T10 shifting?
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Re: T10 shifting?
thats interesting. I wonder if the oil someone put in the tranny is the wrong type or just too thick. I have never experienced that with any manual i have owned.
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Car: 1982 Trans-Am
Engine: 355 w/ ported 416s
Transmission: T10, hurst shifter
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt, true-trac, 3.73
Re: T10 shifting?
I have 80W90 in mine. It is somewhat "thicker" when it's cold, ie close to freezing, but I don't really drive it much in that weather anyway so...
Like pushing a wooden spoon through cookie dough almost.
If it bothers you, you can look for an oil that is thinner when cold. 60W90, if such a thing exists?
Like pushing a wooden spoon through cookie dough almost.
If it bothers you, you can look for an oil that is thinner when cold. 60W90, if such a thing exists?
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Re: T10 shifting?
The T-10 is a relatively stiff-shifting transmission, regardless. Especially compared to a Muncie or a T-5. After driving any of my T-10 cars, I'd get back into a Muncie one, and it would feel like I could just fling the shifter into the next gear without even holding onto it, by comparison.
However: what we used to use instead of gear lube, back before synthetics, was half-&-half STP and ATF. That slickened em up quite a bit. That was A LONG TIME AGO, though, like 30 years ago and more; wouldn't be my first choice nowadays.
Before trying that, try some Mobil1 75W-90 or some of the thinner variety RedLine (not the 85W-140 stuff).
However: what we used to use instead of gear lube, back before synthetics, was half-&-half STP and ATF. That slickened em up quite a bit. That was A LONG TIME AGO, though, like 30 years ago and more; wouldn't be my first choice nowadays.
Before trying that, try some Mobil1 75W-90 or some of the thinner variety RedLine (not the 85W-140 stuff).
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Car: 1982 Trans-Am
Engine: 355 w/ ported 416s
Transmission: T10, hurst shifter
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt, true-trac, 3.73
Re: T10 shifting?
Amsoil makes 75W-90 synthetic as well.
Apparently they make really good products. There's even a few Amsoil reps lurking on these very boards, quiet as a mouse. Maybe you can beat some information out of them
Let me know if it makes a difference, if so I might try it.
Apparently they make really good products. There's even a few Amsoil reps lurking on these very boards, quiet as a mouse. Maybe you can beat some information out of them
Let me know if it makes a difference, if so I might try it.
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Car: 1982 Trans-Am
Engine: 355 w/ ported 416s
Transmission: T10, hurst shifter
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt, true-trac, 3.73
Re: T10 shifting?
Those are both good.
Yea, I know Five7 is one of them. I'm hoping I can taunt him into coming in here and trying to hawk his products. Maybe give us the skinny on it.
A 4 speed from an '82 car with a 4cyl is a Saginaw. Light years behind your T-10 tranny. You look up turd in the dictionary and there's a blowup diagram of a Saginaw 4 speed from a 1982 Camaro Iron duke car. Right there. That's what I think of that transmission.
Yea, I know Five7 is one of them. I'm hoping I can taunt him into coming in here and trying to hawk his products. Maybe give us the skinny on it.
A 4 speed from an '82 car with a 4cyl is a Saginaw. Light years behind your T-10 tranny. You look up turd in the dictionary and there's a blowup diagram of a Saginaw 4 speed from a 1982 Camaro Iron duke car. Right there. That's what I think of that transmission.
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