Slavic
08-24-2004, 05:59 PM
First of all I would love to have been able to find the thread which I intended to post this in, but I don't remember it's title and I was unable to find it by searching. Search for "synchromesh" returned nothing and neither did the search for "sinchromesh" (I distinctly remember it was misspelled in that thread and both spellings were present) Even a search for "synchro" didn't give ANY results in last 6 months and I know for a fact that it should have come up at least in this thread (http://www.3geez.com/showpost.php?p=416080&postcount=20) My guess is that newer (2 months?) threads aren't available for search.
Now onto the topic. After having used it for over a couple of weeks (600+ miles) I strongly recommend synchromesh (Gear Oil). I have tried Lucas Oil additive in both 25% and 50% mixture with Mobil One gear oil and noticed no improvement. As soon as I put synchromesh in and took it for a test drive the click when shifting into 3rd gear in high RPMs and downshifting to 3rd at highway speed was barely noticeable and the car ran quieter. In the next few days I noticed it two, three times and now I can shift as quickly as I'm able to without any noise. I actually used penzoil not GM synchromesh, but I suppose they are the same thing.
Edit: gear oil clarification in title, spelling
Now onto the topic. After having used it for over a couple of weeks (600+ miles) I strongly recommend synchromesh (Gear Oil). I have tried Lucas Oil additive in both 25% and 50% mixture with Mobil One gear oil and noticed no improvement. As soon as I put synchromesh in and took it for a test drive the click when shifting into 3rd gear in high RPMs and downshifting to 3rd at highway speed was barely noticeable and the car ran quieter. In the next few days I noticed it two, three times and now I can shift as quickly as I'm able to without any noise. I actually used penzoil not GM synchromesh, but I suppose they are the same thing.
Edit: gear oil clarification in title, spelling