transmission and trans axles (along with the occasional transfer case) that call for gear- oil viscosity fluid . In a transmission application, the sulfur from GL-5 oils will attack and chemically erode brass syncros over time.
The pro tip would be to always double check the spec’d oils for manual transmissions . GL-4 oils are actually a bit harder to find these days, as most retail parts don’t carry them. More than a few folks have probably significantly shortened the life of their manual transmissions by filling them with GL-5 oil. It’s a bit misleading, because bottles usually indicate that GL-5 oils also meet and surpass GL-4 specs, which they do, but that still doesn’t make them appropriate for applications with brass syncros.
On the Pajero, Mitsubishi actually put out a TSB in the late 90's to remind dealer techs not to put GL-5 oils in the manual transmissions and transfer cases of these trucks.
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Just Jeepin'
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/29/2020 at 21:33 |
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That kind of information, so (relatively) easy to find online these days, makes me wonder how in the world shade tree mechanics didn’t wreck everything they touched back in the day. It’s so easy to tackle a complex problem, forget one minor detail, and blow everything up.
I guess good friends and auto shops made the difference.
jminer
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/29/2020 at 22:55 |
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Man is that thing clean underneath.
Boxer_4
> Just Jeepin'
03/30/2020 at 20:01 |
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I actually like the smell of gear oil - GL-5 in particular. The Crosstrek doesn’t have a front differential dipstick like my old Forester did, so I don’t get to smell it often anymore...
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Just Jeepin'
> Boxer_4
03/30/2020 at 20:08 |
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Wow. That’s...wow.