Automotive Gear Lube Study

[Mopar1973Man]

Kind of like I threw out the Dodge FSM and went against everyone and using Mobil 50 SAE Transmission Fluid in my NV4500. Way better lube than factory fluid and cost much less even for 5 Gallons. It is a GL-4 transmission lube and has zero impact on shift quality. This is the very same transmission lube used in Eaton Fuller 10 speed transmissions. Very heavy duty transmission lube. 

[MikeH]

21 hours ago, LorenS said:

I often envy you manual transmission guys, until stop and go traffic for a couple weeks, with no distant drive to a job site!

Yeah...a 6 speed is a PITA around town. We usually jump in the wife's Prius close to home which requires no shifting at all. 

[Dieselfuture]

Where I live everyone has newer cars and they all flor it from the stop, countless times I've almost been rear ended. Been thinking about putting a sticker on the back that says something like "slow shifting" people just can't get there fast enough to then stand around staring at their phones. What a wild world we live in. 

[dripley]

15 minutes ago, Dieselfuture said:

Where I live everyone has newer cars and they all flor it from the stop, countless times I've almost been rear ended. Been thinking about putting a sticker on the back that says something like "slow shifting" people just can't get there fast enough to then stand around staring at their phones. What a wild world we live in. 

I cant count how many folks almost rear end me when going from 2nd to 3rd. Too many folks in a hurry to get to the next stopping point.

[AH64ID]

When someone comes up on me like that I decrease my rate of acceleration. It’s constant and annoying. 

[Mopar1973Man]

11 hours ago, dripley said:

I cant count how many folks almost rear end me when going from 2nd to 3rd. Too many folks in a hurry to get to the next stopping point.

 

Especially with a exhaust brake. The 2006 has a turbo mounted BD brake and it air driven so that one clamps down really well and unwinds the truck super quick. I get honked at, pass by with the middle finger scream your tails don't work, etc. 

[dripley]

3 minutes ago, Mopar1973Man said:

 

Especially with a exhaust brake. The 2006 has a turbo mounted BD brake and it air driven so that one clamps down really well and unwinds the truck super quick. I get honked at, pass by with the middle finger scream your tails don't work, etc. 

I miss mine. It is the ultimate solution for tailgaters. Used to have alot of fun that.

[JAG1]

3 hours ago, dripley said:

I miss mine. It is the ultimate solution for tailgaters. Used to have alot of fun that.

I thought you had a chicken guts shooter out the rear of yer truck. 

[dripley]

9 hours ago, JAG1 said:

I thought you had a chicken guts shooter out the rear of yer truck. 

Some of the folks I pulled it on probably wished that all I had done to them. But when I cant see your headlights in my mirror you are to close. Had someone tailgating yesterday morning at about 50 mph and all I could see was his windshield. Had to back of the gas 3 times before he stayed back enough for me to see most of his car. Courtesy on the road is getting to be a lost trait now a days.