Chimaera gear box oil type - confusion

[Teetertank]

I would like to replace the gearbox oil on my newly acquired Chimaera 5.0 1997, it has the T5 gear box.

The hand book , and "bible" recommend Mobile ATF 220, but two of the suppliers suppliers I have spoken to suggest that this is far from the best oil specification for the gear box, and have recommended a 75W-90 (Morris Lodexol fully synthetic 75W/90), claiming the 75/90 oil will provide a much smoother gear change once warmed up.

Do any other users concur with this information, or recommend sticking to the originally specified fluid?

I am planning on a complete fluids change for engine, gears, diff, brakes, coolant etc. Can anyone recommend a good value supplier who could supply the lot?

Thanks in advance.

[WOO5IE]

There is a thread on here that discusses all of the pros and cons of gear box oil.

I cant find it at the mo as the search facility is not working.

The link below is very good for oils and they give a discount to PHers . They will also recommend oils for TVRs as well

http://www.opieoils.co.uk


Hope this helps

Trev

[The AJP Griff]

Can well recommend Redline MTL gear oil.Have been using it for a few years now,without issues,and always get a nice smooth change.In the past i did try a GL5 spec 75/90 fully synth in my T5 and it was noticeably more notchy,so it came straight back out!I think the GL5 spec was too slippy for the syncro,possibly.

[TVRobin]

Does this mean that I have made a mistake putting Dextron 3 in?

[That Daddy]

TVRobin said:

Does this mean that I have made a mistake putting Dextron 3 in?

No,mine as been fine on the stuff and i would not expect it to be otherwise.