Look what I got. . . Enough Royal Purple Synchromax to fill the tranny and tcase.
I will be sure to let everyone know how it works out. So far I have run regular ATF, synthetic ATF, and now I am going with the RP synchromax. The only thing I havnt ran is the 0w-30 motor oil.
The M50D is a manual trans that requires a thin oil like Mercon III ATF. It requires the thin oil because it uses tiny needle bearings all over and thick oil will starve them. The M50D also has soft synchros that will burn up real fast with the wrong oil. Synthetic ATF isnt affected by changes in temperatures like conventional. Since a manual trans doenst pressurize the oil like an auto, it takes longer to warm up to oil, which means the oil is really thick so it starves bearings and synchros when its cold. Thats why synthetic is the way to go. It doesnt thicken up as much when its cold, so the bearings get oil with the proper viscosity right at start up. Although ATF is thin enough to get into the bearings it wasnt designed to be in a gear box (like the M50D) it was designed to be a hydraulic fluid. 0w-30 is a full synthetic motor oil that has a viscosity very similar to Mercon III, but it has much better lubricating properties. Synchromax is a full synthetic trans fluid made for manual transmissions have soft metal sychros and that ATF or motor oil.
I honestly dont notice that much of a difference. I think my 1st gear synchro is worn and causing me issues. The next time I have the trans out I will be pull it apart. I need to drop the trans to replace my rear main soon anyway. I have my old 2wd back again, so I can tear into the 95 soon and get some work done. I want to swap the 6 gear planetry from my electric tcase into my manual case. I hear they are a little smoother driving.
i have a 01 3.0 auto that the guy i got it from said it had a shift solenoid problem. anyway i took off the pan to see about changing out the solenoid and discovered 6 of them i asked here if anyone could tell me which one i need to change but got no answers so i just changed the filter and...
G'Day, First post and it's a doozy......
Disclaimer: The Ranger isn't mine, it belongs to a friend but I'm the maintenance & diagnostics guy so he asked me. What I know about these transmissions could be written on a postage stamp with space left over. Below what I hope is a complete enough...
Ok the 03 Ranger that I just bought to restore and donate to the wolf sanctuary has a trans issue. When I shift into reverse or drive it slips it acts like its going to try to move like moves a inch then the rpms increase and it doesn't move I can rev up to redline and it won't move. Does this...
I have a 94 xlt 4.0 4x4 that needs a transmission. What other years will swap? I found one from an 01 but don’t think it will work. Any info would be great!
All help forums, on various sites, say one way to connect a 2.9 block to a c4 tranny is to use a C5 bellhousing.
My A4 has gone belly-up for the third time so I'm making this swap. (I only have about 60k on the 2.9 rebuild or I'd swap engine and tranny both.)
I have one question:
Do I need a...
