Originally Posted by fourgearsavoy
When I was a Honda tech back in the mid 80's they ran straight 30 weight in all their manual boxes and they shifted like butter and lasted half a million miles shruggy Never tried it in my boxes but I do run one quart of 30 weight motor oil mixed in with the mineral based 75-90. I've see a few cluster gears flaked where the rollers ride from ATF. twocents
I ran the Redline in my Richmond when it still had syncros and I didn't like the way it power shifted.

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Every 833 that I've taken apart that was run on ATF need the cluster pin replaced , you could catch a fingernail on the lip where the rollers ran.

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