Hi, Guest
08-04-2005, 11:33 AM
If anybody is interested, a cheapo trans fluid that has been excellent in my 2000 MTX75 is, now get this, Motomaster TDH fluid (transmission, differential, hydraulics tractor fluid) for less than $8 for 4 litres.
If you think I'm nuts - probably true - I have tried all kinds in my MTX and it is shifting better than ever before (120,000+km) and with less low RPM "growl".
To support this here is some of what I have tried:
- Mercon V ATF (manual suggested in 2000, but crap)
- cocktail of ATF and synthetic 75-90 (mediocre)
- Ford synthetic (Ok at first, but degraded quickly and horrifically expensive)
- Ford synthetic with MolySlip (very good, but still degraded quickly)
- Redline MTF (very good at first but, again, degraded quickly; GL-4 but still expensive)
After my Redline started going sour I tried the TDH out of curiosity: it's rated as a true GL-4 transmission fluid and seems to be without the sulphur that eats synchromesh, plus it seemed pretty light.
To my amazement, it's great. I'd say better than anything I've tried to date. And since it's cheap, I can change it often (in my experience, fluid in the MTX-75 is good for about 15000k and then shifting degrades and the growl gets worse).
I haven't used it in the winter yet and I'm not promising anything, but for less than $10 it's worth a try.
If you think I'm nuts - probably true - I have tried all kinds in my MTX and it is shifting better than ever before (120,000+km) and with less low RPM "growl".
To support this here is some of what I have tried:
- Mercon V ATF (manual suggested in 2000, but crap)
- cocktail of ATF and synthetic 75-90 (mediocre)
- Ford synthetic (Ok at first, but degraded quickly and horrifically expensive)
- Ford synthetic with MolySlip (very good, but still degraded quickly)
- Redline MTF (very good at first but, again, degraded quickly; GL-4 but still expensive)
After my Redline started going sour I tried the TDH out of curiosity: it's rated as a true GL-4 transmission fluid and seems to be without the sulphur that eats synchromesh, plus it seemed pretty light.
To my amazement, it's great. I'd say better than anything I've tried to date. And since it's cheap, I can change it often (in my experience, fluid in the MTX-75 is good for about 15000k and then shifting degrades and the growl gets worse).
I haven't used it in the winter yet and I'm not promising anything, but for less than $10 it's worth a try.
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