[DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?

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Sat May 10 22:47:00 EDT 2014


You want Redline 75W-90NS (note the NS) and you'll need to buy 4 quarts because it takes over 3, as Charlie has just confirmed
 
Jim
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sat, May 10, 2014 5:50 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?


   I'm going to have my mechanic drain and refill my zf before I leave to
   drive to the fun rally; I have some amsoil redline rt 90, I think that
   is what was recommended by the zf specialist I used to have it
   safety-wired.  How much will I need to fill the zf once it is fully
   drained?
   Thanks for your help.
   Chris
   Sent from my Windows Phone
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: [1]Charles McCall
   Sent: 5/10/2014 10:44 AM
   To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?

   When was the last time you checked the level of the oil in your ZF?

   I check my engine oil regularly, and my coolant level. But I have to
   admit
   that I don't check the level of the oil in my ZF, well, at all between
   changes.

   I'm doing spring maintenance, as next weekend there is a Supercar event
   4
   hours away that I'll be attending, and in less than 2 months there's a
   week-long car tour before Le Mans Classic, a long ways from home.

   To be honest, I don't remember when I last changed the oil in my
   gearbox,
   but I know it was not last year. Possibly not the previous year either.
   Let's just say it's been a while.

   Anyway, I bought 3 liters of oil. I filled the gearbox with the 3
   liters and
   it hasn't yet begun to dribble out the hole, indicating that it isn't
   full
   yet. Wondering how much would be left over in the oil drain pan, I went
   to
   fill up the three empty liter containers, but the third container only
   took
   about half - indicating that I've been driving around with 2,5 liters
   in the
   ZF for who-knows-how-long.

   With all the horror stories about how expensive ZF repairs are, this is
   pretty silly on my part. Anyone else that hasn't checked their oil
   level and
   is driving around fat, dumb, and happy while quietly doing ungood
   things to
   their 'box?

   Something to think about...

References

   1. mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com
   2. mailto:detomaso at poca.com

 
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   You want Redline 75W-90NS (note the NS) and you'll need to buy 4 quarts
   because it takes over 3, as Charlie has just confirmed



   Jim





   -----Original Message-----
   From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
   To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; detomaso
   <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Sat, May 10, 2014 5:50 pm
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
   I'm going to have my mechanic drain and refill my zf before I leave to
   drive to the fun rally; I have some amsoil redline rt 90, I think that
   is what was recommended by the zf specialist I used to have it
   safety-wired.  How much will I need to fill the zf once it is fully
   drained?
   Thanks for your help.
   Chris
   Sent from my Windows Phone
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: [1]Charles McCall
   Sent: 5/10/2014 10:44 AM
   To: [2][1]detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?

   When was the last time you checked the level of the oil in your ZF?

   I check my engine oil regularly, and my coolant level. But I have to
   admit
   that I don't check the level of the oil in my ZF, well, at all between
   changes.

   I'm doing spring maintenance, as next weekend there is a Supercar event
   4
   hours away that I'll be attending, and in less than 2 months there's a
   week-long car tour before Le Mans Classic, a long ways from home.

   To be honest, I don't remember when I last changed the oil in my
   gearbox,
   but I know it was not last year. Possibly not the previous year either.
   Let's just say it's been a while.

   Anyway, I bought 3 liters of oil. I filled the gearbox with the 3
   liters and
   it hasn't yet begun to dribble out the hole, indicating that it isn't
   full
   yet. Wondering how much would be left over in the oil drain pan, I went
   to
   fill up the three empty liter containers, but the third container only
   took
   about half - indicating that I've been driving around with 2,5 liters
   in the
   ZF for who-knows-how-long.

   With all the horror stories about how expensive ZF repairs are, this is
   pretty silly on my part. Anyone else that hasn't checked their oil
   level and
   is driving around fat, dumb, and happy while quietly doing ungood
   things to
   their 'box?

   Something to think about...

References

   1. [2]mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com
   2. [3]mailto:detomaso at poca.com

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   2. mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com?
   3. mailto:detomaso at poca.com?
   4. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
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