Landcruiser gearbox oil - cold shift improvement

Hi, I always use Castrol VMX80 this makes the cold running great and also quietens the box.
Regards Tour Boy

Any good gearbox/diff oil will be ok in reason, i add some NulonG70 (I thinkk thats what it is called) to the box when changing the oil helps heaps. Buy it at repco or Supercheap auto.

G'day

A suitable full synthetic gearbox oil will do wonders for the cold shifting particularly second gear. I would also suggest full synthetics in the transfer case as well.

Regards

Paul

as much as i hate saying this penrite lite oil works a treat in tojo boxes and transfers (i think they call it some thing else now but look on back of pack and it says replaces lite oil) even fixed a bleep ty shifting VW golf and i think thats saying something!

V8 Diesel

Go with Synforce All Terrain 80. It was developed for the poor cold shift 4wd box.
Use it in my 80 series box - should be same as yours, made a great difference to mine. Was a pig to shift 1st - 2nd cold - now greatly improved.
Look up Synforce on the net, they're factory is in Hervey Bay QLD, they have distributers everywhere.

Regards

Greg

Valvoline Dura Gear HD synthetic 75W90 . Use in both gearbox & transfere case. Yes, it is expensive but the results are worth it.

The correct fluid in which Toyota use is Mobil Fluid 424.
The equivalent in Caltex is Textran.
You need to use a gear oil which isn't an EP (Extreme Pressure) oil. This is what makes them hard to shift.
Put this in the gearbox and normal 75w/90 in the Transfer Case and you will be very happy with the shifting.
Hope this helps
120scruiser

G'day V8Diesel
Seems like everyone's got their favorite oil, I'll add my two cents worth as well.
Mobil 424 changed my gearbox from being stiff and notchy into a very smooth changing gearbox, I would highly recomend it.

Regards Jon