OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC |
Differential Oil and Seals |
OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC |
From: | Jeff Coen [jeffco(at)airmail.net] |
Sent: | Friday, 2 February 2007 5:05 PM |
To: | HillmanCars@yahoogroups.com |
Subject: | [HillmanCars] rear oil seals |
BTW, it was a good thing, I pulled it down as there was very little
fluid left in the differential. I hope I would have remembered to check
it at some point, but who knows. Can someone suggest the best modern
replacement fluid? Remember this is Texas and not very cold. My
grandfather lived in Wyoming and Colorado and use to tell me they had to
build a fire under the old Ford Model A to get it to move when below
zero. Not a problem here. We think it frigid if below freezing.
–Jeff
From: | Graham Robinson [grhusky(at)optusnet.com.au] |
Sent: | Friday, 2 February 2007 7:56 PM |
To: | HillmanCars@yahoogroups.com |
Subject: | Re: [HillmanCars] rear oil seals |
From: | Vic Hughes [v.hughes(at)student.canberra.edu.au] |
Sent: | Monday, 5 February 2007 8:50 AM |
To: | HillmanCars@yahoogroups.com |
Subject: | Re: [HillmanCars] rear oil seals |
It will need a quality heavy grade diff/gear oil (not SAE30 like the manual gearbox and not ATF). Is yours a spiral bevel diff or a hypoid? I looked at the Shell Australia website which has a 'lube match' feature, where you input make model etc – it actually lists Hillmans!. They say for spiral bevel diffs use 'Spirax 85/140' but for hypoid use Spirax A90 or Helix LSD fluid.
The site correctly specifies SAE 30 for manual transmissions and even has oil spec for easydrive transmissions http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=au-en
Cheers,Vic