Redline Lubricant
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Mike V. Florida
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Welcome to the barn!
You will find that just about any thing has been used and used successfully in the ****** of the A.
You will find that just about any thing has been used and used successfully in the ****** of the A.
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Reading the labels on gear oils is like reading labels on MOVIES or WAXES---"THIS IS THE GREATEST, SINCE PEANUT BUTTER"!!!
Bill Hungry
Bill Hungry
BoysToys1928A
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As AzRay has asked with regards to the type how often do most Model A'ers change the fluid in their transmission ?
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Kevin in NJ
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Is it heavy pressure lubricant designed for straight cut gears? Modern oils are more for the shearing action of modern gears.
The correct 680W researched out as the correct lubricant numbers (standards changed over time people search this out) and we know this is what you are supposed to use.
Many guys claim their oils seem to work fine but to what standard. I will tell you the A is designed to run 60 MPH. I rebuild to factory specs to be able to run that way cause they can and will run just fine at those speeds. Others think 45 is the safe top speed.
With the A a lot of stuff works, on the other hand there seems to be a lot of guys with troubles. Then there are guys that just drive everywhere and never have problems.
The correct 680W researched out as the correct lubricant numbers (standards changed over time people search this out) and we know this is what you are supposed to use.
Many guys claim their oils seem to work fine but to what standard. I will tell you the A is designed to run 60 MPH. I rebuild to factory specs to be able to run that way cause they can and will run just fine at those speeds. Others think 45 is the safe top speed.
With the A a lot of stuff works, on the other hand there seems to be a lot of guys with troubles. Then there are guys that just drive everywhere and never have problems.
C26Pinelake
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X2 for sure! Wayne
AzRay
Junior Member
A's in transit from east coast right now. Once I get it here in Prescott I'll try the Redline and let you know how it works.
coupe1942
Senior Member
I am laughing in reading some of the replies in this thread. Not laughing at the folk who posted, but thinking about my mother who passed away at age 92 a few years back and her idea of when to change oil in a car.
She had held onto my brother's Thunderbird after he passed away. It was an 80's model (I don't recall what year though), in which had less than a thousand miles on it when he had died. Never in her life had she ever changed oil in any vehicle she owned and this one was not treated any different by her. She simply went out into her garage and checked the level on the dip stick. If it was near or below the line on the stick, then she simply added oil to bring it up to the proper level. Nothing more and no change what so ever. Year after year after year she did this and never an actual oil change, but just topping the oil level off, instead.
When my Mom passed away my sister and her hubby took the car back to Indy from Temple, Tx. He tore into the engine to restore the car and to his amazement, the engine was as clean as a whistle. He absolutely could not believe it as he was aware of how Mom did any service to the car. The car had near 100,000 miles on it from Mom driving the wheels off of it while she owned it and she was no a careful driver by any means. He is a retired Chrysler worker who worked in the deburring area for their engines for quite a bit of his work life with the company, so he definitely knows engine wear and what to expect when an engine is treated like Mom had done to this car for all those years of not really changing oil.
I laugh at myself in looking over my new to me, 1930 pickup, as I have no idea as to how often or how well the previous owner had done oil changes, let alone lube jobs to any of the rest of the truck. In all my years of looking over various Model A websites, as well as motorcycle sites, I guess all the oil threads I have seen could not really top my Mom's method of servicing her own cars as to what works and what does not. It brings back some memories in how odd and different things can be when it comes to oil threads.
I have to wonder how many years my Mom could have gotten out of my pickup if she had owned it and done it as she typically did her other cars?
She had held onto my brother's Thunderbird after he passed away. It was an 80's model (I don't recall what year though), in which had less than a thousand miles on it when he had died. Never in her life had she ever changed oil in any vehicle she owned and this one was not treated any different by her. She simply went out into her garage and checked the level on the dip stick. If it was near or below the line on the stick, then she simply added oil to bring it up to the proper level. Nothing more and no change what so ever. Year after year after year she did this and never an actual oil change, but just topping the oil level off, instead.
When my Mom passed away my sister and her hubby took the car back to Indy from Temple, Tx. He tore into the engine to restore the car and to his amazement, the engine was as clean as a whistle. He absolutely could not believe it as he was aware of how Mom did any service to the car. The car had near 100,000 miles on it from Mom driving the wheels off of it while she owned it and she was no a careful driver by any means. He is a retired Chrysler worker who worked in the deburring area for their engines for quite a bit of his work life with the company, so he definitely knows engine wear and what to expect when an engine is treated like Mom had done to this car for all those years of not really changing oil.
I laugh at myself in looking over my new to me, 1930 pickup, as I have no idea as to how often or how well the previous owner had done oil changes, let alone lube jobs to any of the rest of the truck. In all my years of looking over various Model A websites, as well as motorcycle sites, I guess all the oil threads I have seen could not really top my Mom's method of servicing her own cars as to what works and what does not. It brings back some memories in how odd and different things can be when it comes to oil threads.
I have to wonder how many years my Mom could have gotten out of my pickup if she had owned it and done it as she typically did her other cars?
SeaSlugs
Well-known member
I am laughing in reading some of the replies in this thread. Not laughing at the folk who posted, but thinking about my mother who passed away at age 92 a few years back and her idea of when to change oil in a car.
She had held onto my brother's Thunderbird after he passed away. It was an 80's model (I don't recall what year though), in which had less than a thousand miles on it when he had died. Never in her life had she ever changed oil in any vehicle she owned and this one was not treated any different by her. She simply went out into her garage and checked the level on the dip stick. If it was near or below the line on the stick, then she simply added oil to bring it up to the proper level. Nothing more and no change what so ever. Year after year after year she did this and never an actual oil change, but just topping the oil level off, instead.
When my Mom passed away my sister and her hubby took the car back to Indy from Temple, Tx. He tore into the engine to restore the car and to his amazement, the engine was as clean as a whistle. He absolutely could not believe it as he was aware of how Mom did any service to the car. The car had near 100,000 miles on it from Mom driving the wheels off of it while she owned it and she was no a careful driver by any means. He is a retired Chrysler worker who worked in the deburring area for their engines for quite a bit of his work life with the company, so he definitely knows engine wear and what to expect when an engine is treated like Mom had done to this car for all those years of not really changing oil.
I laugh at myself in looking over my new to me, 1930 pickup, as I have no idea as to how often or how well the previous owner had done oil changes, let alone lube jobs to any of the rest of the truck. In all my years of looking over various Model A websites, as well as motorcycle sites, I guess all the oil threads I have seen could not really top my Mom's method of servicing her own cars as to what works and what does not. It brings back some memories in how odd and different things can be when it comes to oil threads.
I have to wonder how many years my Mom could have gotten out of my pickup if she had owned it and done it as she typically did her other cars?
great story - reminds me of an old coworker of mine who had an 06 mustang. Besides darn near everything failing on it ( paint on the hood, spedometer stopped working, gauge lights would sometimes work sometimes not, etc) it has 90,000+ miles on it and hes changed the oil about 3 times, transmission fluid never changed, and when he left work he left asap. His hand would go from the ign to the shifter to drive before the v6 engine was barely started - even in 0* weather and was hard on it all the way down the street haha.