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I8AZ28

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what works best and provides the most protection ina t-5. atf, dextron, etc?
 
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Mercon is what is called for. You will find that there are lots of fluids that are reated as both Mercon or Dexron III. Any of those fuilds will be fine.
 
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i personally have redline gear oil in mine, i havent had any problems with it,+ my mechanic recommended it he said it would make it shift better and make it quieter
 
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pensoil makes a snycro mech. thats what i use and it work very well
 

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Daggar said:
Mercon is what is called for. You will find that there are lots of fluids that are reated as both Mercon or Dexron III. Any of those fuilds will be fine.
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I have heard a few different answers about friction modifiers along with the mercon. Some say yes, others say not because the tranny needs a little friction to work properly. Anyone else hear this?
 

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I have Mobil 1 Synthetic in mine, and its been working great. My tranny has 93K on it.
 

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Mustang30240 said:
i personally have redline gear oil in mine, i havent had any problems with it,+ my mechanic recommended it he said it would make it shift better and make it quieter
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Oh man.....are you sure it's gear oil? Or is it "MTL"? Gear oil is NOT good for T-5's. Redline actually makes a fluid designed for manuals that require ATF....it's Called D4, I run it in mine.
 

281pony

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i just bought amsoil synthetic. its a universal atf fluid. supposed to work really well.
 

HISSIN50

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Mav and I always reply the same on these threads - both D4 users.
 

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anyone running redline in a old tranny that doesnt like to go in second easy? if so does it help it out? cuz i got a little grinding goin on sometimes and it likes to pop out of second rarely when i put it in at a slow speed...
 

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Any synthetic -- take your pick.
 
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