Monday, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:38
I just had a mechanic pull the gearbox out of a dihatsu delta and replaced the cluster gear.
Any way when he put back together ........ i added a tube of nulon gearbox and diff treatment.........on the day in question have had a few beers i gave the grafite bottle a squrt......then said no pull the top of the bottle and tipped it in.
Then i done the logical thing .......... After the event asked here in the
forum what will happen with bottle of grafite in the gearbox ? the mechanic by this time just shook his head and said your choice i carnt see it doing any harm anyway you can always change the oil later.
The
forum got some good replys mostly against the idea as the syncrows need friction to work... which made alot os sence.
Anyway the gearbox was put in the truck (which i was given for nothing
well part of another deal i done ) and i thought being a diesel no sence letting it die as it turned out the motor after new filters and diesel additive goes real
well.
What i intended to do was use the truck for beach runs
double island point .
The road
test after the gear bow was put in No Problems at all it Hums like a singer sewing machine ............... No Problems with gear changes.
Which comes to the Question if grafite is so good and after doing a gearbox grafite search on google Why dont people add it ??????
Well i am thinking of changeing the oil in the box and what residue of grafite is left can do what it is doing. You ever got some of that grafite on your hands takes for ever to get of.
The other thing we done was add 2 cups of diesel to the motor before the oil was changer run it for a couple of days ...................and when changeing the oil i brought 5 gallons of diesel and flushed the motor out with plug removed ............... then new oil Rimula made by Shell a tip from the forums here.
After all that the truck runs great the body is abit rusty but will be great for beach run.
:)
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