Motor oil in transmissions? The Japanese motorcycle riders have mostly been doing that for many years. Hondas coming over here in early 1960s or so specified 10-40 motor oil and it was both engine and transmission lube in the unitary-engine and tranny sharing common case and lubricant- engines designs. GM in 1980s Pontiac Sunbird specified 10-30/10-40 motor oil in the manual transmissions- quick change oil place put in gear lube instead when I went there with coupon for "full service" and a month later when snow came I was stuck in gear until warmed up. Couple weeks of get off work in morning and 1st gear only- I tended to park in gear- drive around parking lot at idle 10 minutes before could shift meant read the manual- gear lube recommended only in south, OK for Texas but not Wisconsin in December. Some other cars have the motor oil recommendations for manual transmissions, some say auto tranny fluid in manuals also. 15-40 Diesel oil good for trans and implement/machinery gear box"s that say "mineral oil" or motor oil- the diesel oils have Zinc additives the newer gasoline car oils don"t have since zinc fouls cats like lead. 40 weight non detergent is good for summer use in some old design garden equipment- is Ariens tiller tine drive suggestion for worm drive with brass gears. Some uses for motor oil when manuals are read, some are older equipment specs with current upgrades noted. For some real fun with older limited slip differentials- try to find the recommended sperm whale oil. Alternative for some is a bean oil. Castor bean oil for a few gear units- some old English products like a David Brown garden gear box on 2 wheeled tractor, a tiller with 2 stroke Villiers engine that also suggest using castor oil in engine. RN
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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