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Re: Reluctant 1st gear

To: jeff.loh@fluordaniel.com (Jeff Loh)
Subject: Re: Reluctant 1st gear
From: Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 12:57:15 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Quattro List)
In-Reply-To: <Megw.202247@primus.fabrik.com> from "Jeff Loh" at Oct 23, 96 08:52:00 am
Reply-To: duane@zk3.dec.com
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Hairy green toads from Mars made Jeff Loh say:

> Winter's here, and the Q suddenly developed a strange quirk.
> Seems whenever it's very cold outside, the first few shifts into 1st
> gear will be difficult. Sometimes I have to go from neutral to second,
> then it goes into first.

Sounds like old, tired tranny oil. Mine does that a lot. I just
drained and refilled with the Valvoline 75w90 synthetic gear oil,
so we'll see how much better it is.

-- 

Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation		(603)-881-1294
110 Spit Brook Road
M/S ZKO3-3/U14
Nashua, NH    03062-2698

Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too heavy to care.

References:
- Reluctant 1st gear
  - From: "Jeff Loh" <jeff.loh@fluordaniel.com>

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