[V8] Synthetic ATF--- WTF!

[cobram at juno.com]

The synthetic ATF thing is on par with getting off the gold standard, I
recall my first 5 gallon pail of DTE-13M cost a tad over $35 while
Pento$in liquid gold was around $12 a can after market, and $25 a liter
at the dealer.

"Synthetic" is the key word here,  I have parted my share of type 44's,
the ones that were running regular dino ATF all had swollen/leaking
booster diaphragms and dead bombs.  There were also inordinate amounts of
dislodged crud in the system on these cars.  
I can't say for sure, but I'd say staying away from regular AT is a no
brainier.  I was given a running KS many moons ago, in order to have some
fun with it before the remains went to the boneyard, I patched a leaking
hose and put in el cheapo dino ATF, ten minutes later the pump seized
solid.  Anecdotal evidence for sure, that was my BTDT for dino ATF.

This list is great, low signal to noise and rarely any BS.  The info
about synthetic ATF came from unimpeachable long term V8Q owners/listers,
if these guys had recommended cow piss in their BTDT, I'd be holding a
bucket on the southern end of a northern bound cow!  Unless you peruse
some of the other user groups out there every now and then, it's easy to
forget just how unique and rare a list like this really is out there in
the ether.
 
BCNU,
Yahoo nuked my website with no warning.
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even
remotely true.".
 
<toml99 at todomundo.com> writes:
> I knew once the ATF thing got mentioned, that "Mr C"(cobram,how's it  
> 
> going?) would reply.  I filled the Pearl car with Mobil 1 ATF as I  
> 
> thought it was a parts car at the time(had it), and subsequently  
> bought a 5 gallon bucket of DTE 13-M(Mobil) Hydraulic 
> fluid(something  
> many have said was a good alternative to Pentosin), and will credit  
> 
> Mr C, for influencing that.  I had every intention of flushing the  
> 
> system in that car/Lago, then I sold the Pearl car.  Before I sold  
> 
> the pearl car, I noticed(what many have), that the rack leak in the  
> 
> Pearl car seemed to be smaller.  The Lago car has a rack hemmorage,  
> 
> and since I'm going to replace it, I will do the hoses, then fill it 
>  
> with Mobil 1 ATF, and see what happens with the rack.  I have no  
> interest at this point in doing the rack on that car(it needs the  
> total timing belt service, so hasn't moved.  Once I do the timing 
> belt 
> (2 years now!) I'll flush the system with the DTE....then Fill with  
> 
> Mobil 1 ATF...just to see what happens to the rack.  This should  
> settle any question, as the car only has 107K, and anything that 
> will  
> stop the rack from leaking is worth the current price of gold(I'd   
> 
> put 30w in there if someone said it worked).  The 5 gallon pail was  
> 
> $84 if I'm correct, and I've got ample to flush/fill my cars 
> +........the 5-speed had it's entire system flushed with the real  
> stuff before  I bought it, so the 5 gallon pail is virgin at this  
> point.....Find it under Hydraulic service/oils/whatever.....I've got 
>  
> 3 refineries near me, so It wasn't hard....same stuff my friend uses 
>  
> in his backhoe/refinery uses for many hydraulic uses).......adios 
> ..tom