What gearbox oil for a V8s

[Rsedmonds]

Hi all,
When out driving my gearbox gets tighter and to down shift into either 2nd or 3rd is a lot harder so I thought I’d look at changing the oil in the gearbox as my first port of call. With this in mind I decided to do some research before I dived in, and boy I’m glad I did. There seems to be a lot of passion behind using ATF, dedicated gearbox oil and engine oil with an additives. But the threads I’ve come across are at least 2 years old. So I was hoping you could tell me 2 years on whether you could tell me if the route you chose to go was a good one? Are you still using the same oils now? And how many miles you’ve clocked up using what you choose?

Regards Rob

[Rsedmonds]

What I saw was more around Various grades of engine oils, Mobil 1 engine oil with moly slip, gearbox oil grades From 70 to 90 but nothing really convinced me. There was no clear statement that said it worked for a long period. Quite the opposite it was all about dismissing others opinions stating that what they use will ruin your gearbox.
So nothing was clear, What’s difflock? Is it any good and will it last? A lot of questions but I’d like to know what I’m putting in will work.

Regards