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landy andy



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Must admit, the change was amazing for me when I first used it.

Glad it has improved things for you.

Andy
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Can I mix the oils?I don´t have enough money for 4 quarts of MTf94, it's too expensive in here (35 pounds each)
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Re: Best oil for an R380
pope10001 wrote:
Hi guys,

I know its been covered before but what are people experiences with gearbox oils in an R380? I have put the Ashcroft R380 conversion kit on my 200Tdi.

The problem is, it is really difficult to get into 2nd, 3rd going up the gears and difficult to get out of 5th and reverse. I am thinking of changing my gearbox oil to the Difflock Evo 1. Any experiences with this 20,000 miles down the line?

I have also just heard that GL5 oils eat bronze phosphor parts and therefore are no good for gearboxes now. Anyone also heard this?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Regards,

Mark
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Re: Best oil for an R380
pope10001 wrote:
Hi guys,

I know its been covered before but what are people experiences with gearbox oils in an R380? I have put the Ashcroft R380 conversion kit on my 200Tdi.

The problem is, it is really difficult to get into 2nd, 3rd going up the gears and difficult to get out of 5th and reverse. I am thinking of changing my gearbox oil to the Difflock Evo 1. Any experiences with this 20,000 miles down the line?

I have also just heard that GL5 oils eat bronze phosphor parts and therefore are no good for gearboxes now. Anyone also heard this?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Regards,

Mark


Hi Pope
I know this an old post, but I hope that you’ll reply.
What oil was in the gearbox initially before changing to Difflock Evo 1 which eliminated the crunch ?

I’m facing same problem with my R380 filled with genuine LR MTF94. If I rev high it crunches/grinds when I go up throuh the gears quickly. 1st to 2d and 2d to third. If I take my time shifting up with low revs, it’s fine. Also, have no problem going down the gears at any speed or rev.

Many Thanks.
Julien
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charisme1



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Jimb1978 wrote:
Fuchs TITAN SINTOFLUID SAE 75W-80 synthetic manual transmission fluid


I put this in, bought from opie oils. I don't normally believe in witches potions but this genuinely transformed my gearbox. The crunch between 1st and 2nd when cold disappeared and changes in General became so much smoother


Hi Jim
I know this an old post, but I hope that you’ll reply.
What oil was in the gearbox initially before changing to Difflock Evo 1 which eliminated the crunch ?

I’m facing same problem with my R380 filled with genuine LR MTF94. If I rev high it crunches/grinds when I go up throuh the gears quickly. 1st to 2d and 2d to third. If I take my time shifting up with low revs, it’s fine. Also, have no problem going down the gears at any speed or rev.

Many Thanks.
Julien
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charisme1



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landy andy wrote:
Must admit, the change was amazing for me when I first used it.

Glad it has improved things for you.

Andy


Hi Andy
I know this an old post, but I hope that you’ll reply.
What oil was in the gearbox initially before changing to Difflock Evo 1 which eliminated the crunch ?

I’m facing same problem with my R380 filled with genuine LR MTF94. If I rev high it crunches/grinds when I go up throuh the gears quickly. 1st to 2d and 2d to third. If I take my time shifting up with low revs, it’s fine. Also, have no problem going down the gears at any speed or rev.

Many Thanks.
Julien
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landy andy



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It was running LR MTF 94 before I changed across to the difflock product
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landy andy



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But I will add. It is an agricultural vehicle, so gear changes are always in stages. Out gear in neutral, then into next gear with a slight pause between. I get no noise, and no different changing characteristics dependant on temperature which I did when running the MTF.
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I've also found with every R380 I have ever driven that 1st to 2nd needs to be done pretty fast when the box is cold, but at the same leisurely pace as the other changes once the box is warm. I don't know why, but a slow 1 to 2 on a cold box will crunch unless you double-declutch.
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