[DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
Pantdino
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Sun May 11 00:05:21 EDT 2014
Depending on where you live there might be a race or high-performance shop around you that has it.
Otherwise just put in what you can get and change it out later-- a few weeks with the non-NS oil won't make any difference. Most of us used the "wrong" oil for decades before we realized the difference.
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From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
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...except I leave town in 6 days, which doesn't give me enough time to get it and put in before I leave. I'm hoping I can find something local, but as I expected, when I call the Autozone's of the world and tell then what I need, they have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
From: pantdino at aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 23:57:58 -0400
I get mine on Amazon.com-- usually free shipping and no sales tax.
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From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
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Sent: Sat, May 10, 2014 7:57 pm
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
Thank you--all I have to do now is find a place around here who carries it!
Sincerely,
Chris
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
From: pantdino at aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 22:47:00 -0400
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
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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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Depending on where you live there might be a race or high-performance
shop around you that has it.
Otherwise just put in what you can get and change it out later-- a few
weeks with the non-NS oil won't make any difference. Most of us used
the "wrong" oil for decades before we realized the difference.
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>; charlesmccall
<charlesmccall at gmail.com>; Pantera list serve <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sat, May 10, 2014 9:02 pm
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
...except I leave town in 6 days, which doesn't give me enough time to
get it and put in before I leave. I'm hoping I can find something
local, but as I expected, when I call the Autozone's of the world and
tell then what I need, they have no idea what I'm talking about.
__________________________________________________________________
To: [1]chrisvkimball at msn.com; [2]charlesmccall at gmail.com;
[3]detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
From: [4]pantdino at aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 23:57:58 -0400
I get mine on Amazon.com-- usually free shipping and no sales tax.
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Kimball <[5]chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: Pantdino <[6]pantdino at aol.com>; charlesmccall
<[7]charlesmccall at gmail.com>; Pantera list serve <[8]detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sat, May 10, 2014 7:57 pm
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
Thank you--all I have to do now is find a place around here who carries
it!
Sincerely,
Chris
__________________________________________________________________
To: [9]chrisvkimball at msn.com; [10]charlesmccall at gmail.com;
[11]detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
From: [12]pantdino at aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 22:47:00 -0400
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 <[13]chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: Charles McCall <[14]charlesmccall at gmail.com>; detomaso
<[15]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][16]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. [17]mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com
2. [18]mailto:detomaso at poca.com
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3. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
4. mailto:pantdino at aol.com
5. mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com
6. mailto:pantdino at aol.com
7. mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com
8. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
9. mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com
10. mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com
11. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
12. mailto:pantdino at aol.com
13. mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com
14. mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com
15. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
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